Add conditional statement in the static block in magento

Question

My following code is under static block and i am trying to achieve following functionality.

I print invoice using the following code:

{{if order_date == '03/06/2017'}}
    <td style='width: 15%;'>
        <span style='font-weight:bold; padding:5px; display:block; background:#e5e5e5;'>Tax(VAT/CST)</span>
    </td>
{{else}}
    <td style='width: 15%;'>
        <span style='font-weight:bold; padding:5px; display:block; background:#e5e5e5;'>Tax(GST)</span>
    </td>
{{/if}}

Update:-

My order date is 03/06/2017 and every time it is going into else statement and printing else statement instead of printing if statement.

Answer 1

Pradeep, I don't believe that the template filter system and the {{if}} directive supports operators (==). If you consult the class, Varien_Filter_Template, you would find that the ifDirective parser does not look for expression evaluation in the way you would expect.

Specifically, line 248 calls $this->_getVariable, which according to your directive is receiving order_date = '03/06/2017' as the $value argument, which cannot match any values stored in the filter processor.

The _getVariable method supports only a few types of values/operations:

• Direct variable name; eg: order_data
• Varien_Object instances; eg: getOrderData()
• Other objects with a corresponding method name; eg: order_data()

Another way to solve this problem is to supply a model/object in your conditional, like the order model, with a custom extending method, which you can call to to evaluate the expression outside of the filter processor, like this:

class Your_Module_Model_Order extends Mage_Sales_Model_Order
{
    public function checkOrderDate($input)
    {
        return $this->getData('order_date') == $input;
    }
}

And then in your content, rewrite the directive like so:

{{if order.checkOrderDate('03/06/2017') }}
...

---

Here's a complete working test case:

require_once '/vagrant/public_html/app/Mage.php';
Mage::app();

class MockOrderClass extends Varien_Object
{
    public $order_date = '03/06/2017';

    public function checkOrderDate($input)
    {
        return $this->order_date == $input;
    }
}

$filter = new Varien_Filter_Template();
$filter->setVariables(array('order' => new MockOrderClass()));

$input = <<<EOF
{{if order.checkOrderDate('03/06/2017') }}
    <td style='width: 15%;'>
        <span style='font-weight:bold; padding:5px; display:block; background:#e5e5e5;'>Tax(VAT/CST)</span>
    </td>
{{else}}
    <td style='width: 15%;'>
        <span style='font-weight:bold; padding:5px; display:block; background:#e5e5e5;'>Tax(GST)</span>
    </td>
{{/if}}
EOF;

echo '<pre>' . (htmlentities($filter->filter($input))) . '</pre>';

Answer 2

Why you dont do your conditions with a pretty php tag in a phtml and the rendred will be displayed in your static block like this:

1) Create a phtml in :

app/design/frontend/{YourPackage}/{YourTheme}/template/cms/phtmlname.phtml

2) Put this piece of code in your static block:

{{block type="core/template" template="cms/phtmlname.phtml"}}