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[promart418]

I am using if statements to add category specific code to my site, using:

{if cat eq '1'}
code for category 1 page
{elseif cat eq '2'}
code for category 2 page
etc..

{/if}

I have 2 questions though:

1. How do you do the same for manufacturer, product and static pages?

2. I have roughly 15 categories and 25 manufacturers, so the code would be okay, i.e. not too long. But, my site has ~600 pages, so is there a more concise way of adding custom code to any and every URL?

Thanks,

[promart418]

Further details... the reason I ask is that I was going to add page specific special offers and additional information to my site in the sidebars. This would be an ongoing process, but I don't want to add 600 lines of if/elseif statements to my site.

[promart418]

One more issue, my if statements do not appear to work inside
{php}
code...
{if ...}
code
{elseif ...}
code
{/if}
{/php}

What am I doing wrong? I tried using the literal tags, but to no success.

Thanks again,

[cflsystems]

If every singl page will have its own different from the others offer you eithr have to do all the if/then lines or you can add extra field and use it for each product page to enter different value

Once you start with {php} in a template you have to use php syntax

{php}
code...
if (whatever) {
code
} elseif (whatever) {
code
} else {
code
}
{/php}

[promart418]

Thanks, but I am still having problems with understanding the code. I have:

{php}
require_once('simplepie.inc'); 
  
$feed = new SimplePie();

if($cat eq "252"){$feed->set_feed_url('http://www.promartsupplements.co.uk/blog/category/all-in-ones/?feed=rss2');}

else
{$feed->set_feed_url('http://www.promartsupplements.co.uk/blog/?feed=rss2');}


$feed->init();

// Limit the items to be shown 
$i = 0; 
foreach($feed->get_items() as $item){ 
 if($i <= 2){ 
  
  echo '<h3 style="font-size:14px;"><a style="color:#000; text-decoration:none; font-size:13px; font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif;" href="'.$item->get_permalink().'">'.$item->get_title().'</a> </h3>';
   
  echo '<p style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif; font-size:11px;">'.substr($item->get_description(),0,180).'...<a style="text-decoration:none; font-size:11px; font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif;" href="'.$item->get_permalink().'">[Read Article]</a></p>';
  $i++; 
 } 
} 
{/php}

I'm sure whatever I have done wrong is minor, but I can't fathom it.

[promart418]

All of the code worked fine until I added the if/else part. Originally, the blog feed integration was the same on every page and that is what I am trying to change.

Thanks,

[cflsystems]

Like I said - you can't use smarty syntax within php code and yet you are doing it (there is no "eq" in php)

{php}
require_once("simplepie.inc");
$feed = new SimplePie();
if($cat == "252")
 $feed->set_feed_url("http://www.promartsupplements.co.uk/blog/category/all-in-ones/?feed=rss2");
else
 $feed->set_feed_url("http://www.promartsupplements.co.uk/blog/?feed=rss2");
 
$feed->init();
// Limit the items to be shown
$i = 0;
foreach($feed->get_items() as $item) {
 if($i <= 2) {
  echo "<h3 style='font-size:14px;'><a style='color:#000; text-decoration:none; font-size:13px; font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif;' href='" . $item->get_permalink() . "'>" . $item->get_title() . "</a> </h3>";
  echo "<p style='font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif; font-size:11px;'>" . substr($item->get_description(),0,180) . "...<a style='text-decoration:none; font-size:11px; font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif;' href='" . $item->get_permalink(). "'>[Read Article]</a></p>";
  $i++;
 }
}
{/php}

[ADDISON]

it is not recommended to use {php}{/php} in smarty template files. if is used, do not abuse of it.

[promart418]

Thanks for your help. I am a novice with php and mysql, so most of it looks foreign to me at the moment. The code was written by a third party and I just wanted to tweak it.

I tried the above, which doesn't crash the site like when I did it myself, but the feed is the same on both pages. I'm wondering if I need to declare the $cat variable before calling it (please excuse my terminology).

p.s. categoryid no. 252 in my MySQL table is the all-in-one category, so I was hoping that page would show a different feed integration category.

Thanks,

[cflsystems]

Depends on the page you are calling this form $cat may not be defined at all