Invalid EE Conditional Variable

Question

This error:
Invalid EE Conditional Variable
Filename: libraries/Functions.php
Line Number: 2761

occurs when I have this code in a BrilliantRetail template:

{items}
<tr>
  <td class="product_info">
    {!--
        Only show the product image for publications or JM fund
    --}
    {if "{sku}" != "CE_FEE" AND  
        (preg_match('/^NOTE/',  "{sku}") OR 
         preg_match('/^PUB/',   "{sku}") OR 
         preg_match('/^EPUB/',  "{sku}") OR
         preg_match('/^JMMRF/', "{sku}")
        )
    }
         <img src="/media/{image_thumb}" title="{title}" alt="{title}" width="100">
    {/if}
    <h5><a href="{exp:brilliant_retail:path src='product/{url_title}'}">{title}</a></h5>
    {options}
  </td>
  <td class="align_center">{price_html}</td>
  <td class="align_center"><input name="qty[{hash}]" class="input_tiny" type="text" value="{quantity}" /></td>
  <td class="align_center">{subtotal}</td>
  <td><a href="{remove_link}">
    <img src="/images/icons/trash.png" alt="Remove" title="Remove Item" /></a>
  </td>
</tr>
{/items}

This only began happening when I upgraded to 2.7.2. Worked perfectly with 2.5.2.

What should I check?

Answer 1

I see that you have php preg_match but no opening/closing php tags. Are those elsewhere in the code? If not then add opening/closing php tags and see what happens.

Answer 2

A good starting point for an error like this is to reduce your code... remove your conditional line by line until you find the offending line.

Also, try this patch posted to a similar EE bug: https://support.ellislab.com/bugs/detail/17989

Answer 3

Here's the final code:

{items}
    <tr>
        <td class="product_info">
<?php
    if("{sku}" != "CE_FEE" AND (preg_match("/^NOTE/",  "{sku}") OR
                                preg_match("/^PUB/",   "{sku}") OR 
                                preg_match("/^EPUB/",  "{sku}") OR
                                preg_match("/^JRMMF/", "{sku}"))) {
?>
            <img src="/media/{image_thumb}" title="{title}" alt="{title}" width="100">                                     
<?php
    }
?>
            <h5><a href="{exp:brilliant_retail:path src='product/{url_title}'}">{title}</a></h5>
            {options}
        </td>
        <td class="align_center">{price_html}</td>
        <td class="align_center"><input name="qty[{hash}]" class="input_tiny" type="text" value="{quantity}" /></td>
        <td class="align_center">{subtotal}</td>
        <td><a href="{remove_link}"><img src="/images/icons/trash.png" alt="Remove" title="Remove Item" /></a></td>
    </tr>
{/items}