page.php overrides custom page template? - php

Question

I can't get rid of a right sidebar in a custom page template. Something seems to be passing from page.php to the custom page template and I don't know how to prevent this. The custom page template code is simple:
<?php
/* Template Name: sample template */
get_header(); ?>
<div id="body">
<?php the_content(); ?>
<?php endwhile; endif; ?>
</div>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
Below is my page.php code, inherited from a previous developer:
<?php get_header(); ?>
<div id="body">
<div class="align left">
<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<br />
<?php the_title(); ?>
<br />
<?php // include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/inc/meta.php' ); ?>
<div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
<div class="entry">
<?php the_content(); ?>
<?php wp_link_pages(array('before' =>'Pages: ', 'next_or_number' => 'number')); ?>
</div>
<?php edit_post_link('Edit this entry.', '<p>', '</p>'); ?>
</div>
<?php // comments_template(); ?>
<?php endwhile; endif; ?>
</div>
<div class="align right">
<?php
global $post;
$showImage = true;
$url = $url = WP_CONTENT_URL . '/uploads/';
$file = get_post_meta( get_post_thumbnail_id( $post->ID ), '_wp_attached_file', true);
if ( $file == ''){
$showImage = false;
}
$url .= $file;
if ( $showImage ){
?>
<img src="<?php echo $url; ?>" alt="" />
<?php
}
?>
</div>
<div class="clear"></div>
</div>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
I don't want to edit page.php to get a full-width custom page. How can I achieve this in the custom page template?

Answer 1

You can use get_sidebar(); function.
you can know more about this function here http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_sidebar