Magento Email Template If Statements

Question

The Magento Email Template If Statements aren\'t evaluating to true when I expect them to. Can someone tell me what\'s wrong? Take a look at the following code:

Answer 1

I solved this problem by using the 'block' technique.

What you do is you pass the order to a block and then do your logic inside that block.

Although my solution is for a different problem the approach should work here.

What I wanted was to have a pay by cheque option and some extra text in the confirmation email reminding them to pay. I added this into the new order template:

{{block type='core/template' area='frontend' template='paymentstatus/orderemail.phtml' order=$order}}

Then I created a file app/design/frontend/default/default/template/paymentstatus/orderemail.phtml

This has the 'if' logic, in my case I wanted to see if the order status was that for a cheque and only then remind the customer that their order needed cleared funds.

getData('order')->getStatus()=='cheque') {
echo "
Please note that we will require your cheque to clear before we can despatch your order.
"; }?>