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  • June 15, 2020 at 8:35 PM #20365
    sofdesignesofdesigne
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    Hi, i am trying to get the name of the current post category, and compare it to do some conditional tasks

    but the condition don't work, i think because the category is not just a slug, it's a link !

    here is my code

    
{% set cat = mb.get_the_term_list( post.ID, 'category') %}
{{ cat }}

{% if cat == archives %}
    <p>test</p>
{% endif %}

    i try to echo test when the category slug is 'archives'

    i also tried with

    {% set termList = mb.get_the_terms( post.ID, 'category' ) %}
{{ termList[0].slug }}

    but it didn't work either, maybe because i get a couple empty lines when it showed up in the chrome inspector !

    i just need to get the category slug to compare it with simple text for some conditions

    please help

    thanks in advance

    June 15, 2020 at 10:18 PM #20368
    Long NguyenLong Nguyen
    Moderator

    Hi,

    This code

    {% set termList = mb.get_the_terms( post.ID, 'category' ) %}
{{ termList[0].slug }}

    shows the first category slug of the current post as well, please see my screen record https://www.loom.com/share/b520a8d8fe63414081f790e584c5dac2. Could you please clear the cache and check the code again?

    June 15, 2020 at 10:32 PM #20369
    sofdesignesofdesigne
    Participant

    Thanks for your replay,

    the thing is that i can't get the condition to work, the category slug is showing normally like in your example, but the condition is not working, i think because of the way it's displayed, please take a look at the capture, it's from chromes inspector, it has many empty space, this is why i can't match it with my value condition

    thanks

    https://ibb.co/dPnpLcZ

    June 15, 2020 at 10:48 PM #20371
    Long NguyenLong Nguyen
    Moderator

    If you want to compare a variable with a text, you have to wrap it in the single/double quotes.

    {% set termList = mb.get_the_terms( post.ID, 'category' ) %}
{% set cat = termList[0].slug %}
{% if cat == 'archives' %}
<p>
    Test
</p>
{% endif %}
    June 15, 2020 at 11:00 PM #20372
    sofdesignesofdesigne
    Participant

    thanks a lot,

    it works because it's in a new variable, not just the quotes ( i tried them before ), very clever

    thanks again

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