Why is the OR not working in a conditional statement?

Question

Running EE 3.5.15

I am trying to show content based on URL segment and the following is not working correctly:

 {if "{segment_2}" != "portfolio" || "{segment_2}" != "photos"}
  <p>Conditional content.</p>
 {/if}

If I use one of the conditionals by itself it works correctly, but when I introduce the OR into it, it fails.

I have tried the following:

{if "{segment_2}" != "portfolio" OR "{segment_2}" != "photos"}

and

{if segment_2 != "portfolio" || segment_2 != "photos"}

I have also tried it with single quotes.

Any suggestions on this elementary issue will be appreciated.

Answer 1

Well here is the issue. You are trying to give OR condition for 2 strings. OR condition will return true if any one of the given statements are true.

If you want to execute the code when url_title not equal to "portfolio" neither equal to "photos" use this condition:

{if segment_2 != "portfolio" && segment_2 != "photos"}
    <p>Conditional content.</p>
{/if}

Or as a simle way:

{if ! "portfolio|photos" *= segment_2}
    I am here
{/if}

Answer 2

You should try your code in below manner.

{if ! 'portfolio|photos' *= segment_2}
    <h1>Conditional content.</h1>
{/if}

You can also try in another way also.

{if segment_2 == 'portfolio' OR segment_2 == 'photos'}
{if:else}
    <h1>Conditional content.</h1>
{/if}

Answer 3

Try

 {if segment_2 != 'portfolio' OR segment_2 != 'photos'}
        <h1>Conditional content.</h1>
 {/if}

I've just tested, it works fine.