Different rule by parent

[Ollie]

<?php
$item = $pages->find("template=item");
foreach($item as $item){
echo "<li><a href='{$item->url}'>";

if($item->parent = "cats"){
echo "<div id='redro'>";}
if($item->parent = "dogs"){
echo "<div id='bluero'>";}
if($item->parent = "hamsters"){
echo "<div id='greenro'>";}
else echo "<div id='roy'>";

echo "<div id='ro-info'>1/{$item->images->count()}<br />{$item->title}<br />—<br />{$item->date}</div></div>";
$image = $item->images->first();
$image = $image->width(250);
if($image) echo "<img src='$image->url'> </a></li>";
}
?>

Hi there, I am pretty new to all of this so please forgive me if i am making any sily mistakes!

I am trying to change that div id based on the items parent name, i.e if its a cat and its parent is a page called cats its a red rollover if its a dog its blue etc.

I have proberly got it very wrong up there but I have been trial and erroring for a while now and i cant seem to work it out!

Thanks in advance, Ollie

[adrian]

Hi Ollie,

Without looking at your code in too much detail, the first obvious problems are the single equals signs in the if($item->parent = statements. Try using == and let us know if that fixes things.

Also, you'll probably need to do $item->parent->name

[Ollie]

hi Adrian, thanks for your help it all seems very simple now! I am still having a small problem with it displaying the else echo on everything else 2 or 3 times depending on wether it has a parent or not, any ideas?

Thanks again!

[Ollie]

worked it out!

thanks again for your help