How can I echo multiple tasks if a common WordPress function exists.

For example, I want to reduce the following:

<?php if (function_exists ('pluginName')) echo someName (1); ?>
<?php if (function_exists ('pluginName')) echo someName (2); ?>
<?php if (function_exists ('pluginName')) echo someName (3); ?>
<?php if (function_exists ('pluginName')) echo someName (4); ?>

into a single query like this:

<?php if (function_exists ('pluginName')) echo someName (1); someName (2); someName (3); someName (4); ?>

What is the right way to do it?

How can I echo multiple tasks if a common WordPress function exists.

For example, I want to reduce the following:

<?php if (function_exists ('pluginName')) echo someName (1); ?>
<?php if (function_exists ('pluginName')) echo someName (2); ?>
<?php if (function_exists ('pluginName')) echo someName (3); ?>
<?php if (function_exists ('pluginName')) echo someName (4); ?>

into a single query like this:

<?php if (function_exists ('pluginName')) echo someName (1); someName (2); someName (3); someName (4); ?>

What is the right way to do it?

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• 1 Brackets may help. See second example - the one with multiple statements. – Howdy_McGee ♦ Commented May 11, 2016 at 18:17
• Something like this? -> <?php if (function_exists ('pluginName')) { echo someName (7); echo someName (8); echo someName (9); } ?> – AndrewL64 Commented May 11, 2016 at 18:21
• 1 Yup, that'll do it. – Howdy_McGee ♦ Commented May 11, 2016 at 18:21
• Thank you good sir. Do add that as the answer and I'll mark it as correct. – AndrewL64 Commented May 11, 2016 at 18:23

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As @Howdy_McGee mentioned in the comments, you can just wrapped the multiple commands you want to run within curly brackets like this:

<?php if (function_exists ('pluginName')) { echo someName (7); echo someName (8); echo someName (9); } ?>