Displaying different sidebars depending on main page

[Karl1]

Hi guys,
I need to display a different sidebar depending on the page or child of, so I have

 <?php      if (is_page('405'))        { get_sidebar('2');}    elseif ( is_page('98') )        {get_sidebar('3');}    else         { get_sidebar(); }         ?>  

but I can't figure out how to make it calls the same sidebar if we are in a sub-page

Thanks for any help

[dgwyer]

Most people use the Widget Logic Plugin for this rather than hard coding it.

[Jeffro]

What's the purpose in coding all those different sidebars? Is it to show specific widgets? If that's the case, using widget logic would make your life a lot easier as you can do the same thing but with just one sidebar.

[chipbennett]

For a single-depth child page, try:

 <?php
// Globalize $post variable
global $post;
// If Parent Post is 98
if ( '98' == $post->post_parent ) {
    // This is a sub-page of Page ID 98;
    // Do something; e.g. output the sidebar
    get_sidebar('3');
}  

For greater hierarchical depths, you'll need to use something different, such as get_posts() or get_pages() to retrieve the list of child-page IDs, and match them that way.

[Karl1]

I found Dynamic widgets before Widget logic, but I see that widget logic has been used more often, I guess I'll try it out too.
Anyone knows the differences?

@chipbennet
Thanks, I guess I'll use one of this plugins as otherwise I'll have to create 5 or 6 sidebars (files)