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Does anyone know how I can set a variable in a weblog:entries loop and then use that variable in a conditional {if} statement?

What would you want to achieve by that? There might be a preset variable for you. Failing that, PHP can certainly do that.

I have a weblog entries loop where I select 2 different statuses, open and feature.  I was to suppress the first occurance of the feature status since the first featured article will be on the page in a prime location.

the offset doesn’t seem to be powerful enough to offset against a specific status when working with multiple statuses. So, what i am trying to do is figure out how to test for {status} being ‘feature’ and then not display the first occurance of that but display all others with that status.

So, I thought if I could set a variable so I know I suppressed the first featured item from displaying.  Then on each loop, I could then use that variable as a test.

I am open to better ideas, and if I have to use PHP, an example would be very helpful.

thanks!!!!!
M-

In your case, I think, it will have to be PHP. Basically, you would do the following:

Every time you’d encounter status=“feature” you’d check a counter. If it is 1, you skip that posting, in all other cases you simply increment that counter by 1. Other statuses don’t trigger the code. Am I making sense?

Thanks!!!

I’ve been working on this code, and playing the php buttons.  Here is the logic that I am using.  Thanks for the inspiration! So this will drop the first ‘front_feature’ since that gets a prime spot elsewhere on the page.  All other front_features are displayed becuase the $skip variable get set after the first one…

<?php 
if ("{status}" == "front_feature" AND !isset ($skip)) {
$skip = "1";
} else { ?>

<!-- start entry -->
bla bla bla
<!-- end entry -->

<?php } ?>

Looks good, at a glance. Have you given it a try? Let us know how it goes.

yes!  I just finished it up and it is just loverly.

you can see it at: http://www.boomercoffeehouse.com/index.php/self_expression/category/C11/

Thanks again!
M-

Great it’s working for you 😊