[wp-hackers] Difference between is_home and is_front_page

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On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 9:09 PM, John Turner <TurnerJD at cofc.edu> wrote:

>
>  323  /**
>  324   * Whether current page query is the front of the site.
>  325   *
>  326   * @since 2.5.0
>  327   * @uses is_home()
>  328   * @uses get_option()
>  329   *
>  330   * @return bool True, if front of site.
>  331   */
>  332  function is_front_page () {
>  333      // most likely case
>  334      if ( 'posts' == get_option('show_on_front') && is_home() )
>  335          return true;
>  336      elseif ( 'page' == get_option('show_on_front') &&
> get_option('page_on_front') && is_page(get_option('page_on_front')) )
>  337          return true;
>  338      else
>  339          return false;
>  340  }
>  341
>  342  /**
>  343   * Whether current page view is the blog homepage.
>  344   *
>  345   * @since 1.5.0
>  346   * @uses $wp_query
>  347   *
>  348   * @return bool True if blog view homepage.
>  349   */
>  350  function is_home () {
>  351      global $wp_query;
>  352
>  353      return $wp_query->is_home;
>  354  }
>  355
>
> John Turner
> http://johndturner.com
>
>
>
>
>
> > From: Nathan Rice <ncrice at gmail.com>
> > Reply-To: <wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com>
> > Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:46:49 -0500
> > To: <wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com>
> > Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] Difference between is_home and is_front_page
> >
> > Close, but no.
> > If your About page is set as your front page, and you are viewing
> > http://example.com, then:
> > is_home() will return false
> > is_front_page() will return true.
> >
> > If your About page is set as your front page, and your Blog page is set
> up
> > to list blog posts, and you are viewing http://example.com/blog then:
> > is_home() will return true
> > is_front_page() will retrun false
> >
> > (Please correct me if I'm wrong, anyone).
> >
> > Nathan
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Dan Gayle <dangayle at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> So, for instance, if the "About" page is set as the home page in
> options,
> >> is_front_page() and is_home() will both return true if I'm looking at
> >> http://example.com
> >>
> >> But if I'm looking at http://example.com/about, is_front_page will
> return
> >> true, while is_home() will return false.
> >>
> >> That's correct, right?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Jan 22, 2009, at 11:31 AM, Nathan Rice wrote:
> >>
> >>  is_home is limited in that it only returns true if you are on the
> ACTUAL
> >>> home page, whereas is_front_page returns true even if you're using a
> >>> specific page as your blog's homepage.
> >>>
> >>> Nathan
> >>>
> >>> My Website
> >>> http://www.nathanrice.net/
> >>>
> >>> My Twitter
> >>> http://twitter.com/nathanrice
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Dan Gayle <dangayle at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>  Can anyone explain the difference between is_home() and
> is_front_page()?
> >>>>
> >>>> They appear to me, from the Codex documentation, that they do the same
> >>>> thing.
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