PHP "if" statement question

[ElectricMan5]

I wish to exclude the whole "<p class="postmeta"> </p>" section from a certain page. Now, I know how to make it appear on one or more pages, but how do I make it appear on all, but exclude the pages I enter in? I keep

<?php if (is_page()) { ?> 
<?php } ?>

in it, because the empty () puts it on every page...

I was trying to use

<?php if (is_page(23)) { ?>
//blank space is here, so nothing shows up
<?php } ?>

inside of it, since I don't want it appearing on page 23, but it didn't work.


Here's the code I'm trying to work with:

<?php if (is_page()) { ?>   


					<p class="postmeta">	
	

						<a href="<?php comments_link(); ?>" class="comments">Comments (<?php comments_number('0','1','%'); ?>)</a> |		

						<span class="date"><?php the_time('F jS, Y'); ?></span><?php edit_post_link('Edit', ' | ', ''); ?>

					</p>

<?php } ?>

Thanks!

 

[angelwatt]

Try putting the 23 in quotes.

 

[ElectricMan5]

I got it

Just made the top statement

<?php if (is_page('23')) { } else {  ?>

<?php if (is_page('23')) { } else {  ?>

					<p class="postmeta">	
	

						<a href="<?php comments_link(); ?>" class="comments">Comments (<?php comments_number('0','1','%'); ?>)</a> |		

						<span class="date"><?php the_time('F jS, Y'); ?></span><?php edit_post_link('Edit', ' | ', ''); ?>

					</p>

<?php } ?>

 

[angelwatt]

If you want something more succinct the ! lets you invert the condition.

<?php if (!is_page('23')) {  ?>

 

[ElectricMan5]

If you want something more succinct the ! lets you invert the condition.

<?php if (!is_page('23')) {  ?>

Cool, so the ! pretty much makes it mean "exclude page 23 from..."?

 

[neoserver]

Cool, so the ! pretty much makes it mean "exclude page 23 from..."?

Essentially yes. The ! operator inverts the logic. (i.e making the if test for FALSE instead of true.) In your case it turns the if statement into this:

IF page IS NOT 23 then...

instead of IF PAGE is 23 THEN do nothing, ELSE do something.

 

[ElectricMan5]

Essentially yes. The ! operator inverts the logic. (i.e making the if test for FALSE instead of true.) In your case it turns the if statement into this:

IF page IS NOT 23 then...

instead of IF PAGE is 23 THEN do nothing, ELSE do something.

Yeah I guess that's a lot simpler. Thanks a lot!