Conditional using custom field from related post

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Problem: I would like to create a conditional that tests the value of a custom field in a post that is related to the current post in a View.

Solution:
You must manually write the conditional and use the Types field shortcode as shown here:

[wpv-conditional if="( '[types field="stadt" output="raw" item="@termin-ort.child"][/types]' ne '')"]
Ort: [wpv-post-link item="@termin-ort.child"]
[/wpv-conditional]

Relevant Documentation:
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/conditional-html-output-in-views/
https://toolset.com/documentation/customizing-sites-using-php/functions/

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Last updated by jurgenK-2 6 years ago.

Assisted by: Christian Cox.

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October 24, 2018 at 3:42 pm #1133650

jurgenK-2

Tell us what you are trying to do?
I have setup many-to-many post relationships between custom posts. There is an event ("Termin"), and this event has one ore more persons taking part ("personen") and a place ("Ort") where it actually takes place.

Now I want to show the place ("Ort") in a view of the Event ("Termin"). This works fine with this code:
Ort: [wpv-post-link item="@termin-ort.child"]

The next step is to show this line only if there is a place ("Ort") connected with the event ("Termin"). So I tried a condition:
[wpv-conditional if="( $(wpcf-stadt).id(ort) ne '' )"]Ort: [wpv-post-link item="@termin-ort.child"][/wpv-conditional]

This condition does not work. It should read: If the field wpcf-stadt in the connected post "ort" is not empty, please show the place ("Ort") of the event.

How can I achieve this?

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Thanks Juergen

October 24, 2018 at 4:57 pm #1133680

Christian Cox

Hi, the conditional GUI doesn't fully support custom fields in related posts right now. We have an internal usability ticket in place to help improve this experience, but for now you can write the conditional manually and use the Types field shortcode like this:

[wpv-conditional if="( '[types field="stadt" output="raw" item="@termin-ort.child"][/types]' ne '')"]
Ort: [wpv-post-link item="@termin-ort.child"]
[/wpv-conditional]

If that doesn't work as expected, add debug="true" to the wpv-conditional shortcode, refresh the page on the front-end of the site, and share the debug output in your next reply.

October 24, 2018 at 5:22 pm #1133688

jurgenK-2

This works. Thank you!