If author=XXX, show adsense code 2, otherwise, code 1

That's basically what I need to accomplish. This is for wordpress. I don't want to use a plugin because there is none which does exactly what I want. I have a precise template that I made and want to keep as is, and plugins only let me insert ads on the sidebar and inside posts.

So basically I need to write some PHP that will show an adsense code for a specific author, and another adsense code for everyone else.

So something like:

If author = tom, adsense2
else
adsense1

You get what I'm trying to do? Please help, I know this should be simple to do, it's just going to be outputting a different ECHO depending on the author var, right?

Thanks

 

You can get the author with this function

http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_the_author

Code (markup):

Get the author check it's name then show the code you want.

 

But that has to be used within the Loop. My ads are outside the Loop.

 

Then set the variable in the loop and use it outside the loop. I guess you're checking for single post's author only.

 

Unfortunately I don't know enough about PHP to do this on my own. Can you please start me off with some basic code? I can understand and edit it, I just don't have the knowledge to write it from scratch

 

Check this: http://php.net/manual/en/language.variables.scope.php

$my_username = ''

//in loop 
global $my_username;
$my_username = get_the_author();

//ad segment

if($my_username == 'whatever'){
  echo 'custom ad';
} else {
  echo 'common ad'
}

PHP:

 

if ($author == "tom")
{
    echo "adsense2";
}
else
{
    echo "adsense1";
}

PHP: