Title: Conditional Hyperlinks Last modified: October 1, 2022 --- # Conditional Hyperlinks * Resolved [sujanm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sujanm/) * (@sujanm) * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conditional-hyperlinks/) * Hi Peter, * I’m trying to conditionally display a hyperlink. Something like what you had suggested here: * [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-a-hyperlink-column-not-display-a-link-until-it-gets-one-assigned/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-a-hyperlink-column-not-display-a-link-until-it-gets-one-assigned/) * the dynamic hyperlink is set as follows * ``` ``` * However the script tag doesn’t get interpreted as html. Element in the browser is * ``` <script> if (myCondition) { document.write(""); } </script> ``` * What am I doing wrong? Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * Plugin Author [Passionate Programmer Peter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peterschulznl/) * (@peterschulznl) * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conditional-hyperlinks/#post-16062166) * Hi [@sujanm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sujanm/), * You are correct, the script tag is disabled in data tables for security reasons. Sorry! I totally forgot. * But you can achieve this with a macro. Macro’s were not available when the post was written you are referring to. They are rather new and added to improve security. * Macro’s are explained here: [https://wpdataaccess.com/docs/data-explorer/dynamic-hyperlinks/#macro-if-then-else](https://wpdataaccess.com/docs/data-explorer/dynamic-hyperlinks/#macro-if-then-else) * It is basically the same you are doing with javascript, just more secure. Please let me know if this helps. * Best regards, Peter * Thread Starter [sujanm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sujanm/) * (@sujanm) * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conditional-hyperlinks/#post-16062326) * Hi Peter, * Thanks, yes I’m aware of Macros and I use them to compare the state of a column value to determine if a hyperlink should be displayed. * Will macros be able to handle it based upon the value of a javascript variable on the page? That is essentially what I would need. I’ve read the link on Macros and it doesn’t give information on how the conditions of the macro are parsed. * Thanks again for the help! * Plugin Author [Passionate Programmer Peter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peterschulznl/) * (@peterschulznl) * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conditional-hyperlinks/#post-16065184) * Hi [@sujanm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sujanm/), * Sorry, I’m not sure if I understand your question correctly… Macros are executed on the server when the page is rendered. They have no effect in the browser and you cannot embed them in javascript. * Does this answer your question? Or can you explain what you want to achieve? * Thanks, Peter * Thread Starter [sujanm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sujanm/) * (@sujanm) * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conditional-hyperlinks/#post-16065805) * Hi Peter, * Sorry for not being clearer. What I’m trying to achieve is to render or not render a dynamic hyperlink based upon some kind of global state (eg. only display a link if the user is logged on). I could do that in the example above if “myCondition” is a boolean javascript variable as I can set its value through PHP. If I was simply using PHP to render a page I can conditionally render an element on the page based upon a test of a PHP variable or condition. I’m not seeing how I can do that with macros. * Eg. Can I do something like this * #macro if is_user_logged_in() * or #macro if $myPHPVariable * or alternatively * #macro if myJavascriptVariable * Is that clearer? * Plugin Author [Passionate Programmer Peter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peterschulznl/) * (@peterschulznl) * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conditional-hyperlinks/#post-16068083) * Hi [@sujanm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sujanm/), * I should have asked! 😉 * WordPress adds the logged-in class to the html body when the user is logged in. This allows you to easily test in javascript: * ``` if (jQuery("body").hasClass("logged-in")) { // This code is only executed when the user is logged in... } ``` * Does this help? * Thanks, Peter * Thread Starter [sujanm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sujanm/) * (@sujanm) * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conditional-hyperlinks/#post-16068467) * Thanks Peter, but I’m missing something. How would the javascript above be run if the script tags have been disabled in the dynamic hyperlink? * You have suggested using Macros, but can you post what the macro would look like if it included the above code when rendering the dynamic hyperlink? * Plugin Author [Passionate Programmer Peter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peterschulznl/) * (@peterschulznl) * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conditional-hyperlinks/#post-16068723) * Hi [@sujanm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sujanm/), * The macro cannot test if the user is logged in. Sorry! It does not process php code. It is just a simple macro that substitues column values under specific circumstances. * Here is a possible solution (there are probably more)… * Just create your hyperlink and hide it by setting the style to display:none. Add a class with a specific name. Then execute a javascript function after page load that deletes the hyperlinks when the user is not logged in and displays them when the user is logged in. * Makes sure to check if the user is logged in on the url of the hyperlink. Just in case someone follows the link withi=out being logged in. * Does this make sense? * Best regards, Peter * Thread Starter [sujanm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sujanm/) * (@sujanm) * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conditional-hyperlinks/#post-16068870) * Hi Peter, yes that makes perfect sense. I will likely do something like you suggested. Thanks again for the help. - This reply was modified 3 years, 8 months ago by [sujanm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sujanm/). * Plugin Author [Passionate Programmer Peter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peterschulznl/) * (@peterschulznl) * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conditional-hyperlinks/#post-16068895) * My pleasure! 😊 Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) The topic ‘Conditional Hyperlinks’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/wp-data-access/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3299063) * [WP Data Access – App Builder for Tables, Forms, Charts, Maps & Dashboards](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-data-access/) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-data-access/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-data-access/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-data-access/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-data-access/reviews/) * 9 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Passionate Programmer Peter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peterschulznl/) * Last activity: [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conditional-hyperlinks/#post-16068895) * Status: resolved