a clean way to allow for variable display

< !--- THIS IS THE FIRST CONDITIONAL TRIGGER THAT TOGGLES THE POSTITION OF THE IMAGE & TEXT PAIRING -->

< ? php if (get_field('first_toggle') == 'image_left') {? >

< div class="container">

< div class="casestudy_image_left">< !--IMAGE AS OBJECT | NOT CONDITIONAL -->

< ? php 
$firstSplitImage = get_field('first_split_image'); ? >

< img class="full-width-image" src="< ? php echo $firstSplitImage['url']; ?>” alt=”< ? php echo $firstSplitImage['alt']; ? >” />

< /div>< !-- ends casestudy image left -->

< div class="casestudy_contents_right">

< ? php the_field('first_split_text'); ?>< /div>< !-- ends casestudy contents right -->

< !-- ENDS CONTAINER-->

< ? php }
else if (get_field('first_toggle') == 'image_right') 
{  ? >

< div class="container">

< div class="casestudy_image_right">< !--IMAGE AS OBJECT | CONDITIONAL -->

< ? php 
$firstSplitImage = get_field('first_split_image'); ? >

< img class="full-width-image" src="< ? php echo $firstSplitImage['url']; ? >” alt=”< ? php echo $firstSplitImage['alt']; ? >” />

< /div>< !-- ends casestudy image right -->

< div class="casestudy_contents_left">< ? php the_field('first_split_text'); ?>< /div>< !-- ends casestudy contents left -->

< /div>< !-- ENDS CONTAINER-->

< ? php } ? >

< !--- ENDS THE FIRST CONDTIONAL TRIGGER -->

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