If logged_in conditional

Question

I'm using an embedded template to include the for my site. I want to use Google Analytics custom variables to track visitor information for logged in users so thought I could selectively show the Analytics code if a user is logged in using the {if logged_in} conditional.

So in a tag have put the following:

{if logged_in}
// define a Visitor-level Custom Variables based on the member ID
_gaq.push(['_setCustomVar',1,'Member ID','{member_id}',1]); 
{/if}

If the user is logged in then the code works as expected. However if a member is not logged in the template is writing the following to my HTML:

{if FALSE}
// define a Visitor-level Custom Variables based on the member ID
_gaq.push(['_setCustomVar',1,'Member ID','0',1]); 
{/if}

Any thoughts why this might be happening? I would expect that if nobody is logged in the site would return nothing.

Cheers,

Cole

Answer 1

Since your conditional is inside of <script> tags, EE by default prevents the advanced conditional from parsing. Add this to your config:

$config['protect_javascript'] = 'n';

Answer 2

I would suggest not using {if False} and instead using {if:else} and then specifying your analytics code from there.

Because you're not doing that, I would speculate that EE doesn't know what "else" to do and so just tries to go with what it has, which is nothing.