Title: Conditional setting causing garbage characters in output
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Conditional setting causing garbage characters in output

 *  Resolved [Norm Sash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/normsash/)
 * (@normsash)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conditional-setting-causing-garbage-characters-in-output/)
 * I have created two fields. The first field, Sex, is a radio button with two options“
   Male or Female”. The second field has a conditional on it that shows the field
   if the value of the first field is “Male”.
 * The logic seems to work, but if the second field is displayed there are garbage
   characters surrounding the field. I’ve noticed this in other areas also. This
   screenshot shows what I’m seeing: [http://www.screencast.com/t/GQGL097g6](http://www.screencast.com/t/GQGL097g6)
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/caldera-forms/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/caldera-forms/)

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 *  Thread Starter [Norm Sash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/normsash/)
 * (@normsash)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conditional-setting-causing-garbage-characters-in-output/#post-5879824)
 * I’ve found one combination of plugins that is causing this… Caldera Forms with
   W3 Total Cache.
 * In W3TC goto the setting Minify > HTML & XML > HTML Minify Settings > Inline 
   JS minification. Turn that option on and there are garbage characters in the 
   output of a conditional field.

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 * Last reply from: [Norm Sash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/normsash/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conditional-setting-causing-garbage-characters-in-output/#post-5879824)
 * Status: resolved