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Hello, I am getting wrong PHP values when I use EE conditionals. For example:

<? $var="0" ?>
{exp:weblog:entries weblog="1"}
    {categories}
        {if category_name=="Books"}
        <? $var="1" ?>
        {if:else}
        <? $var="2" ?>
        {/if}
    {/categories}
<? echo $var; ?>
{/exp:weblog:entries}

It always renders 2. Instead, this code:

<? $var="0" ?>
{exp:weblog:entries weblog="1"}
    {categories}
        {if category_name=="Books"}
        <? $var="1" ?>
        {if:else}

        {/if}
    {/categories}
<? echo $var; ?>
{/exp:weblog:entries}

It always renders 1.My PHP setting is Output parsing, so I guess EE is not respecting my PHP code.

Thank you.

You cannot mix EE and PHP tags like that. Or, rather, you cannot use EE conditionals to decide which parts of your PHP code will be run. All PHP will always be executed: the conditionals only decide which part of your template to display in the final template. If you need that level of flexibility, use PHP for the conditional as well.