PHP If, Elseif, Else Statement in Wordpress Header

Question

I have an H2 and a form at the top of my page, it is present on ever page and is in the Theme template, in header.php, but I need the content to change on 2 specific pages. The current code is this:

<h2 id="formhead">Buy, Hire or Enquire</h2>
<?php echo do_shortcode( '[gravityform id="1" name="Contact Form" title="false" description="false"]' ); ?>

I tried changing it to an if, elseif, else statement:

<?php
if (is_page('54')) {
<h2 id="formhead">Hire or Enquire</h2>
echo do_shortcode( '[gravityform id="3" name="Contact Form" title="false" description="false"]' );
} elseif (is_page('52')) {
<h2 id="formhead">Buy or Enquire</h2>
echo do_shortcode( '[gravityform id="2" name="Contact Form" title="false" description="false"]' );
} else {
<h2 id="formhead">Buy, Hire or Enquire</h2>
echo do_shortcode( '[gravityform id="1" name="Contact Form" title="false" description="false"]' );
}
?>

This however, breaks the site completely and nothing loads. I have no real php experiance(I'm sure there is just a very basic error in the code), only what I've figured out by trial and error, but since this is going on a live site, I can't afford to constantly break the site.

Thanks in advance
Willem

there is an syntax error .. php tags are not been closed, turn error reporting on — Sunil Silumala
– Sunil Silumala, Commented Dec 18, 2013 at 9:26

veelen · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-18 09:25:14Z

2

You have to open and close the php tags:

<?php
if (is_page('54')) { ?>
<h2 id="formhead">Hire or Enquire</h2>
<?php echo do_shortcode( '[gravityform id="3" name="Contact Form" title="false" description="false"]' );
} elseif (is_page('52')) { ?>
<h2 id="formhead">Buy or Enquire</h2>
<?php echo do_shortcode( '[gravityform id="2" name="Contact Form" title="false" description="false"]' );
} else { ?>
<h2 id="formhead">Buy, Hire or Enquire</h2> <?php
echo do_shortcode( '[gravityform id="1" name="Contact Form" title="false" description="false"]' );
}
?>

answered Dec 18, 2013 at 9:25

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veelen Over a year ago

We all have to start somewhere don't we? Glad i could help!

Roopendra · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-18 09:40:07Z

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You are using html in between php . So either use opening and closing php <?php... ?> or if single html line then you can just use echo as below

<?php
if (is_page('54')) {
    echo '<h2 id="formhead">Hire or Enquire</h2>';
    echo do_shortcode('[gravityform id="3" name="Contact Form" title="false" description="false"]');
} elseif (is_page('52')) {
    echo '<h2 id="formhead">Buy or Enquire</h2>';
    echo do_shortcode('[gravityform id="2" name="Contact Form" title="false" description="false"]');
} else {
    echo '<h2 id="formhead">Buy, Hire or Enquire</h2>';
    echo do_shortcode('[gravityform id="1" name="Contact Form" title="false" description="false"]');
}
?>

edited Dec 18, 2013 at 9:40

answered Dec 18, 2013 at 9:30

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Michal Trojanowski · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-18 09:50:05Z

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The other answers are right, but here's another syntax you can use when you mix PHP and HTML (which I prefer as I find it more readable):

<?php if (is_page('54')): ?>
    <h2 id="formhead">Hire or Enquire</h2>
    <?php echo do_shortcode('[gravityform id="3" name="Contact Form" title="false" description="false"]'); ?>
<?php elseif (is_page('52')): ?>
    <h2 id="formhead">Buy or Enquire</h2>
    <?php echo do_shortcode('[gravityform id="2" name="Contact Form" title="false" description="false"]'); ?>
<?php else: ?>
    <h2 id="formhead">Buy, Hire or Enquire</h2>
    <?php echo do_shortcode('[gravityform id="1" name="Contact Form" title="false" description="false"]'); ?>
<?php endif; ?>

answered Dec 18, 2013 at 9:50

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Wren · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-18 09:32:13Z

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<?php
if (is_page('54')) {
?>
<h2 id="formhead">Hire or Enquire</h2>
<?php
echo do_shortcode( '[gravityform id="3" name="Contact Form" title="false" description="false"]' );
} elseif (is_page('52')) {
?>
<h2 id="formhead">Buy or Enquire</h2>
<?php
echo do_shortcode( '[gravityform id="2" name="Contact Form" title="false" description="false"]' );
} else {
?>
<h2 id="formhead">Buy, Hire or Enquire</h2>
<?php
echo do_shortcode( '[gravityform id="1" name="Contact Form" title="false" description="false"]' );
}
?>

That might work (untested)

You weren't opening and closing your PHP tags and your brackets were a bit off.

answered Dec 18, 2013 at 9:32

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