[#6393] problem with cb:else in auto action email

I've got an email auto action that is sending email notification to admins.

In the body of the email I have:

However when the email is sent the body gets rendered as:

• Parish/org: New Parish[cb:else]-My Parish/Organization is not listed-[/cb:else]

I have:

CB: Version: 2.1.0+build.2016.12.25.01...
J!: 3.6.5
PHP: 7.0.x
CB AutoActions: Version: 6.3.5+build.2016.12.22.00.
CB Conditional: Version: 4.0.7+build.2016.12.19.16
(and various other CB Plugins, all current)

Any idea why this isn't working?

Does the same usage work fine in a Custom HTML field? That string matches the ELSE REGEXP fine so not sure why it's not working and ELSE usage is working fine in my tests.

I've tested, and the [cb:else] is NOT working in the custom html element either.
So it appears to be, possibly, that the code didn't get updated OR there is some other very strange conflict.

Can you tell me where to look to see if the updated cb:else code is present (to make sure that the last update with the changes actually got applied)?

Install latest CB build over it self to ensure everything is up to date. IF substitutions are parsed in the following file.

libraries/CBLib/CB/Legacy/CBuser.php

Specifically in the _evaluateIfs function. If the substitution IF matches it should remove the ELSE otherwise it should output the ELSE. The ELSE and ELSEIF usage appear to still be working in my tests (in an article via CB Content Bot, in an auto action, and in Custom HTML field). Maybe the quotes are being escaped? If you're using a WYSIWYG editor try viewing the source then adding your substitution.

I searched and found that the elseif code was there (in the library).

And I did some more testing.

When I use the Else with just plain text:

It works properly.
However, when I try to insert a substitution code in the else close, like this:

It no longer works and just displays the else code (as shown earlier).

I've also tried to change the code to just [cb_parishid] and quoting that substitution (and even trying non-user element substitutions) and nothing seems to work to include any substitution of fields within that else clause.

(I've tested with JCE, CodeMirror, and TinyMCE - same results on all editors)

Aha, ok. Was able to confirm your issue. Looking into a fix. Looks like a problem with the REGEXP picking up the other substitution brackets so it's not closing the else usage.

forge.joomlapolis.com/issues/6393