bubble image

Is there a way for me to change the code below from my child functions? I would like to either display a default image for when $plink is empty or simply not echo this markup:

<div class="geodir-bubble_image"></div>

                              if (!empty($post_images)) {
                                  ?>
                                 <div class="geodir-bubble_image"><a href="<?php if ($plink != '') {
                                          echo $plink;
                                      } else {

                              <?php
                              }else{
                                 echo '<div class="geodir-bubble_image"></div>';
                              }
                          } else {
                             if ($image = geodir_show_featured_image($ID, 'widget-thumb', true, false, $postinfo_obj->featured_image)) {
                                  ?>
                                 <div class="geodir-bubble_image"><a href="<?php echo $plink; ?>"><?php echo $image; ?></a></div>
                              <?php
                              }else{
                                 echo '<div class="geodir-bubble_image"></div>';
                              }
                         }