Board IF Statement

[Alanna 🥀🖤]

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Trying to get different board styles for different categories and the IF statement is NOT working how I want it to... this is what I got but it's only reading the first line, so only category 4 is working correctly, the rest are just being dumb:
{foreach $[board]}
{if $[board.category_id] == "4" && if $[board.category_id] == "5" && if $[board.category_id] == "6" && if $[board.category_id] == "7" && if $[board.category_id] == "8"}
<!-- ROLE PLAY BOARDS -->
{else}
<!-- NORMAL BOARDS -->
{/if}
{/foreach}

[Kami]

Dec 29, 2017 20:29:54 GMT -8 @khristian said:

primalminds.proboards.com/
Trying to get different board styles for different categories and the IF statement is NOT working how I want it to... this is what I got but it's only reading the first line, so only category 4 is working correctly, the rest are just being dumb:
{foreach $[board]}
{if $[board.category_id] == "4" && if $[board.category_id] == "5" && if $[board.category_id] == "6" && if $[board.category_id] == "7" && if $[board.category_id] == "8"}
<!-- ROLE PLAY BOARDS -->
{else}
<!-- NORMAL BOARDS -->
{/if}
{/foreach}

&& means all conditions have to be filled simultaneously. you cannot have a board have the ID of 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 at the same time so the check is failing. You would need the inclusive or (||) instead. Alternatively use category IDs rather than board IDs depending on what you’re trying to accomplish.

[Alanna 🥀🖤]

Dec 29, 2017 20:52:42 GMT -8 Kami said:

Dec 29, 2017 20:29:54 GMT -8 @khristian said:

primalminds.proboards.com/
Trying to get different board styles for different categories and the IF statement is NOT working how I want it to... this is what I got but it's only reading the first line, so only category 4 is working correctly, the rest are just being dumb:
{foreach $[board]}
{if $[board.category_id] == "4" && if $[board.category_id] == "5" && if $[board.category_id] == "6" && if $[board.category_id] == "7" && if $[board.category_id] == "8"}
<!-- ROLE PLAY BOARDS -->
{else}
<!-- NORMAL BOARDS -->
{/if}
{/foreach}

&& means all conditions have to be filled simultaneously. you cannot have a board have the ID of 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 at the same time so the check is failing. You would need the inclusive or (||) instead. Alternatively use category IDs rather than board IDs depending on what you’re trying to accomplish.

I've also tried that and it didn't work. XD

[Kami]

Dec 30, 2017 10:06:30 GMT -8 @khristian said:

Dec 29, 2017 20:52:42 GMT -8 Kami said:

&& means all conditions have to be filled simultaneously. you cannot have a board have the ID of 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 at the same time so the check is failing. You would need the inclusive or (||) instead. Alternatively use category IDs rather than board IDs depending on what you’re trying to accomplish.

I've also tried that and it didn't work. XD

it would help to see the whole template; even if its only one thing being affected, the culprit might not be what you think.

[elli]

I don't think you should need to repeat "if" in your statement. What about:


{if $[board.category_id] == "4" || $[board.category_id] == "5" || $[board.category_id] == "6" || $[board.category_id] == "7" || $[board.category_id] == "8"}

This worked for me to change the styles for the boards in those categories. You also don't need the category ID numbers in quotes, making it a string, but it seems to work both ways.

[Kami]

elli i completely missed that lmao, thanks!

[Alanna 🥀🖤]

Dec 31, 2017 13:01:10 GMT -8 elli said:

I don't think you should need to repeat "if" in your statement. What about:


{if $[board.category_id] == "4" || $[board.category_id] == "5" || $[board.category_id] == "6" || $[board.category_id] == "7" || $[board.category_id] == "8"}

This worked for me to change the styles for the boards in those categories. You also don't need the category ID numbers in quotes, making it a string, but it seems to work both ways.

Thank you! ??