Why doesn't this code work to check if a region is occupied?

Question

I have the code below in my theme to detect if there is a block in the leftsidebar region. The problem is that this HTML code still gets output on pages that do not have a block in the leftsidebar region. I am at a complete loss as to what the problem is. I do this same code with my other blocks and it works.

Here's the code in my page.tpl.php file...

<?php if (!$page['sidebar']): ?>
<div id="content-area" class="one-col">
<?php endif; ?> 

<?php if ($page['sidebar'] && !$page['leftsidebar']): ?>
<div id="content-area" class="two-col">
<?php endif; ?> 

<?php if ($page['leftsidebar']): ?>
<div id="content-area" class="three-col">
<?php endif; ?>

Here's the block region in my .info file...

regions[leftsidebar] = Left Sidebar

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 07 '12 at 20:53

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Just check <?php if($leftsidebar): ?>. then add all your markup.

answered Feb 07 '12 at 20:53

au_stan

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I tried that and it doesn't work. I believe that's the way to check in Drupal 6. I'm using 7. – Dustin Feb 07 '12 at 20:56
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try something like this: ` ` – au_stan Feb 07 '12 at 21:02
Hmm.. that worked. Wonder why though? I've always printed my block regions like this... `` – Dustin Feb 07 '12 at 21:10

Why doesn't this code work to check if a region is occupied?

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