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Baivaras
Baivaras

Reputation: 438

PHP code in wordpress not working

What is wrong with my code in index.php? or maybe not in my code? I'm creating a new theme from scratch. Direction of files is correct. Theme is activated. But text is not showing up.

   <?php

get_header();

if(have_posts()) :
  while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

<h2>hello</h2>
  <?php the_content(); ?>

  <?php endwhile;

  else :
    echo '<p>No content found</p>'

endif;

get_footer();

 ?>

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2383

Answers (1)

ham-sandwich
ham-sandwich

Reputation: 4052

You are missing a semicolon. echo '<p>No content found</p>' should be echo '<p>No content found</p>';, hence why you are getting the white screen of death. So the full code, looks like so:

<?php

get_header();

if( have_posts() ):
  while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

  <h2>hello</h2>
  <?php the_content(); ?>

  <?php endwhile;

else:
    echo '<p>No content found</p>';

endif;

get_footer();

?>

If you are using WordPress 4+ and in development, you should edit your wp-config.php file in the project root. Set the constant WP_DEBUG on line 80 to true to look like this:

define('WP_DEBUG', true);

This will show the syntax errors in your code instead of a white blank screen...and of course change it back to false when you ship the production version.

Upvotes: 2

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