Checking a profile field's value and executing javascript

[m0nde]

I've created a custom profile field with several radio buttons. Each radio button has a text value assigned to it and the user must choose a single value from this list.

I want to branch depending on the string value of this field in a template and execute a separate script based on each value.

What I've tried is:

<vb:if condition="$memberinfo['field6'] = 'x'"><script type"text/javascript" src="x.js"></script></vb:if>
<vb:if condition="$memberinfo['field6'] = 'y'"><script type"text/javascript" src="y.js"></script></vb:if>
<vb:if condition="$memberinfo['field6'] = 'z'"><script type"text/javascript" src="z.js"></script></vb:if>

But all of the scripts execute at once.

[Dave]

Try changing the single = (declaring a variable) to == (comparing a variable).

[m0nde]

Thank you. I'm not at all experienced in doing any of this.

--------------- Added [DATE]1461985905[/DATE] at [TIME]1461985905[/TIME] ---------------

In the end, in addition to my error with declaring instead of comparing values, I found that I needed to use $bbuserinfo instead of $memberinfo. I still don't understand when to use which.

[Scandal]

Originally Posted by m0nde

Thank you. I'm not at all experienced in doing any of this.

--------------- Added [DATE]1461985905[/DATE] at [TIME]1461985905[/TIME] ---------------

In the end, in addition to my error with declaring instead of comparing values, I found that I needed to use $bbuserinfo instead of $memberinfo. I still don't understand when to use which.

You should use $bbuserinfo for the user who load the page.
If you need to apply code for the user of an item (for example on the postbit/postbit_legacy), you could use $post['fieldX'] (= it will return the fieldX value for the user of the post).