[Resolved] Conditional Logic Help (with 1 custom USER field and 1 custom post type field)

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[Bobby339]

Hello! I am trying to make a button appear to add more items if the user has NOT gone over their allocated number of X (where X is a custom post type) but if they have hit that amount, a message will appear telling them why the button is gone.

I have a VIEW that outputs the number of X this user has created (and it works great):
[wpv-view name="myexpactivecount" user="[wpv-user field='ID']"]

Each user has a custom USER field where I can enter a number of the total amount of X I want this user to be able to create, this shortcode outputs that number perfectly:
[types usermeta='usertotalexperiences' output='raw' current_user='true']

So I can output something like this:
<small>You are using [wpv-view name="myexpactivecount" user="[wpv-user field='ID']"] out of [types usermeta='usertotalexperiences' output='raw' current_user='true'] of your available Experiences</small><br>

And it looks great!

However, when I use those variables in two conditional logic statement, it does not work 🙁

Below is the conditional logic I have (that does not work), can you tell me why it does not work and help me fix it?

[wpv-conditional if="( '[wpv-view name='myexpactivecount' user='[wpv-user field='ID']' lt '[types usermeta='usertotalexperiences' output='raw' current_user='true']' )"]BUTTON APPEARS HERE[/wpv-conditional]

[wpv-conditional if="( '[wpv-view name='myexpactivecount' user='[wpv-user field='ID']' eq '[types usermeta='usertotalexperiences' output='raw' current_user='true']' )"]MESSAGE ANOUT WHY NO BUTTON APPEARS[/wpv-conditional]

[Waqar Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Asia/Karachi (GMT+05:00)]

Hi,

Thank you for contacting us and I'd be happy to assist.

The 3 levels of nesting of shortcodes in the conditional setup that you're using, make it difficult to be recognized by the system.

You can register a custom shortcode, that can process the shortcode for the view ( i.e. [wpv-view name="myexpactivecount" user="[wpv-user field='ID']"] ) and return the output, as a single-level shortcode.

For example:

add_shortcode('myexpactivecount', 'myexpactivecount_fn');
function myexpactivecount_fn() {
	// get current user ID
	$user_id = do_shortcode("[wpv-user field='ID']");
	// generate output from the view's shortcode
	$content = do_shortcode("[wpv-view name='myexpactivecount' user='".$user_id."']");
	return $content;
}

The above code snippet can be included through either Toolset's custom code feature ( ref: https://toolset.com/documentation/adding-custom-code/using-toolset-to-add-custom-code/ ) or through the active theme's "functions.php" file.

Also, add "myexpactivecount" in the "Third-party shortcode arguments" section, at WP Admin -> Toolset -> Settings -> Front-end Content.

After that, you can use this new custom shortcode in the conditional statements like this:

[wpv-conditional if="( '[myexpactivecount]' lt '[types usermeta='usertotalexperiences' output='raw' current_user='true']' )"]
BUTTON APPEARS HERE
[/wpv-conditional]

[wpv-conditional if="( '[myexpactivecount]' eq '[types usermeta='usertotalexperiences' output='raw' current_user='true']' )"]
MESSAGE ABOUT WHY NO BUTTON APPEARS
[/wpv-conditional]

I hope this helps and please let me know if you need further assistance.

regards,
Waqar

[Bobby339]

OMG! Thank you so much for the detailed reply, it worked great! Toolset support is AMAZING (and has been for years)!

My issue is resolved now. Thank you!