Conditionally Show Content Based on 'Choice'

• digisavvy

• September 11, 2013 at 8:15 am

I want to show content based on choice. I have a field with three choices, 1col, 2col, 3col. For now, I just want to echo a field based on the choice made.

Here’s what I have:

<?php if( in_array( '1col', get_field('choose_layout') ) ): ?>
     <?php get_field( 'single_column' ); ?>
<?php endif; ?>

I referred to this bit of documentation: http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/field-types/select/ and am running into a wall.

Any advice?

• Elliot

• September 11, 2013 at 2:16 pm

Hi @digisavvy

What do you mean by running into a wall?
I am guessing that the code doesn’t work, but can you be specific as to what part and why?

Have you attempted to debug the problem by using var_dump to test the values in your code?

• digisavvy

• September 12, 2013 at 4:02 am

Sorry about that; I think even I was confused on what I wanted to do…

The code below gave me what I wanted; I’m always open to tips on optimizing it further.

<?php if(get_field('choose_layout') == "1col")
{ ?>
   	<p><?php the_field('single_column'); ?></p>
<?php } elseif (get_field('choose_layout') == "2col")
{ ?>
	<p><?php the_field('two_columns_left'); ?></p>
	<p><?php the_field('two_columns_right'); ?></p>
<?php } elseif (get_field('choose_layout') == "3col")
{ ?>
	<p><?php the_field('three_columns_left'); ?></p>
	<p><?php the_field('three_columns_middle'); ?></p>
	<p><?php the_field('three_columns_right'); ?></p>
<?php } ?>