[SOLVED] cb:if not working when combined with cb:date

Why isn't this working?


In the profile view it renders the value and even the formatted date, but the if/else appears to be ignored. It literally just shows the above with the unformatted and formatted dates replacing [value]. If I use double instead of single quotes, I get an HTML error. I am sure I am just doing something wrong.

Thanks in advance.
Bruce

It's not working because that's not a valid syntax. See our below substitution tutorial for usage information.

www.joomlapolis.com/documentation/279-community-builder/tutorials/18353-using-substitutions-throughout-cb

If the syntax is not in the tutorial it's not valid. There are extremely few exceptions to this like format functions in CB Auto Actions which have more nesting flexibility.

In your case for field layouts [value] is replaced last after all other substitutions so you can not nest it like that. You need to use the raw [FIELD_NAME] substitution if you need the fields raw value in your layout.

I'm actually not sure what nesting you're referring to. Even if I do any of these, the first of which is right in the substitutions tutorial (at least the way I read it), it does not work. So I have to assume you mean using [value] in the cb:date function is "nesting". I don't consider [value] to be a function (it's a value placeholder), so it's a bit confusing.
Even this isn't working. So I am sure I am just not understanding the tutorial.

I'm actually not sure what nesting you're referring to. Even if I do any of these, the first of which is right in the substitutions tutorial (at least the way I read it), it does not work.

Again, your syntax is wrong. You keep using single quotes and no where in the tutorial does it have you using single quotes. Please follow the syntax exactly as provided. We even have a nested substitution tutorial showing an exact usecase similar to your own.

[cb:userdata field="username" user="[cb_mentor]" /]

Regarding [value] I have already explained above you can not use [value]. That is a special substitution for field Layout parameters. It is replaced after substitutions this means you can't use it in your substitution like that. You need to instead use a raw [FIELD_NAME] substitution like the following.

[cb:date format="Y-m-d" date="[cb_mydatefield]" /]

Even this isn't working.

I can't see why that would possibly work. No where in our tutorial do we hint you can lead with a substitution like that. Specifically the below does not exist in our syntax.

[cb:if '[value]'='']

In addition to that syntax not existing you again keep using single quotes which are not supported by our substitution REGEXP so they won't even be parsed.

This is what worked:

Simple enough, I suppose.

Thanks, Kyle!