[SMARTY] fuzzy comparisons

[Travis Low]

I'd like to compare two strings in the template, and take one action if they
are the same, and another action if they are not.

One string comes from an XML file. The other string comes from a CSV file. I
cannot (easily) manipulate the strings from within PHP, because I'd have to do
all of them, or none of them.

It turns out that sometimes one or the other string has leading or trailing
spaces. This makes the comparison evaluate to false, which is a problem.

I tried doing this:

{if $string1|replace:" ":"" == $string2|replace:" ":""}

but that caused a template error. I also tried this:

{assign var=s1 value=$string1|replace:" ":""}
{assign var=s2 value=$string2|replace:" ":""}
{if $s1 == $s2}
...
{/if}

but I got an error that way too. Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

cheers,

Travis

[Jeff Dickens]

try this:

{assign var=var1 value="stuff"}
{assign var=var2 value="stuff "}
{assign var=var2a value=$var2|trim}
{if $var1 = $var2a}
They match.
{else}
They don't.
{/if}

I still haven't figured out where it says that all php functions are
transparently imported as smarty modifiers, but a apparently they are.
(i.e. trim isn't in the smarty docs)

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 10:03 AM
Subject: [SMARTY] fuzzy comparisons
I'd like to compare two strings in the template, and take one
action if they
are the same, and another action if they are not.
One string comes from an XML file. The other string comes from a CSV file.
I
cannot (easily) manipulate the strings from within PHP, because I'd have to do
all of them, or none of them.
It turns out that sometimes one or the other string has leading or trailing
spaces. This makes the comparison evaluate to false, which is a problem.
{if $string1|replace:" ":"" == $string2|replace:" ":""}
{assign var=s1 value=$string1|replace:" ":""}
{assign var=s2 value=$string2|replace:" ":""}
{if $s1 == $s2}
...
{/if}
but I got an error that way too. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
cheers,
Travis
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[Travis Low]

Thanks!!! I looked EVERYWHERE for a "trim" modifier, so that is very useful
information. (That PHP string functions become smarty modifiers, I mean.)

And to think I was about to resign myself to writing a plugin. :-)

cheers,

Travis

Post by Jeff Dickens
{assign var=var1 value="stuff"}
{assign var=var2 value="stuff "}
{assign var=var2a value=$var2|trim}
{if $var1 = $var2a}
They match.
{else}
They don't.
{/if}
I still haven't figured out where it says that all php functions are
transparently imported as smarty modifiers, but a apparently they are.
(i.e. trim isn't in the smarty docs)

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 10:03 AM
Subject: [SMARTY] fuzzy comparisons
I'd like to compare two strings in the template, and take one
action if they
are the same, and another action if they are not.
One string comes from an XML file. The other string comes from a CSV file.
I
cannot (easily) manipulate the strings from within PHP, because I'd have to do
all of them, or none of them.
It turns out that sometimes one or the other string has leading or trailing
spaces. This makes the comparison evaluate to false, which is a problem.
{if $string1|replace:" ":"" == $string2|replace:" ":""}
{assign var=s1 value=$string1|replace:" ":""}
{assign var=s2 value=$string2|replace:" ":""}
{if $s1 == $s2}
...
{/if}
but I got an error that way too. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
cheers,
Travis
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[Monte Ohrt]

what error did you get? the syntax looks ok.

this will work better anyways:

{if $string1|trim eq $string2|trim}
...
{/if}

Post by Travis Low
I'd like to compare two strings in the template, and take one action if they
are the same, and another action if they are not.
One string comes from an XML file. The other string comes from a CSV file. I
cannot (easily) manipulate the strings from within PHP, because I'd have to do
all of them, or none of them.
It turns out that sometimes one or the other string has leading or trailing
spaces. This makes the comparison evaluate to false, which is a problem.
{if $string1|replace:" ":"" == $string2|replace:" ":""}
{assign var=s1 value=$string1|replace:" ":""}
{assign var=s2 value=$string2|replace:" ":""}
{if $s1 == $s2}
...
{/if}
but I got an error that way too. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
cheers,
Travis
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[Travis Low]

Damn, I can't reproduce the error. It might have been a typo. It was
something about missing parenthesis. I assumed it was bad syntax because I
wasn't using any parenthesis.

As for your if statement, the variables I'm dealing with look like this:

$x._NODE_.table80[foo80]._NODE_.EmployeeLastNameCont[0]._NODE_

so assigning them first makes the code a lot easier to read. As always,
thanks for your help.

cheers,

Travis

Post by Monte Ohrt
what error did you get? the syntax looks ok.
{if $string1|trim eq $string2|trim}
...
{/if}

Post by Travis Low
I'd like to compare two strings in the template, and take one action if they
are the same, and another action if they are not.
One string comes from an XML file. The other string comes from a CSV file. I
cannot (easily) manipulate the strings from within PHP, because I'd have to do
all of them, or none of them.
It turns out that sometimes one or the other string has leading or trailing
spaces. This makes the comparison evaluate to false, which is a problem.
{if $string1|replace:" ":"" == $string2|replace:" ":""}
{assign var=s1 value=$string1|replace:" ":""}
{assign var=s2 value=$string2|replace:" ":""}
{if $s1 == $s2}
...
{/if}
but I got an error that way too. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
cheers,
Travis
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[M Mohr]

Hello,

Post by Travis Low
Damn, I can't reproduce the error. It might have been a typo. It was
something about missing parenthesis. I assumed it was bad syntax because I
wasn't using any parenthesis.
$x._NODE_.table80[foo80]._NODE_.EmployeeLastNameCont[0]._NODE_
so assigning them first makes the code a lot easier to read. As always,
thanks for your help.
cheers,
Travis

Post by Monte Ohrt
what error did you get? the syntax looks ok.

hmm, i get an error on
{if $string1|replace:" ":"" == $string2|replace:" ":""}
with smarty-2.3.1

the generated code is:
<?php if ($this->_run_mod_handler('replace', true, $this->_tpl_vars['string1'], ") ":" " == $string2|replace:" ":" "): ?>

using the same template with the latest cvs checkout,
everything is fine though and the code is:

<?php if ($this->_run_mod_handler('replace', true, $this->_tpl_vars['string1'], " ", "") == $this->_run_mod_handler('replace', true, $this->_tpl_vars['string2'], " ", "")): ?>

HTH
messju

Post by Travis Low

Post by Monte Ohrt
{if $string1|trim eq $string2|trim}
...
{/if}

Post by Travis Low
I'd like to compare two strings in the template, and take one action if
they are the same, and another action if they are not.
One string comes from an XML file. The other string comes from a CSV
file. I cannot (easily) manipulate the strings from within PHP, because
I'd have to do all of them, or none of them.
It turns out that sometimes one or the other string has leading or
trailing spaces. This makes the comparison evaluate to false, which is a
problem.
{if $string1|replace:" ":"" == $string2|replace:" ":""}
{assign var=s1 value=$string1|replace:" ":""}
{assign var=s2 value=$string2|replace:" ":""}
{if $s1 == $s2}
...
{/if}
but I got an error that way too. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
cheers,
Travis
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[Travis Low]

Vielen Dank, that's exactly what it was.

Travis

Post by M Mohr
Hello,

Post by Travis Low
Damn, I can't reproduce the error. It might have been a typo. It was
something about missing parenthesis. I assumed it was bad syntax because I
wasn't using any parenthesis.
$x._NODE_.table80[foo80]._NODE_.EmployeeLastNameCont[0]._NODE_
so assigning them first makes the code a lot easier to read. As always,
thanks for your help.
cheers,
Travis

Post by Monte Ohrt
what error did you get? the syntax looks ok.

hmm, i get an error on
{if $string1|replace:" ":"" == $string2|replace:" ":""}
with smarty-2.3.1
<?php if ($this->_run_mod_handler('replace', true, $this->_tpl_vars['string1'], ") ":" " == $string2|replace:" ":" "): ?>
using the same template with the latest cvs checkout,
<?php if ($this->_run_mod_handler('replace', true, $this->_tpl_vars['string1'], " ", "") == $this->_run_mod_handler('replace', true, $this->_tpl_vars['string2'], " ", "")): ?>
HTH
messju

Post by Travis Low

Post by Monte Ohrt
{if $string1|trim eq $string2|trim}
...
{/if}

Post by Travis Low
I'd like to compare two strings in the template, and take one action if
they are the same, and another action if they are not.
One string comes from an XML file. The other string comes from a CSV
file. I cannot (easily) manipulate the strings from within PHP, because
I'd have to do all of them, or none of them.
It turns out that sometimes one or the other string has leading or
trailing spaces. This makes the comparison evaluate to false, which is a
problem.
{if $string1|replace:" ":"" == $string2|replace:" ":""}
{assign var=s1 value=$string1|replace:" ":""}
{assign var=s2 value=$string2|replace:" ":""}
{if $s1 == $s2}
...
{/if}
but I got an error that way too. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
cheers,
Travis
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[Monte Ohrt]

Yep, a lot of cleanup has been done in the compiling code and as a
consequence, a lot of minor things that weren't working now work
properly.

Monte

Post by M Mohr
Hello,

Post by Travis Low
Damn, I can't reproduce the error. It might have been a typo. It was
something about missing parenthesis. I assumed it was bad syntax because I
wasn't using any parenthesis.
$x._NODE_.table80[foo80]._NODE_.EmployeeLastNameCont[0]._NODE_
so assigning them first makes the code a lot easier to read. As always,
thanks for your help.
cheers,
Travis

Post by Monte Ohrt
what error did you get? the syntax looks ok.

hmm, i get an error on
{if $string1|replace:" ":"" == $string2|replace:" ":""}
with smarty-2.3.1
<?php if ($this->_run_mod_handler('replace', true, $this->_tpl_vars['string1'], ") ":" " == $string2|replace:" ":" "): ?>
using the same template with the latest cvs checkout,
<?php if ($this->_run_mod_handler('replace', true, $this->_tpl_vars['string1'], " ", "") == $this->_run_mod_handler('replace', true, $this->_tpl_vars['string2'], " ", "")): ?>
HTH
messju

Post by Travis Low

Post by Monte Ohrt
{if $string1|trim eq $string2|trim}
...
{/if}

Post by Travis Low
I'd like to compare two strings in the template, and take one action if
they are the same, and another action if they are not.
One string comes from an XML file. The other string comes from a CSV
file. I cannot (easily) manipulate the strings from within PHP, because
I'd have to do all of them, or none of them.
It turns out that sometimes one or the other string has leading or
trailing spaces. This makes the comparison evaluate to false, which is a
problem.
{if $string1|replace:" ":"" == $string2|replace:" ":""}
{assign var=s1 value=$string1|replace:" ":""}
{assign var=s2 value=$string2|replace:" ":""}
{if $s1 == $s2}
...
{/if}
but I got an error that way too. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
cheers,
Travis
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