Categories tag not parse if conditional is in pair variable after updating 2.1.3 -> 2.3.1

#1 / Jan 09, 2012 2:38pm

Alexandre Laplante

5 posts

Categories tag not parse when conditional is in the variable pair after upgrading to EE 2.3.1 (previously 2.1.3)

Its happen in only one of my multisite install

This code not work :

{categories}
{if category_id == "12" OR category_id == "18" OR category_id == "25"}
{if channel_id == "2"}
<a href="http://{path=summum/liste_fille}">{category_name}</a>
{if:else}
<a href="http://{path=summum/liste_chronique}">{category_name}</a>
{/if}
{if:else}
{if channel_id == "2"}
<span class="couleur"><a href="http://{path=summum/liste_fille}">{category_name}</a></span>
{if:else}
<span class="couleur"><a href="http://{path=summum/liste_chronique}">{category_name}</a></span>
{/if}
{/if}
{/categories}

output :
{categories} {category_name} {/categories}

this code work :

{categories}
{category_name}
{/categories}

But all work fine in my second site using MSM

Sorry for the bad english, im a french canadian…

#2 / Jan 10, 2012 4:42pm
Dan Decker
7338 posts
Hi Alexandre Laplante,

No worries on the English! I can’t say why these conditionals stopped working after your upgrade, but I may have a solution that will work a bit more efficienly:
```
{categories show="12|18|25"}
 {if channel_id == "2"}
 <a href="http://{path=summum/liste_fille}">{category_name}</a>
 {if:else}
 <a href="http://{path=summum/liste_chronique}">{category_name}</a>
 {/if}
{/categories}
{categories show="not 12|18|25"}
 {if channel_id == "2"}
 <span class="couleur"><a href="http://{path=summum/liste_fille}">{category_name}</a></span>
 {if:else}
 <span class="couleur"><a href="http://{path=summum/liste_chronique}">{category_name}</a></span>
 {/if}
{/categories}
```
This first loop will only show the categories listed in the the show= parameter and then execute the conditional inside the loop. The second loop will exclude the categories from the list using the “not” operator and then execute the conditional. This should ultimately speed up your template and simplify the execution of your conditionals.

Let me know if that works for you.

Cheers!
#3 / Jun 18, 2012 3:12pm

amityweb
162 posts

Just wanted to say this happened to me too. I already raised a new thread so here’s the link for anyone else finding this post http://ellislab.com/forums/viewthread/219441/ But the solution above wont work for me I dont think. I need the conditional to check if the category_name exists or not (I do something different IF an entry has a category_name compared to if not).
#4 / Jun 18, 2012 3:25pm
amityweb
162 posts
Found a solution on my post above… you probably fixed it by now! But my solution was wrapping category_id in quotes and brackets, e.g.:
```
{if {"category_id"} == "25"}
```

#5 / Jul 26, 2012 11:56am

alvarilio

18 posts

Same issue, but the soltions above didnt work.

{categories}
            {if {total_results }}
               {if category_id !='11' && category_id !='12'}
                  <a href="http://{path=portfolio/}">{category_name}</a>
               {/if}
            {/if}
         {/categories}

When I take out the if category_id != etc, then it works.

If I wrap category_id in {""} like Amity suggested I get the following error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '{' in /home/.../expressionengine/libraries/Functions.php(680) : eval()'d code on line 112

But if I leave out the quotes, it works.

{categories}
            {if {total_results }}
               {if {category_id} !='11' && {category_id} !='12'}
                  <a href="http://{path=portfolio/}">{category_name}</a>
               {/if}
            {/if}
         {/categories}

#6 / Jul 27, 2012 3:28pm

Dan Decker
7338 posts

Hi alvarilio,

Thanks for providing your solution!

Cheers,

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Alexandre Laplante

Dan Decker

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