Modifying page.php of my template so page heading does not appear on new welcome page

[kathymac]

Hi

I have a wp theme installed at: http://winyourway.ca/NewWebsite/.

I would like the heading "Welcome" not to appear if the home page is displayed
(page_id 378).

Inside my page.php code, I have the following code, but something is not correct and I can't figure out what I have done wrong. The "Welcome" heading still appears:

Orig code:
<h2 class="title">
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php
the_title(); ?></a></h2>

My code:
<?php
if (page_id != 378)
{
?>
<h2 class="title">
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php
the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<?php
}
?>

[Jurre]

First of all, "page_id" is not even a proper PHP variable, that would be "$page_id". Second, why do you think the ID of the current page would be in $page_id, a random local variable you just created yourself?

This is what you need.

[chipbennett]

First of all, "page_id" is not even a proper PHP variable, that would be "$page_id". Second, why do you think the ID of the current page would be in $page_id, a random local variable you just created yourself?

This is what you need.

And even more direct, use is_front_page().