using VB:VAR within a conditional?

[Trek]

Everytime I try this I get a parse error when I save the template. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong, but it's probably something pretty simple/stupid. Here's an example:

<table class="tborder" cellpadding="{vb:stylevar cellpadding}" cellspacing="{vb:stylevar cellspacing}" border="0" width="100%">
<tr>
    <td class="thead" width="100%" <vb:if condition="{vb:raw caneditforms}">colspan="2"</vb:if>>{vb:phrase title}</td>
</tr>

I get the following error when saving the template:

The following error occurred when attempting to evaluate this template:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '{' in /home/XXXXXX/public_html/XXXXXXX/includes/adminfunctions_template.php(4597) : eval()'d code on line 3

I've tried this on several templates so it's obviously doing something wrong, I just don't know what. =)

Thanks for your help!

[BBR-APBT]

You do not use

{vb:raw var}

in conditionals

<vb:if condition="can_moderate()">colspan="2"</vb:if>

[Trek]

Originally Posted by BBR-APBT

You do not use

{vb:raw var}

in conditionals

<vb:if condition="can_moderate()">colspan="2"</vb:if>

So even if I'm checking my own custom variable I would use:

<vb:if condition="my_custom_var()">colspan="2"</vb:if>

?? Seems weird, but whatever works!

[BBR-APBT]

Originally Posted by Trek

So even if I'm checking my own custom variable I would use:




?? Seems weird, but whatever works!

my_custom_function() would be a function so if you made your own function my_custom_function() would be correct.

So for a custom variable it would be.
if $customvar is set:

<vb:if condition="$customvar">Show this</vb:if>

If $customvar equals:

<vb:if condition="$customvar == blah">Show this if $customvar equals blah</vb:if>

If $customvar does not equal:

<vb:if condition="$customvar != blah">Show this if $customvar does not equal blah</vb:if>

Check out - https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=1941139

[Trek]

Got it! Thanks much, and I rated your other thread 5 stars and subbed to it.