[SOLVED] If then

[asloan]

Ok...programming background but not in PHP

 

http://www.benedictinebusiness.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19&Itemid=27

 

I'm trying to create an if statement to check if the option value if null - basically i'm trying to check if it's the homepage and if it's the homepage I would like a different background color to display then the interior pages.  But I first need to check if it's the homepage.  Soo far it always shows that options is null. 

 

if($_request['option'] == ''){

echo "hello andrea";

}

 

Any ideas?

 

Thank you,

Andrea

[flyhoney]

I think you want something like this:

<?php
if (isset($_GET['option']) && $_GET['option'] == 'com_content') {
    echo 'hello andrea';
}
?>

[asloan]

I put the code in and no luck I still receive hello andrea..

[revraz]

And you would since the URL is setting OPTION.

 

Try this instead

 

http://www.benedictinebusiness.org/index.php?option=nothing&view=article&id=19&Itemid=27

 

[asloan]

I guess I'm a little confused.  The option is part of the url...and is pulled from the database so I can't change it to nothing.  basically the homepage is www.benedictinebusiness.org and there is nothing else in the url. 

[flyhoney]

Ah, so you're saying if 'option' is NOT set in the URL, then that is the homepage?  If thats the case this should work:

 

<?php
if (!isset($_GET['option'])) {
    echo 'THIS IS THE HOMEPAGE';
}
?>

[asloan]

Exactly! but it's not working.....soo maybe I'm missing it.....

 

www.benedictinebusiness.org  = homepage

 

http://www.benedictinebusiness.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45&Itemid=60 = interior page

 

is there another way I can check to see if it's the homepage?

[flyhoney]

<?php
if (!isset($_GET['option'])) {
    die('THIS IS THE HOMEPAGE');
}
?>

 

Should work, I don't know why it wouldn't.  You could also try this:

 

<?php
if (!$_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']) {
    die('THIS IS THE HOMEPAGE');
}
?>

[asloan]

AWESOME!!!!  This works...thank you for being patient and helping me out

 

<?php

if (!$_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']) {

    die('THIS IS THE HOMEPAGE');

}

?>