Wordpress Using an If statement inside a for loop

Question

I need to use an if statement to detect if the category page that is currently being viewed is from a category list being lifted from wordpress. I cant use a static list as this list is likely to change as the admin changes things.

<?php 
     $args = array(
         'orderby' => 'name',
         'parent' => 8,
         'taxonomy' => 'category'
     );
     $categories = get_categories( $args );
     foreach ( $categories as $category1 ) { ?>

     <?php if (is_category(<?php echo get_cat_name("$category1->term_id;"); ?>)) : ?>
         <p>This is the text to describe category A</p>
     <?php else : ?>
         <p>This is the text to describe category B</p>
     <?php endif; ?>  
}?>

This is what I have so far, it works if I use a static list but when I try and get the is category to work with the get_cat_name it gives me an error 500.

Thanks.

RToyo · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-09 16:35:14Z

3

You are getting a 500 error because of this line:

<?php if (is_category(<?php echo get_cat_name("$category1->term_id;"); ?>)) : ?>

It should simply be:

<?php if (is_category(get_cat_name($category1->term_id))) : ?>

echo is used to send a string to the output buffer (in other words, to output the text to the browser). You don't need to echo values into another function. Additionally, when you pass a value to a function, you can send the variable ($category1->term_id) directly.

You also don't need to open a <?php tag when you haven't closed the previous tag.

edited Jan 9, 2018 at 16:35

answered Jan 9, 2018 at 16:30

RToyo

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3 Comments

Samvel Aleqsanyan Over a year ago

also, you don't need quotes and semicolon here "$category1->term_id;". instead use $category1->term_id

RToyo Over a year ago

@SamvelAleqsanyan Good catch; updating the answer.

Martin Over a year ago

Thanks, that fixed it.

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