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php within echo statement / hide element

Jul 2nd, 2009

hi all,

I am wondering if someone could give me a quick hand with some php im trying to edit in Wordpress.

Heres the original peice I am trying to edit:

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<div class='dateauthor'>
            <small class='capsule'><?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> by <?php the_author() ?> 
	</small>
        </div>
<div class='dateauthor'>
            <small class='capsule'><?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> by <?php the_author() ?> 
	</small>
        </div>

What I want to do is when "the_author" equals "admin" for the div to be hidden or deleted.

I have added this to make sure that it can find admin

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<?php if ($author=="admin"){echo "hello24241";} ?>
<?php if ($author=="admin"){echo "hello24241";} ?>

and edit here...

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<?php $author=the_author() ?>

My question I guess would be is there a statement that would be able to hide/delete the div? Or should I be re-writing this code, like this...

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<?php $author = the_author(); ?>
<?PHP if ($author=="admin")?> working
<?php else: ?> \* I get an error on this line *\
        <div class='dateauthor'>
            <small class='capsule'><?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> by <?php the_author() ?> 
			</small>
        </div>
<?php endif; ?>

Thanks for any help,

and if you need me to be a little more clear just ask,

tian

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Re: php within echo statement / hide element

Jul 2nd, 2009

I apologize as soon as I sent this I remembered I started the thread in wrong are, not sure how to move this but if a mod could delete this ill make new post in php.

Thanks

Last edited by cjay175; Jul 2nd, 2009 at 8:43 pm. Reason: wrong thread

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Re: php within echo statement / hide element

Jul 3rd, 2009

You are getting an error in the else line because

you are trying to use VB type if else in PHP.

But PHP is originally based on C language so that

if else will surely return an error

to learn more about the if else statement in PHP

Follow this link: http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_if_else.asp