Conditional PHP includes on WordPress

[gofstawerks]

So I was trying to use conditional php includes to customize an existing WordPress Template I just bought.
I know nothing about PHP, however I’ve been trying to search and find answers as a go along. Something that I have not been able to figure out is how to do a conditional PHP Include. Everytime I try, I get a blank white page :? . Heres what I tried and my source.
The source code from – http://codex.wordpress.org/Category_Templates

Code:

This is the text to describe category A

This is the text to describe category B

This is some generic text to describe all other category pages,
I could be left blank

what I turned it into

Code:

ID); ?>

Thanks in advance and sorry if it is a stupid question :oops: .

[Tcooper]

Because what you are trying to do is all php you don’t need to keep switching in and out:

Code:

ID);
}else{
include(‘someotherfile.php’);
}
?>

Although, I don’t think it would actually stop it from working – the syntax is still correct in what you have done. The other reasons it might not work are as follows:

is_category function doesn’t exist
get_video function doesn’t exist
someotherfile.php doesn’t exist
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Of course, it also won’t include if is_category(‘somecategory’) returns true :P

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