[themes] conditional output based on value of CCK field

[Mark Hope]

On 25 Jul 2007, at 19:27, puregin wrote:

> Hi Mark,
>
>      i'd suggest that you install Content Template (contemplate)
> module, and Developer Module.

Never had much success with contemplate but will look again at devel.

> These will help you to discover the way to reference the fields you
> need.
> For example, you will probably need to examine
>
>     $node->field_news_type[0]['value']
>
> or something to that effect.
>
> Also, php.net is a good source of information for basic PHP syntax.
>
> Using these resources, you'll find your code probably looks something
> like this:
>
> switch ($node->field_news_type[0]['value'] == 'Retail Week Teaser') {
>      case 'Teaser Article':
>        // do something
>        break;
>      case 'Editorial':
>         // do something else
>         break;
>      case 'Full News Article':
>         // handle this case
>         break;
> }
>
> Hope this sets you off in the right direction.
>
>      Good luck, Djun

Thanks for the help!


>
>
> On 25-Jul-2007, at 10:55 AM, Mark Hope wrote:
>
>> I've got a CCK content type using a field called 'field_news_type'
>>
>> I'm looking to conditionally output some code based on the value of
>> the CCK field.
>> The Field has a possible 3 values:
>> 	Editorial
>> 	Full News Article
>> 	Teaser Article
>>
>> I need to do something like:
>>
>> if $field_news_type = Retail Week Teaser {
>>   //dothis
>> }
>>
>> Any pointers would be appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Mark
>>
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