Check the value of an attribute in magento

Question

I have a custom attribute yes/no and what i want to do is on the product detail page of my magento site show or hide an image based on wether the value of this attribute is

Answer 1

If your attribute was called, say, show_image then you read it back like this:

<?php if ($_product->getShowImage()) : ?>
    <img .... /><!-- PUT WHATEVER ELSE HTML YOU NEED HERE -->
<?php endif; ?>