Struggle with if-selse Syntax

Thomas Venugopal

Hello,

I have a button like this:

<a href="{articles}{if id = this:id}[sefurl]/order{/if}{/articles}">{articles id="input:btn"}[text]{/articles}</a>

I can display the button on my page with an URL parameter like this ?btn=1. As you can see there is a dynamic button text. That button text gets only displayed when a parameter is provided.

Question: How do I define a fallback text for the button, if no parameter is provided?

I tried it with the if/else syntax but I'm struggling. This and many other variations didn't work:

{articles id="input:btn" ignore-state="true"}
            {if input:btn="input:btn"}
               {articles id="input:btn"}[text]{/articles}
            {else}
               Fallback-Text
            {/if}
          {/articles}

Thanks in advance for any hint!

Greets
Thomas

Peter van Westen ADMIN

1 year 1 month ago

Peter van Westen ADMIN

1 year 1 month ago

Try:

{if input:btn}
   {article id="input:btn"}[text]{/article}
{else}
   Fallback-Text
{/if}

Or:

{article id="input:btn" empty="Fallback-Text"}[text]{/article}

Or:

{article id="input:btn" empty="Fallback-Text"}
   [text]
{article-else}
   Fallback-Text
{/article}

Also, instead of

{articles}{if id = this:id}[sefurl]/order{/if}{/articles}

Just do:

{article}[sefurl]/order{/article}

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Thomas Venugopal

1 year 1 month ago

Thomas Venugopal

1 year 1 month ago

Thank you very much, will try it.

Thomas Venugopal

1 year 3 weeks ago

Thomas Venugopal

1 year 3 weeks ago

Worked great, thanks again. But I stumpled into another problem.

I write this:

{article category="266" id="input:hl" empty="Fallback"}[text]{/article}

I would expect that if I provide an article-ID for the hl parameter which is not within the category 266 that the fallback gets shown. But I'm still able to manipulate URL to show article data from articles of categories other than id 266. In this case I'm able to show a headline in a button but I want to prevent this.

Peter van Westen ADMIN

1 year 3 weeks ago

Peter van Westen ADMIN

1 year 3 weeks ago

Try using the multiple {articles} tag instead.

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Thomas Venugopal

1 year 3 weeks ago

Thomas Venugopal

1 year 3 weeks ago

Thank you, works!

Thomas Venugopal

1 year 3 weeks ago

Thomas Venugopal

1 year 3 weeks ago

Sorry, me again.

I have this:

{articles category="265" ordering="id"}<span style="background:{articles category="265" id="input:hl" empty="#a5a5a5"}#3dc372{/articles};">[id]</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;[text]<br>{/articles}

If the URL has the parameter hl with a value the background color of the corresponding id should be highlighted. My code highlights everything, which is not what I want. I tried a lot but didn't make it work. Is it possible at all? For example: I do this ?hl=123 the element with the article-ID 123 should have another background.

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Peter van Westen ADMIN

1 year 3 weeks ago

Peter van Westen ADMIN

1 year 3 weeks ago

See: docs4.regularlabs.com/articlesanywhere/g...urther/if-structures

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