Hide sidebox on proudct pages?

Hello everyone, how do I hide the reviews side box on the product page? Thank you!

You could customize the reviews.php sidebox with the code:

if (!isset($_GET['products_id'])) {
  $title =  BOX_HEADING_REVIEWS;
  $title_link = FILENAME_REVIEWS;
  require($template->get_template_dir($column_box_default, DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'common') . '/' . $column_box_default);
}

Thank you for the response. I added the code to my reviews.php file but it didn't change anything. Any thoughts?

Check your templates and overrides and make sure that you have added the new code to the file ...

So do I add this code into the reviews.php file or the tpl file? Thank you.

I've placed it in my reviews.php sidebox file. I've tried to move it to different parts of the file but it has no effect. Here's the code:

<?php
/**
 * reviews sidebox - displays a random product-review
 *
 * @package templateSystem
 * @copyright Copyright 2003-2010 Zen Cart Development Team
 * @copyright Portions Copyright 2003 osCommerce
 * @license http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt GNU Public License V2.0
 * @version $Id: reviews.php 16044 2010-04-23 01:15:45Z drbyte $
 */

// if review must be approved or disabled do not show review
  $review_status = " and r.status = 1 ";

  $random_review_sidebox_select = "select r.reviews_id, r.reviews_rating, p.products_id, p.products_image, pd.products_name,
                    substring(reviews_text, 1, 70) as reviews_text
                    from " . TABLE_REVIEWS . " r, " . TABLE_REVIEWS_DESCRIPTION . " rd, "
                           . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . " pd
                    where p.products_status = '1'
                    and p.products_id = r.products_id
                    and r.reviews_id = rd.reviews_id
                    and rd.languages_id = '" . (int)$_SESSION['languages_id'] . "'
                    and p.products_id = pd.products_id
                    and pd.language_id = '" . (int)$_SESSION['languages_id'] . "'" .
                    $review_status;
if (!isset($_GET['products_id'])) {
  $title =  BOX_HEADING_REVIEWS;
  $title_link = FILENAME_REVIEWS;
  require($template->get_template_dir($column_box_default, DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'common') . '/' . $column_box_default);
}

  if (isset($_GET['products_id'])) {
    $random_review_sidebox_select .= " and p.products_id = '" . (int)$_GET['products_id'] . "'";
  }

  $random_review_sidebox_product = $db->ExecuteRandomMulti($random_review_sidebox_select, MAX_RANDOM_SELECT_REVIEWS);
  if ($random_review_sidebox_product->RecordCount() > 0) {
    require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_reviews_random.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'sideboxes'). '/tpl_reviews_random.php');
  } elseif (isset($_GET['products_id']) and zen_products_id_valid($_GET['products_id'])) {
// display 'write a review' box
    require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_reviews_write.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'sideboxes'). '/tpl_reviews_write.php');
  } else {
// display 'no reviews' box
    require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_reviews_none.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'sideboxes'). '/tpl_reviews_none.php');
  }
  $title =  BOX_HEADING_REVIEWS;
  $title_link = FILENAME_REVIEWS;
  require($template->get_template_dir($column_box_default, DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'common') . '/' . $column_box_default);
?>

Thank you.

Not quite ...

If you look at the bottom of the file, you will see the code:

  $title =  BOX_HEADING_REVIEWS;
  $title_link = FILENAME_REVIEWS;
  require($template->get_template_dir($column_box_default, DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'common') . '/' . $column_box_default); 

The code change is to surround that existing code with IF statement that is written in RED ...

Haha! Thank you! It worked!

Thanks for the update that this code is now working for you ... :smile:

Hello again. I have another question.

I would like to add a blank sidebox(mod) but I only want this box visible on the home screen.

How would I code it so it works out this way? Thank you!!

Nevermind, I found the answer in FAQ. :smile: