How do you detect if a matrix field has been populated?
How do you detect if a matrix field has been populated?
I can get a single field with something like this:
{if '{exp:low_variables:parse var="lv_text2"}'!=""}
{exp:low_variables:parse var="lv_text2"}
{/if}
Iv tried number things like:
{if '{exp:low_variables:parse var="lv_matrix_test"}'!=""}
{exp:low_variables:pair var="lv_matrix_test" limit="2"}
{if row_count=="1"}
<ul>
{/if}
<li>{image}</li>
{if row_count==total_rows}
<h1>Total rows: {total_rows}</h1>
</ul>
{/if}
{/exp:low_variables:pair}
{/if}
The matrix itself works fine, it's the if conditional that isn't working. Is it the parse tag or the illustrious parse order?
Thanks for your time.
Replies
Low 4 Jul 2012 16:19
If you turn on early parsing, you can use the variable syntax:
{if lv_matrix_var != ''}{exp:low_variables:pair var="lv_matrix_var"}
...
{/exp:low_variables:pair}
{/if}
Media Surgery 4 Jul 2012 16:25
That's working... outstanding!
Thought i tried that a number of times but obviously not!
Thank you, blog post coming on using it all.