If custom channel field entry exists display content else display alternate content

Question

I am trying to set up a slider in ExpressionEngine which will display a video if the video embed code exists, otherwise it will display an image slider. Currently, I am not able to hide the image slider if the video code exists(but the video does get placed on the page).

Here is my code:

{slider}
    {if video}
            {video}
    {if:else}
        {if total_rows > "1" && row_count == "1"}
            <div id='news_slider'>
        {/if}
            <img title="{img_title}" src="{img}" />
        {if total_rows > "1" && row_count == total_rows}
            </div>
        {/if}
    {/if}
{/slider}

Any ideas? Thanks!

Answer 1

Have you tried this? The difference is on Line 2. It does mean you're running the conditional against the entire embed string rather than the variable but it may work.

{slider}
    {if "{video}"!=""}
            {video}
    {if:else}
        {if total_rows > "1" && row_count == "1"}
            <div id='news_slider'>
        {/if}
            <img title="{img_title}" src="{img}" />
        {if total_rows > "1" && row_count == total_rows}
            </div>
        {/if}
    {/if}
{/slider}

I also found out from the OP that this is running EE 2.5.5 and Pixel and Tonic Matrix. I wrote a prototype alternative in Grid and advised he upgrades to that.