Multiple, Dynamic, Sidebars Problem - First Sidebar not working properly

Question

This is my function:

function ec_register_sidebars() { 
register_sidebars( 3, 
    array( 
    'name' => 'Sidebar %d', 
    'id' => "sidebar-$i", 
    'before_widget' => '<li id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">', 
    'after_widget' => '</li>', 
    'before_title' => '', 
    'after_title' => '' 
    ) 
); 

This does not work:

<?php if ( is_active_sidebar( 'Sidebar 1' ) ) : ?> 
<?php dynamic_sidebar( 'Sidebar 1' ); ?> 
    <?php else : ?> 
    No primary sidebar content 
<?php endif; ?>

BUT if I change the *is_active_sidebar* to 'Sidebar 2' or 'Sidebar 3', it works. For example, this works:

<?php if ( is_active_sidebar( 'Sidebar 2' ) ) : ?> 
<?php dynamic_sidebar( 'Sidebar 1' ); ?> 
    <?php else : ?> 
    No primary sidebar content 
<?php endif; ?>

I don't understand why this is. Any ideas?

Answer 1

it looks like your name attribute is missing the sprintf aspect. that line should read

'name' => sprintf(__('Sidebar %d'), $i ),

otherwise %d doesn't reference $i at all. Also, it looks like you should be calling the sidebar id, not the name. The name is just for looks. For example, once the above is fixed, this coould work:

<?php dynamic_sidebar( 'sidebar-1' ); ?>