Title: Conditional fields Last modified: January 24, 2020 --- # Conditional fields * Resolved [Stefancom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stefancom/) * (@stefancom) * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conditional-fields-38/) * Hi, * I am looking for some sort of conditional field solution. I have read already that those are not really available (yet). Is that still the case? * But with Pods being such a powerful tool, I would imagine there must be some doable solution available? * I have a calendar of concerts of musical compositions (Pod “performances”). And I have the respective list of those compositions (Pod “work”). (So, those two elements are related.) In the calendar, the musical compositions are linked to their single posts, featuring the detailed data from “work” Pod. * Now, on these musical works’s detail pages, I would like to also list their performances, to be exact: only those of this very piece whose detailed post is seen at the moment. So, not of all performances in general, but only of those which feature this specific work. * Is there a way? … Do I need make a new separate template? * My “Work” Pod template to display a single musical composition looks as follows: * ```

{@post_title} ({@year})
for {@instrumentation}:
{@duration} minutes

PERFORMANCES: ``` * The Pod reference of “Performances” reads as follows: * ``` ID post_title post_content post_excerpt post_author post_date post_date_gmt post_status comment_status ping_status post_password post_name to_ping pinged post_modified post_modified_gmt post_content_filtered post_parent guid menu_order post_type post_mime_type comment_count comments composition concert_date venue_or_series performer facebook_event composition.ID composition.post_title composition.post_content composition.post_excerpt composition.post_author composition.post_date composition.post_date_gmt composition.post_status composition.comment_status composition.ping_status composition.post_password composition.post_name composition.to_ping composition.pinged composition.post_modified composition.post_modified_gmt composition.post_content_filtered composition.post_parent composition.guid composition.menu_order composition.post_type composition.post_mime_type composition.comment_count composition.comments composition.year composition.duration composition.instrumentation composition.soundcloud_etc composition.cd_url composition.cd_title venue_or_series.ID venue_or_series.post_title venue_or_series.post_content venue_or_series.post_excerpt venue_or_series.post_author venue_or_series.post_date venue_or_series.post_date_gmt venue_or_series.post_status venue_or_series.comment_status venue_or_series.ping_status venue_or_series.post_password venue_or_series.post_name venue_or_series.to_ping venue_or_series.pinged venue_or_series.post_modified venue_or_series.post_modified_gmt venue_or_series.post_content_filtered venue_or_series.post_parent venue_or_series.guid venue_or_series.menu_order venue_or_series.post_type venue_or_series.post_mime_type venue_or_series.comment_count venue_or_series.comments venue_or_series.venue_city venue_or_series.venue_country venue_or_series.venue_website performer.ID performer.post_title performer.post_content performer.post_excerpt performer.post_author performer.post_date performer.post_date_gmt performer.post_status performer.comment_status performer.ping_status performer.post_password performer.post_name performer.to_ping performer.pinged performer.post_modified performer.post_modified_gmt performer.post_content_filtered performer.post_parent performer.guid performer.menu_order performer.post_type performer.post_mime_type performer.comment_count performer.comments performer.performer_url ``` * Any idea, anyone? * Thank you very much! * Stefan * P.S. Thank you, Jory Hogeveen (@keraweb), for your recent valuable advice. Everything could be solved! * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fconditional-fields-38%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) * Thread Starter [Stefancom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stefancom/) * (@stefancom) * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conditional-fields-38/#post-12364574) * I was trying to use Find, like this: * ``` 'performances.concert_date DESC', 'limit' => -1, 'where' => "'performance.composition' = 'works.post_title'" ); $performances->find( $params ); while ( $performances->fetch() ) { echo $performances->display( 'performances' ); } ?> ``` * But can PHP be used in the template at all? It appears not to work. * Thread Starter [Stefancom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stefancom/) * (@stefancom) * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conditional-fields-38/#post-12364787) * Yeah, I think I will not be able to fix this. Interestingly, I found the following notes by Jim True: * [https://pods.io/forums/topic/how-to-conditionally-display-related-post-data-in-pods-template/](https://pods.io/forums/topic/how-to-conditionally-display-related-post-data-in-pods-template/) * It is about using the IF tag, and that may be something for me to look into. In that example (not mine) he suggests to work with a separat template (including“ where =”), and I have the feeling this could be something that may lead me to a solution. Would someone have a hint which helps me go the right path? * Thread Starter [Stefancom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stefancom/) * (@stefancom) * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conditional-fields-38/#post-12364978) * Hi, * So, I need to apologize for the many confusing messages. Turns out, spending those hours was absolutely worth it–and Jim True’s before mentioned advice from 2017 did the trick! * This is what he had commented to another user: * > If this is a single-select, you can’t use the EACH wrapper, but you also can’t > use traversal, so if you’re trying to reach DOWN into a linked record that’s > linked to the one you’re currently traversing (ie data that’s linked to the > linked faculty profile), you need to do that with a separate template that > goes through a faculty profile and outputs what you want and is called from > the current post with: * `[pods name="faculty-profiles" where="employee.ID = {@ID}" template="Faculty Profile"]` * And what can I say? I jut got it to work!!! * Thanks, Jim! I am sorry for this thread, when eventually I was able to figure it out on my own. Thanks for the great only resources (including the Podscast). * This thread can be marked as resolved. * Stefan Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) The topic ‘Conditional fields’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/pods/assets/icon.svg?rev=3286397) * [Pods - Custom Content Types and Fields](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pods/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pods/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pods/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pods/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pods/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pods/reviews/) * 3 replies * 1 participant * Last reply from: [Stefancom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stefancom/) * Last activity: [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conditional-fields-38/#post-12364978) * Status: resolved