If statement parentheses not working correctly

Question

I've got a weird issue with parentheses in an if statement. If I have the if statement on it's own then no content is shown. If, however, I place two if statements in front of it then everything works fine. See examples below:

Works

{if downloads:total_rows >= '1'}{/if}
{if section_1:total_rows == '1'}{/if}
{if (downloads:total_rows >= '1' || section_2:total_rows == '1') && section_1:total_rows == '1'}
    Content ...
{/if}

Does not work

{if (downloads:total_rows >= '1' || section_2:total_rows == '1') && section_1:total_rows == '1'}
    Content ...
{/if}

Does anyone know why this strange behaviour is occurring?

Thank you.

Answer 1

I would try putting your variables in curly braces:

{if ({downloads:total_rows} > 0 || {section_2:total_rows} == 1) && {section_1:total_rows} == 1}
    Content ...
{/if}

You are making this an advanced conditional so you can't access your variables correctly in the conditional without the braces. I tested the code above and it works for me.

https://expressionengine.stackexchange.com/a/13946/1188

Answer 2

It seems as though the conditions inside the parentheses don't need the curly braces. At least this has fixed it for me.

{if (downloads:total_rows > 0 || section_2:total_rows == 1) && {section_1:total_rows} == 1}
    Content...
{/if}