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Asked: 2026-05-20T13:49:28+00:00

<ul class=artist-links> <?php if(!empty($artist_website)) { ?><li class=artist-website><a href=<?=$artist_website?> target=_blank><img src=<?php bloginfo(‘template_url’) ?>/images/artist-website.png alt=<?php the_title();

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<ul class="artist-links">
    <?php if(!empty($artist_website)) { ?><li class="artist-website"><a href="<?=$artist_website?>" target="_blank"><img src="<?php bloginfo('template_url') ?>/images/artist-website.png" alt="<?php the_title(); ?> Website" /></a></li><?php } ?>
    <?php if(!empty($artist_youtube)) { ?><li class="artist-youtube"><a href="http://youtube.com/<?=$artist_youtube?>" target="_blank"><img src="<?php bloginfo('template_url') ?>/images/artist-youtube.png" alt="<?php the_title(); ?> Youtube" /></a></li><?php } ?>
    <?php if(!empty($artist_twitter)) { ?><li class="artist-twitter"><a href="http://twitter.com/<?=$artist_twitter?>" target="_blank"><img src="<?php bloginfo('template_url') ?>/images/artist-twitter.png" alt="<?php the_title(); ?> Twitter" /></a></li><?php } ?>
</ul>

I want to make this unordered list show up only if at least one of the variables (artist-website, artist-youtube, artist-twitter) isn’t empty. So if all of the variables are empty, then this list won’t show up at all. What can I add before this code to make this work?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Just check at the beginning if they are all empty:

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    <?php if(!(empty($artist_website) && empty($artist_youtube) && empty($artist_twitter))) : ?>

<ul class="artist-links">
    <?php if(!empty($artist_website)) { ?><li class="artist-website"><a href="<?=$artist_website?>" target="_blank"><img src="<?php bloginfo('template_url') ?>/images/artist-website.png" alt="<?php the_title(); ?> Website" /></a></li><?php } ?>
    <?php if(!empty($artist_youtube)) { ?><li class="artist-youtube"><a href="http://youtube.com/<?=$artist_youtube?>" target="_blank"><img src="<?php bloginfo('template_url') ?>/images/artist-youtube.png" alt="<?php the_title(); ?> Youtube" /></a></li><?php } ?>
    <?php if(!empty($artist_twitter)) { ?><li class="artist-twitter"><a href="http://twitter.com/<?=$artist_twitter?>" target="_blank"><img src="<?php bloginfo('template_url') ?>/images/artist-twitter.png" alt="<?php the_title(); ?> Twitter" /></a></li><?php } ?>
</ul>

<?php endif; ?>

    Explanation

    Basically we check each variable for the condition “empty”. If all 3 are empty, the result of AND(true,true,true) is true. Then we see the “!” or the NOT operator, which reverses that true and makes it a false. So if all the variables are empty, then do no print the lines in between.

    You may also notice the “:” / “endif” syntax i’ve used, which I find much neater when splicing into tags of html.

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