[wp-testers] Conditional tags not working

[Dion Hulse (dd32)]

is_admin() should be working perfectly fine, as core uses it.

You canot use template conditionals in global scope in functions.php  
however, This is not possible due to the theme being included earlier than  
WordPress has determined what type of query it is.

Try using them at a later stage in the loading process and you'll find  
they work, Using a custom function is REQUIRED, and cannot be worked  
around if you want to use it within functions.php. An example is:

add_action('template_redirect', '_theme_comment_reply');
function _theme_comment_reply() {
    wp_enqueue_script( 'comment-reply' );
}

Alternativly, You can use them at a later stage, Such as within your  
header.php file before any output occurs. At this point WordPress has  
determined what the request is, and the conditionals will be populated.

On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 16:48:54 +1100, Nathan Rice <ncrice at gmail.com> wrote:

> OK, something simple and straightforward ...
>
> Let's say I want to create an admin settings page. I have the code  
> loaded in
> a separate file, and want to use the functions.php file to include it,  
> but
> there's no need to load the code into memory when viewing the front-end
> (non-admin). So, I wrap the include in conditional tags ...
>
> <?php
> if(!is_admin())
> require_once(TEMPLATEPATH.'/admin_menu.php');
> ?>
>
> That code does NOT work.
>
> Or, let's say I want to move the comment reply script call from the
> header.php to the functions.php, where it really belongs ...
>
> <?php
> if(is_singular())
> wp_enqueue_script( 'comment-reply' );
> ?>
>
> See? And please don't tell me to write a custom function and use hooks.
> That's not the issue here. The issue is the fact that conditionals aren't
> working properly. I'm almost positive that this used to work, which is  
> why
> I'm wondering why it's not working now.
>
> ------------------
> Nathan Rice
> WordPress and Web Development
> www.nathanrice.net | twitter.com/nathanrice
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 12:30 AM, Austin Matzko  
> <if.website at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 11:21 PM, Nathan Rice <ncrice at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > As this post points out:
>> >
>> http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2010/01/16/fix-for-is_home-is_archive-not-working/
>> >
>> > conditional tags like is_home(), is_page, is_archive(), etc., are all
>> > seemingly not working. I've noticed this as well (running 2.9.1).
>> >
>> > I believe that it might work in some circumstances (like in the  
>> loop?),
>> but
>> > I am currently running into the problem when trying to conditionally  
>> do
>> > something in the theme's functions.php file.
>>
>> Could you be more specific about what you're trying to do?  I wouldn't
>> expect them to work when the theme's functions.php file is included,
>> for example, because that happens before the page query is even
>> parsed.
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