Conditional Display of Field

If statement are really versatile and powerful concepts.

If you think that an "If" statement will do the job for you, then here's some code that should work for you.

The first rule to remember is that every (series of) if statement(s) must be closed with an <?php endif ?> in order for them to work correctly.

The second rule is that if you’re using a series of if statements, then the first one is always an “if”, the last is always “else” and any in the middle are “elseif”.

If you wanted to test for particular contents in “your_field”. Say, if the contents of “your_field” equaled “apples” then, you’d use the exactly equal to “==” operator:

in a detail viewer (single record):


<?php if ($your_tableRecord['your_field'] == 'apples'): ?><h1>your field contains apples</h1>
<?php elseif ($your_tableRecord['your_field'] == 'bananas'): ?> <h1>your field contains bananas</h1>
<?php else: ?><h1>your field contains no apples or bananas</h1>
<?php endif ?>

And in a list viewer(multi record) :

<?php foreach ($your_tableRecords as $record): ?>
<?php if ($record['your_field'] == 'apples'): ?><h1>your field contains apples</h1>
<?php elseif ($record['your_field'] == 'bananas'): ?> <h1>your field contains bananas</h1>
<?php else: ?><h1>your field contains no apples or bananas</h1>
<?php endif ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>

Best,

Jerry Kornbluth