Categories not selected correctly with if statements

Question

Currently I'm trying to use if statements to determine what category to filter on. I'm using a combination of freebie and embed. However, I can't seem to find the right syntax to filter correctly. I have tried different orders for the if statements.

Broken: {exp:channel:entrieschannel="resources" {if freebie_break_1}category='{freebie_break_1}'{if:else embed:category}category='{embed:category}'{/if} {if freebie_break_2}category2="{freebie_break_2}"{/if}... normal channel params}

Works:

{if embed:category}category='{embed:category}'{/if}

Can someone let me know if category selection simply won't allow me to have this syntax?

Answer 1

You can 't use freebie this way because the freebie segments are parsed after the Channel Module.

My suggestion is to use freebie before the embed, on the parent template.

I tried to suggest you a code, but I couldn't figure what is the category2 parameter.

This is the closest I could get:

{embed="foo/bar"
    {if freebie_break_1}
        category="{freebie_break_1}"
    {if:else}
        category="DEFAULT_CATEGORY"
    {/if}
}