Contact SubType check fail in Smarty TPL file

Question

Have strange issue checking contact type in \templates\CRM\Contact\Form\Contact.tpl

This code prints Organization / Society

{$contactType} / {$contactSubType} 

This code prints Organization / Society

{if $contactType eq 'Organization'}
   {$contactType} / {$contactSubType}
{/if}

But this one prints nothing

{if $contactSubType eq 'Society'}
       {$contactType} / {$contactSubType}
{/if}

And this one prints nothing

{if $contactType eq 'Organization' && $contactSubType eq 'Society'}
       {$contactType} / {$contactSubType}
{/if}

Shouldn't it "just" work? Or it's another bit of CiciCRM magic?

Answer 1

(adding as an answer - see comment thread above)

In the DB, contact_sub_type uses a special character to split multiple contact types. If this is being carried through to smarty then 'eq' might not produce a match (but the non-HTML character wouldn't be printed to screen). Can smarty check whether the $contactSubType just contains 'Society'?

Answer 2

If isset contact ID ($contactId), you can use API in smarty like this:

        {crmAPI var='result' entity='Contact' action='get' id=$contactId}
        {foreach from=$result.values item=contact}
            <div>$contact.contact_type</div>
            {if $contact.contact_type eq 'Organization'}
                {* ... html ....*}
            {/if}
        {/foreach}

Answer 3

If you want to hide Contact Details, the best way is explained in this post: How do I edit activity forms?

In my opinion the best way is to create a little extension and add a template with some jQuery code to hide the Contact Details. But you could give the css way a go too?