HTML IF Statement

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I just wanna know how to do an if-statement in simple HTML. Like the [if IE6] thingy

I'd like to do something like this

[IF 5>6]

How's the syntax? I can't seem to find anything but [If!IE6] and things like that, is that even possible?

Thanks a lot

Edit: I want to compare just scalar numbers, cause I have a dynamically created HTML. For example [If 4 == 6]. I DON'T WANT TO CHECK IE VERSIONS.

Why did you write [if IE6] if you didn't want to compare IE versions? — punkrockbuddyholly, Feb 24 '12 at 15:42
@MrMisterMan Because she mentions that this is the only kind of "If statement" she could find, even if it's not what she is looking for. To put it this way, if I said I was looking for a Porsche, but Google only turned up results for Volkswagen, that doesn't mean I wanted even more Volkswagen results. ;) — Nix, Feb 24 '12 at 16:01

Anthony Faull · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-24T20:40:54.597

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Not in HTML. Consider using JavaScript instead.

edited Feb 24 '12 at 20:40

answered Feb 24 '12 at 15:42

Anthony Faull

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No need for me to add my own answer - but the reason being that HTML is meant to mind markup only, not the logic of which markup to display - any type of logic that determines to show certain markup related to the display of (or hiding of) certain data is to be handled by either Javascript (client-side) or some embedded scripting or compiled server-side code (PHP or C#, for example, embedded within the HTML with special tags) – Mattygabe Feb 24 '12 at 16:05

score 9 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 24 '12 at 15:39

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No, it's not possible. What you have seen is conditional comments in IE, which only checks version numbers of IE, and is typically used to inject IE specific style sheets to fix CSS bugs for that particular browser.

answered Feb 24 '12 at 15:39

devdigital

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score 8 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 24 '12 at 15:40

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The <!--[if IE]> syntax only works in Internet Explorer. You'll need to use javascript or css to conditionally display html in other browsers.

answered Feb 24 '12 at 15:40

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Nix · Answer 4 · 2012-02-24T15:46:18.800

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If you want to check for browser versions:

<!--[if lt IE 7]>
    <!-- For LOWER than IE7 -->
<![endif]-->

<!--[if IE 6]>
    <!-- For JUST IE6 -->
<![endif]-->

<!--[if gt IE 7]>
    <!-- For HIGHER than IE7 -->
<![endif]-->

Other than that, you cannot use if statements in HTML, as it is a markup language and not a programming language. You need to do it either server side or with Javascript.

edited Feb 24 '12 at 15:46

answered Feb 24 '12 at 15:38

Nix

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But I want to compare just scalar numbers, cause I have a dynamically created html. For example [If 4 == 6] – Maggie Fortelli Feb 24 '12 at 15:40
Ah, my mistake. No, that is not possible. You need to do it either server side or with Javascript. Sorry. – Nix Feb 24 '12 at 15:41
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@MaggieFortelli I'm confused. How are you defining the two numbers you want to compare? – Howdy_McGee Feb 24 '12 at 15:42

score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 24 '12 at 15:39

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I believe this is the page you are looking for http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537512(v=vs.85).aspx

(I typed into google "IE conditional comments". It was the second result.)

answered Feb 24 '12 at 15:39

punkrockbuddyholly

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Indeed, but it's not really what OP is asking for. She just wants do do regular if statements, IE not conditional statements. – Nix Feb 24 '12 at 15:44
@Nix I answered before she clarified that by "I just wanna know how to do an IF in simple HTML. Like the [if IE6] thingy" she actually meant nothing like the [IF IE6] thingy. – punkrockbuddyholly Feb 24 '12 at 15:57
No sweat — I made the same mistake. ;) – Nix Feb 24 '12 at 16:02
From the way the question was posed, it was an unavoidable one :) – punkrockbuddyholly Feb 24 '12 at 16:23

Jett · Answer 6 · 2019-12-11T15:28:55.523

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The closest thing I can think of is *NgIf or using ternary expressions in your html using angular - however, the assignment of the variables and the logic of that ngif statement would be done in javascript.

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score -1 · Answer 7 · answered Feb 24 '12 at 15:42

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[If lte IE 6]

This selects IE 5, 5.5 and 6. It's the closest to what you want.

answered Feb 24 '12 at 15:42

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score -2 · Answer 8 · answered Feb 06 '21 at 22:53

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If you insert Javascript into your code, then you can easily use the if statement. To insert you have to use script and /script

answered Feb 06 '21 at 22:53

Braydon Castro

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