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Hi,

I’ve recently been tasked to add several items into a template, where I already have several conditional statements, such as:

{if embed:product_video}{snippet_supplementary_video}{/if}

However, the new conditional statement I just added won’t work:

{if embed:title_shop AND embed:link_shop}
HTML object…
{/if}

I’ve checked and double checked the entry and there is data in place. The field names are correct. Also, the field types are the same for both conditional statements. I’ve also tried OR and only one variable, but it still won’t work.

I have a sneaking suspicion my time away from ExpressionEngine is showing!

What am I missing?

Hi Wayne,

Thank you for posting your question here on the ExpressionEngine forums.

The code did not work for me either!

This did:

{if 'embed:title_shop' AND 'embed:link_shop'}
HTML object…
{/if}

Please let me know if that helps!

Cheers,

Hi Wayne,

Thank you for posting your question here on the ExpressionEngine forums.

The code did not work for me either!

This did:

{if 'embed:title_shop' AND 'embed:link_shop'}
HTML object…
{/if}

Please let me know if that helps!

Cheers,

Shane, thanks for the reply!

Yes, that worked, so a big thanks for that.

However, why do I have to enclose the embed item names in single quotes here when I have other conditional statements in the same template working perfectly well without them?

Hi Wayne,

Are these other conditional complex conditionals? I believe that a complex conditional needs these.

Cheers,

Are these other conditional complex conditionals? I believe that a complex conditional needs these.

I’ve provided an example in the starting post.

Hi Wayne,

Gotcha bro.

So that is a simple conditional. Adding any other logic will make it Advanced.

Does that make sense?

Cheers,

So that is a simple conditional. Adding any other logic will make it Advanced.

Does that make sense?

You mean OR / AND?

Hi Wayne,

Yes. Did you visit the link? It talks about the logic.

Thanks,

Did you visit the link? It talks about the logic.

I just had a quick look.

What I may do from now on is break out of the parser and run complex conditional statements in PHP, converting the variables beforehand.

Shane, thanks for your valuable time!

Hey Wayne,

It’s my pleasure to help!

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

Cheers,