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Hi,

I’m wondering why this doesn’t work:

{if custom_field == "John's House"}do something{/if}

Any suggestions on how to make this work?

Thanks!

Hi Zac,

Try the following:

{if "{custom_field}" == "John's House"}do something{/if}

Mike

Nope, that didn’t work.

Hi Zac,

I am sorry to hear you are running into this problem.

When you say it does not work, what are you seeing? Does the logic fail or do you see errors?

This form should work:

{if username == "joe"}  <h1>Hi Joe!</h1>  {/if}

Please let me know!

Cheers,

Hi,

Yes, the logic fails.  If I code this:

{if custom_field == "Joe's"} Something{/if}

The the conditional statement fails.

Of course, this works fine:

{if username == "joe"}  <h1>Hi Joe!</h1>  {/if}

But it isn’t using an apostrophe.

Hi Zac,

What version of EE are you using?

Mike

They’re running 2.3.1

Hi Zac,

I tried this in 2.4 and I get the same results.

Inside a channels entry loop ...

{if title == "shane's"} 1 {/if} 

{if {title} == “shane’s”} 2 {/if} 

{if "{title}” == “shane’s”} 3 {/if} 

{if '{title}’ == “shane’s”} 4 {/if} 

The first fails, the others give me parse errors. (expected the parse errors)

This sir, is a bug. And now it’s an officially filed bug.

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Thanks for catching and reporting this Zac.

If you need anything else, please just let us know by opening a new thread.

Cheers,