Conditional Display (User Role) Behaving Oddly

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Problem:
How is the correct syntax to check the current user role with a HTML condition?

Solution:
Examples:

[wpv-conditional if="( '[wpv-current-user info="role"]' eq 'guest' )"]I AM A guest[/wpv-conditional]

[wpv-conditional if="( '[wpv-current-user info="role"]' eq 'administrator' )"]I AM A administrator[/wpv-conditional]

[wpv-conditional if="( '[wpv-current-user info="role"]' eq 'contributor' )"]I AM A contributor[/wpv-conditional]

Relevant Documentation:
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/conditional-html-output-in-views/

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Last updated by julieP 7 years, 2 months ago.

Assisted by: Beda.

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February 26, 2017 at 12:55 pm #494114

julieP

I have put these conditional statements into a text widget to use in my header:-

[wpv-conditional if="( '[wpv-current-user info='role']' eq 'guest' )"]I AM A GUEST[/wpv-conditional]
[wpv–conditional if="( '[wpv-current-user info='role']' eq 'contributor' )"]I AM A CONTRIBUTOR[/wpv-conditional]
[wpv-conditional if="( '[wpv-current-user info='role']' eq 'administrator' )"]I AM AN ADMINISTRATOR[/wpv-conditional]

As a guest, I see this:-

[wpv–conditional if="( '' eq 'contributor' )"]I AM A CONTRIBUTOR[/wpv-conditional]

As a contributor, I see this:-

[wpv–conditional if="( 'contributor' eq 'contributor' )"]I AM A CONTRIBUTOR[/wpv-conditional]

As administrator, I see this:-

[wpv–conditional if="( 'administrator' eq 'contributor' )"]I AM A CONTRIBUTOR[/wpv-conditional] I AM AN ADMINISTRATOR

I've also put the conditional statements on a page and am getting the same results.

Any ideas please?

(All my plugins are up to date)

February 27, 2017 at 8:20 am #494318

Beda

Try this:

[wpv-conditional if="( '[wpv-current-user info="role"]' eq 'guest' )"]I AM A guest[/wpv-conditional]
[wpv-conditional if="( '[wpv-current-user info="role"]' eq 'administrator' )"]I AM A administrator[/wpv-conditional]
[wpv-conditional if="( '[wpv-current-user info="role"]' eq 'contributor' )"]I AM A contributor[/wpv-conditional]

This works fine on my install.

I created those conditions with the GUI for "Conditional Output", which makes sure the apostrophes and syntax is correct.

February 27, 2017 at 10:21 am #494398

julieP

Thanks for that - I can see where mine was wrong

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