Hide category count -- on only ONE category

[dontknowwhatimdoing]

Tried this:

if (SHOW_COUNTS == 'true' and ($this_is_home_page)) {
      $products_in_category = zen_count_products_in_category($counter);
      if ($products_in_category > 0) {
        $this->box_categories_array[$ii]['count'] = $products_in_category;
      } else {
        $this->box_categories_array[$ii]['count'] = 0;
      }
    }

And I tried this:
Tried this:

if (SHOW_COUNTS == 'true' and $this_is_home_page !=true) {
      $products_in_category = zen_count_products_in_category($counter);
      if ($products_in_category > 0) {
        $this->box_categories_array[$ii]['count'] = $products_in_category;
      } else {
        $this->box_categories_array[$ii]['count'] = 0;
      }
    }

I also tried and $this_is_home_page == false

But nothing seems to work right. I'm not sure whether I need to compare "$this_is_home_page" to some global variable/ or what...