Sections - How to check for Content Type or Node Type.

First thank you for your reply.

I have tried both suggestions; and both evaluated false.

I started to do some testing to see if it is and issue with the sections module or if it is an issue with a broader scope. By the way I am not a PHP expert but I can get my way around with it. Here is what I found:

To test what the if statement was doing I placed the following code withing a "book" content type page in php mode. I figure that if the code resides inside the same content type I should be able to evaluate the if statement and return true, and print it out the the screen.

if ($node->type == 'book') {
  echo '<h2>This is a book page</h2>';
}

or

global $node;
if ($node->type == 'book') {
  echo '<h2>This is a book page</h2>';
}

The result always returns FALSE for both cases.

For my second test I placed both pieces of code within the page.tpl.php file and this piece evaluates true (without the global declaration):

if ($node->type == 'book') {
  echo '<h2>This is a book page</h2>';
}

This leads me to the conclusion that I can't test for node type or content type using the PHP visibility option within the administration as these variables do not pass along. They can only be accessed from within the theme template files and not from the content administration.

Is there a way to pass these values over the content administration side so that I can apply the proper content filtering ?

I know this type of filtering can be applied to the template.php and theme files. However, I would like to apply the filtering at the administration side because this will allow greater control how the themes and blocks are assigned to each content type.

your thoughts are most welcome.

Hass,

Thank you for taking the time to respond to my questions and for providing some guidance.

I found a piece of code that did the trick.

$match = FALSE;
if (arg(0) == 'node' && is_numeric(arg(1))) {
  $nid = arg(1);
  $node = node_load(array('nid' => $nid));
  $type = $node->type;
  if ($type == 'consul_page') {
    $match = TRUE;
  }
}
return $match;

I got the idea from this node: http://drupal.org/node/64135

Hope this helps others as well.

With this setup I can manage one site with one section that is completely independent in regards to theme, blocks and menus than the rest of the site without having to set up multiple sites. The benefit here is that the administrators can simply create content using one of the pre-defined content types and automatically the theme gets applied to it. Another benefit is that there is a single administrator for the whole site.

Please note that the code above may still need some refinement as i have not fully tested it.

Thanks again.

Sandro.