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Unable to use Low variable in conditional statement

Nisar Shah 1 May 2015 15:30 problem, complete

Hi there,

I am not able to use Low variable in if condition, may because of parsing order but I am not able to figure out that issue

I have a channel entry whose field value is thema and its field name is {blog_type}, also I have low variable called thema_main_menu and its value is y,now I am trying something like this

{exp:channel:entries channel="channel_name" entry_id="228"}

{blog_type} //outputs thema
{thema_main_menu} //outputs y

{if thema_main_menu == "y"} //tried with single and without any quotes as well

SUCCESS

{/if}

{/exp:channel:entries}

I am not getting the SUCCESS, dont know why, please help

Regards
Nisar

Replies

1. Nisar Shah 1 May 2015 15:31

   Tried switchee also, but no success

2. Nisar Shah 1 May 2015 15:34

   Actually I was trying this
   
   {exp:channel:entries channel="channel_name" entry_id="228"}
   
   {blog_type} //outputs thema
   
   {thema_main_menu} //outputs y
   
   {if {blog_type}_main_menu == "y"} //so that it bcomes thema_main_menu
   
   SUCCESS
   
   {/if}
   
   {/exp:channel:entries}
   
   i.e mixing the field value with some text to make it a low variable, is it possible or not with low variable and conditional statements?
   
   While trying this I figured out that a simple if condition also does not work with LOW VARIABLE
   
   Please help or suggest
   
   Thanks in advance

3. Low 1 May 2015 15:35

   Is early parsing enabled for that variable? If not, enable it.

4. Low 1 May 2015 15:40

   Oh, using {if {blog_type}_main_menu == "y"} won't work because of parse order.
   
   You might be able to use this, tho (untested):
   
   

   {if '{exp:low_variables:single var="{blog_type}_main_menu"}' == 'y'}

5. Nisar Shah 1 May 2015 15:43

   Thanks a ton mate, u saved my hours :)..but I tried the early parsing in settings of LOW, does it not apply to all variables automatically?

6. Low 1 May 2015 15:45

   No, you have to enable EP on a per-var basis. See also this: http://expressionengine.stackexchange...

7. Nisar Shah 1 May 2015 15:55

   Thanks for the update but this seems to work for me
   
   
{exp:channel:entries channel="channel_name" entry_id="228"}
{if {blog_type}_main_menu == 'y'}
{embed="includes/main-menu"} //Text SUCCESS is in main-menu templ
{/if}
{/exp:channel:entries}

   
   This OUTPUTS SUCCESS when low variable {thema_main_menu} is checked(its a checkbox)

8. Nisar Shah 1 May 2015 16:16

   Now another strange behavior, sometime it shows proper result and sometimes it does not,BTW I tried your exp
   
   {if '{exp:low_variables:single var="{template_selection}_main_menu"}' == 'y'} {embed="master-template/main-menu"} {/if}

9. Nisar Shah 1 May 2015 16:33

   Just observed that keeping the field variable in template it works fine,I tried this
   
   <input type="hidden" value="{template_selection}" />

{if '{exp:low_variables:single var="{template_selection}_main_menu"}' == 'y'} {embed="master-template/main-menu"} {/if}
   
   and it works fine