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Originally Posted by Opserty

What have you actually tried in the code then? (What was the output/error if it never worked).

I should've included that alright, but it was the usual 'unescaped double quote' type error.

Still, the basis of it was that construct_phrase() couldn't handle a conditional - it needed to be interpreted before it went into <phrase 1=""> etc.

Originally Posted by Marco van Herwaarden

Why not use:

<if condition="$bbuserinfo[fieldX]">
<phrase 1="$bbuserinfo[fieldX]"></phrase>
<else />
<phrase 1="$bbuserinfo[username]"></phrase>
</if>

That's the stuff!
I knew there was a way to interpret my phrase or the other phrase in a conditional

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