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Jun 20, 2009, 10:23 PM

joeybone

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Jun 20, 2009, 10:23 PM

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I'm having problem getting a simple if clause working in the detailed.html template.

I have one field that is a multi-select, and I want to be be able to do the following:

<%if options eq option1%> display option 1 <%endif%>
<%if options eq option2%> display option 2 <%endif%>
<%if options eq option3%> display option 3 <%endif%>

But if more than one option is selected in the multi-select, then nothing is displayed. The "if equal" clause only works if one option is selected.

Any ideas?

Jun 21, 2009, 2:19 AM

Andy

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Jun 21, 2009, 2:19 AM

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Re: [joeybone] if clause In reply to

Mmm, its actually not as simple as you would expect. Really, what you need to do - is split the value up, and then loop it. For example (untested):

split_up_value

Code:
sub { 
   my @tmp = split /\n|\r/, $_[0]; 
   return { value_split => \@tmp } 
}

..then call with:

Code:
<%split_up_value($Field)%> 
<%loop value_split%> 
   <%loop_value%> <br /> 
<%endloop%>

Hope that helps.

Cheers

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk

Jun 21, 2009, 3:54 AM

joeybone

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Jun 21, 2009, 3:54 AM

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Re: [Andy] if clause In reply to

Andy, thanks for your help. Your solution works fine, but what I want to do is slightly more complicated.

The loop you suggested displays an array of the values, ie:

option1
option2
option3

I actually want those values to generate include files within a dynamic detailed page.

Something like this:

<%if options eq option1%>

<%LWP::Simple::get('http://domain.com/option1.html')%>

<%endif%>

<%if options eq option2%>

<%LWP::Simple::get('http://domain.com/option2.html')%>

<%endif%>

Can you see any way of doing this?

Jun 21, 2009, 5:26 AM

Andy

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Jun 21, 2009, 5:26 AM

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Easy - just do:

Code:
<%split_up_value($Field)%> 
<%loop value_split%> 
     <%if loop_value eq "option1"%>  
       <%LWP::Simple::get('http://domain.com/option1.html')%>  
     <%elsif loop_value eq "option2"%>  
       <%LWP::Simple::get('http://domain.com/option2.html')%>  
    <%endif%> 
<%endloop%>

..etc

Cheers

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk

Jun 21, 2009, 5:58 AM

joeybone

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Jun 21, 2009, 5:58 AM

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Thanks Andy. Works great.