Using custom profile field contents in condition
 

I want to create a custom permission for my members to allow them to hide their instant messaging information if they select a radiobutton.

So my question is if I have two radio buttons (Yes/No) called field9 how can I use that in a condition to hide or show content?

I understand about vB conditionals but I always know I can't use vb:raw in a conditional - so how can I do it?

Thanks in advance

Depends on what template you are using it in. If the variable is called $variable, then you would do something like:

Thanks Lynne, you are once again very helpful as you have in the past :)

How could I find out the name of the variable required though? It would be put into the memberinfo, postbit and member list templates.

You'd look in the template. For instance, in the postbit template, the variable is called $post.

Thanks Lynne for your help. Hopefully I'm sorted now :)

EDIT:

Probably a daft question but is there a variable I can use to determine whether the user viewing the profile is the profile owner? I have searched but I'm not quite sure what I should be searching for if you see what I mean.

if $variable['userid'] == $bbuserinfo['userid']

$bbuserinfo['userid'] is you, the viewer, and then compare it to the variable userid.

Thanks Lynne - Now I know for the future!

Honestly your a saint :)