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Substitutions - Can two strings be compared?

5 years 11 months ago - 5 years 11 months ago #304677 by bascherz
Substitutions - Can two strings be compared? was created by bascherz
There are occasions when one content item needs to be compared with another in an article. I have CB Content Bot installed and enabled. The [cb:if ...] substitution construct is only described in the context of comparing profile fields with a string. I am trying to use it to compare two strings that are produced by other (non-CB) content bots. The example below shows the exact code. Please note that all placeholders in this example are produced by other content bots, not by CB.
[cb:if "{street_address}" != "{cb_address}"]<span style="background-color:powderblue;">{street_address}</span>[cb:else]{street_address}[/cb:else][/cb:if]

This yields a "true" result even when {street_address} and {cb_address} are identical.

There is actually a CB field defined as cb_address. Could this be interfering, or is cb:if not able to compare two strings?

Thanks in advance.
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5 years 11 months ago #304678 by bascherz
Replied by bascherz on topic Substitutions - Can two strings be compared?
Just as a follow-up, I was able to accomplish the desired effect quite easily using Regular Labs Sourcerer plugin and PHP code.
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5 years 10 months ago #304694 by krileon
Replied by krileon on topic Substitutions - Can two strings be compared?
Your IF substitution should be as follows.

[cb:if cb_address!="{street_address}"]<span style="background-color:powderblue;">{street_address}</span>[cb:else]{street_address}[/cb:else][/cb:if]

There is no substitution usage to compare a custom string to a custom string. It's not a generalized string to PHP IF statement usage. It's specifically for comparing against field values with a few custom additions (e.g. language, usergroup, and view access level compares). The above will however only work if the replacement for {street_address} is done before CB Content Bot parses for substitutions so load order of your content plugins will be important.

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