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Diego Villaseñor
Diego Villaseñor
12,615 Points
Posted by Diego Villaseñor
Diego Villaseñor
12,615 Points

Include submenu via If conditional

Hello everyone,

I have a site in which a submenu should appear only on certain pages. In mi header.php file I have used the following conditional

<?php if ($section=="PLMDLC" OR "EPEA" OR "21N" OR "RR"){include("inc/nav2.php");}?>

Right now, the submenu appears on all pages, independently of the $section name.

What would you recommend doing?

Thanks

2 Answers

Robert Komaromi
Robert Komaromi
11,927 Points
Robert Komaromi
Robert Komaromi
11,927 Points

You don't have your conditional set up correctly. It should be:

<?php if ($section=="PLMDLC" OR $section=="EPEA" OR $section=="21N" OR $section=="RR"){include("inc/nav2.php");}?>

Everything between the or keyword is evaluated as a separate statement. Because a string like "EPEA" is evaluated as true, your original statement will always return true.