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This used to work in 1.69 I’m not sure why its choking here.

Its choking on this part: category=”{cat_id}&{visitor_cat}”

I have php on the page and the php is set to run on the intake.  The php is setting the {visitor_cat} preload_replace variable.  But it looks like the {exp:channel:entries tag gets interpreted before the php does.  Could this be true?  If so how do you pass a variable into a {exp:channel:entries query?

Have you considered a snippet, or an embed?

Snippets look like a php include file?  If so won’t help.  I need a variable.  A php variable is fine but its not working I think because the nested exp:channel:entries line is getting interpreted too soon.  Of course I don’t totally buy this theory.

But if I use a php variable like this

channel=”{article}” category=”{cat_id}&<?=visitor_cat?>”  it still chokes.  If I don’t use the php variable it works fine.  If I use a preload_replace (which is set by the php variable on the top of the page) it also does not work.

I think I solved it by making the php var have an ampersand in it.

$visitor_cat_plus = "&".$visitor_cat

and the query is now

{exp:channel:entries channel="{article}" category='{cat_id}<?=$visitor_cat_plus?>' dynamic="no" disable="member_data|pagination"}

Great solution 😊 Please post again in case there’s anything else.