The CMSB Cookbook

ELIMINATE BLANK LINES OR HEADINGS WHEN THERE’S NO INFORMATION IN A FIELD - Aug 3rd, 2010


Dwelling asked the question and Dave came to the rescue.  He suggested to start by experimenting with the PHP “if”
tag.

<?PHP if ($newsRecord['title']): ?>
Title: <?PHP echo $newsRecord['title'] ?>
<?PHP endif; ?>

Here’s one that was used in a multi record editor to eliminate the word “through” if there was no “end date”
and the heading :Reception” if that field was blank:

<?PHP foreach ($exhibitionsRecords as $record): ?>
<tr valign="top" align="center">
<td >
<span class="heading-text-bold"><?PHP echo $record['title'] ?></span><br />
<span class="body-text"> <?PHP echo $record['start_date'] ?> </span>
<span class="body-text"> <?PHP if ($record['end_date']): ?>Through <?PHP echo $record['end_date'] ?></span><br />
<?PHP endif; ?>
<?PHP if ($record['reception_date_and_time']): ?> <span class="heading-text-bold">Reception</span><br /><span
class="body-text"> <?PHP echo $record['reception_date_and_time'] ?> </span>
<?PHP endif; ?>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" height="125" valign="top"><div class="body-text"><?PHP echo $record['content'] ?></div></td>
</tr> <tr>
<td align="center">
 <?PHP foreach ($record['image'] as $upload): ?>
<?PHP if ($upload['hasThumbnail']): ?>
<img src="<?PHP echo $upload['thumbUrlPath'] ?>" width="<?PHP echo $upload['thumbWidth'] ?>" height="<?PHP echo
$upload['thumbHeight'] ?>" alt="" />
<?PHP elseif ($upload['isImage']): ?>
<img src="<?PHP echo $upload['urlPath'] ?>" width="<?PHP echo $upload['width'] ?>" height="<?PHP echo $upload['height']
?>" alt="" />
<?PHP else: ?>
<a class="special" href="<?PHP echo $upload['urlPath'] ?>">DOWNLOAD<?PHP echo $upload['filename'] ?></a>
<?PHP endif ?>
<div class="body-text-bold">
<?PHP echo $upload['info1']; ?><br />
<?PHP echo $upload['info2']; ?> </div></td>
<?PHP endforeach ?>

Basically you just put the field you want to test in between the brackets. Note that this won't display for blank -or-
zero.

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