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Discovered what I think is a bug with the {url_title} variable in an if/then statement. Perhaps there is something about the order of variables in if/then statements I am not aware of.

The following doesn’t work:

{if last_segment == "{url_title}"}true{/if}

the following does:

{if url_title == "{last_segment}"}true{/if}

All that is different is the order of the variables.

I tested all the following that did work:

{if url_title == "{last_segment}"}true{/if}
{if url_title == "{segment_2}"}true{/if}
{if segment_2 == "{last_segment}"}true{/if}
{if last_segment == "{segment_2}"}true{/if}
{if last_segment == "bocce"}true{/if}
{if url_title == "bocce"}true{/if}
{if segment_2 == "bocce"}true{/if}

I tested all the following that did NOT work:

{if last_segment == "{url_title}"}true{/if}
{if segment_2 == "{url_title}"}true{/if}

Using EE 1.6.9. and Last Segment 1.0.2

You should not quote and brace your conditionals.  Try this:

{if segment_2 == url_title}
{if url_title == segment_2}

that keeps the plugin out of the question as well.

I am having the same issue and can’t figure out what I’m doing:

{if url_title == segment_3}do something{/if}

This causes the white screen of death.  I do have matrix going and am trying this outside of the matrix loop.

Any ideas?

Upon further inspection, it seems like it is causing a conflict with Matrix.  I will see if I can track down a known bug for this in Matrix docs.

Another update - I had segment_3 wrapped in curly braces in another conditional… my bad.  Resolved.

EE 1.6.8

Try

{if url_title == '{segment_3}'}do something{/if}

or

{if '{url_title}' == '{segment_3}'}do something{/if}

They say we don’t have to bracket and quote the variables in the conditionals but I do get different results from time to time.

Hey guys,

Quoting and bracing variables is not secure - especially with user input, such as segments.  See our FAQ on Troubleshooting Conditionals for an explanation.

I hear you, but my experience tells me differently. And its not consistent either. So something is up but I am not a master coder so…

Hi, Hendrik-Jan - if you choose to quote and brace your conditionals, just make sure you are aware of the security implications therein =)

You should not quote and brace your conditionals.  Try this:

{if segment_2 == url_title}
{if url_title == segment_2}

that keeps the plugin out of the question as well.

Lisa,
I copied and pasted the above code (which I’d actually already tried) and it isn’t working for me. I’ve also tried several variations and nothing is working.

currently I’ve got this code in a temporary spot which does not display, but if I remove the conditional it works fine

{if segment_2 == url_title}{exp:channel:entries channel='blog' limit='1' disable='member_data|custom_fields|categories' status='open'}{title}{/exp:channel:entries}{/if}

{if last_segment ==url_title}display something{/if}

Hey Sean–

Since url_title is a channel entries single variable, those conditionals would have to go inside the channel entries tags. Is that where you have the second example placed?

Kevin

Kevin,
I ended up starting a new thread with specific details about this one, which you responded to a little while ago.

Oh man… I thought I was seeing double! Ok, I’ll close this one out and we’ll continue over there.