Render Tabs — don’t print them if you don’t need ’em. Drupal 7.

Render Tabs D7.php

add to template.php:

/*
 * Implements template_preprocess_page
 */
function THEMENAME_preprocess_page(&$variables, $hook) {

  // create $render_tabs & $show_render_tabs for page.tpl
  $render_tabs = render($variables['tabs']);
  $variables['render_tabs'] = $render_tabs;
  $variables['show_render_tabs'] = strlen($render_tabs) ? TRUE : FALSE;
}


add to page.tpl:

<?php if ($show_render_tabs): ?>
  <div class="tabs"><?php print $render_tabs; ?></div>
<?php endif; ?>