How to add an 'if' statement for a content type in a custom views-view.tpl.php?

Question

Is it possible to add an 'if' statement for a content type in a custom views-view.tpl.php?

This is just so I can add text to show if the post in the view is either an 'episode' or an 'announcement'. The content type is called announcement.

I want to do this because I need to identify and style differently based on the post type:

• If it's from an episode, it displays the episode number.
• If it's an announcement, it says announcement.

So basically something like so:

<?php if (content_type='whatever') {... code goes here ...} ?>

If this is possible, can you provide an example?

Note: I have a custom theme called views-view-field--first-post--block--created.tpl.php and all it has is <?php print $output; ?>. It's called a field content date.

Also, this is what the output of the entire view looks like: stdClass Object ( [node_created] => 1434783086 [node_title] => CTRL Daily Episode 11 [nid] => 11 [node_type] => ctrl_daily ). [node_type] is what I want.

Answer 1

Improving your own code a bit, it'd be better to not set the dummy variable, since you probably won't use it again. To make it a bit cleaner:

<?php if ($row->node_type === 'announcements'): ?>
  <?php // This shows up for node->type of announcement. ?>
<?php else: ?>
  <?php // Everything else. ?>
<?php endif; ?>

Note that it's usually more readable (and thus considered best practice) to use alternative control syntax when in a view.

For additional smart checking, you should probably create a check to make sure that the node_type property is set on the $row object before checking it...

<?php if (isset($row->node_type) && $row->node_type === 'announcements'): ?>
  <?php // This shows up for node->type of announcement. ?>
<?php else: ?>
  <?php // Everything else. ?>
<?php endif; ?>

Answer 2

You can access it by adding Node Type field to views and access it using $row variable in views-view.tpl.php.

$rows: The results of the view query, if any

Or $views is also accessible in each and every views template file.

Answer 3

I figured it out. An if statement doesn't work on [node_type] unless it has something to look at. Give it something to compare it will make it work. Also make sure your using row output on themes template in order for the following code to work.

Example: <?php $value = ($row->node_type) ; ?> <?php if($value == 'announcements') { ?> yes <?php } else { ?> nope <?php } ?>