Views template theming - drupal-6

Question

i have a template "views-view-field--tracker--name.tpl.php" for a view called tracker, and i am using an If...Else Statement in the template to print fields.
<?php
if ($node ->uid == 0) {
print $view->field['field_authorname_value']->render($row);
} else {
print $view->field['name']->render($row);
}
?>
The above code is not functioning as it should, its printing the first part nicely but not the second part. Though, printing without if statement seems to work ok. eg:
<?php
print $view->field['name']->render($row);
?>
Not sure whats wrong with the code, so looking for answers

Answer 1

I'm not sure exactly. What happens when you turn the if statement around?
<?php
if ($node ->uid != 0) {
print $view->field['name']->render($row);
} else {
print $view->field['field_authorname_value']->render($row);
}
?>
Or use a switch statement:
<?php
switch ($node ->uid) {
case 0:
print $view->field['field_authorname_value']->render($row);
break;
default:
print $view->field['name']->render($row);
}
?>

Answer 2

In drupal, an annoymous user == 0. However, you should probably check this first to ensure /what/ uid, your actually checking against. In other words, when you are debugging your page
insert
echo "uid is: ".$node ->uid;
/before/ the if statement, and that will let you know what you are checking against (i.e if it is always 0 or something other than 0 for non-annoymous users)
Hope that makes enough sense. Echoing values is your best friend when if else statements aren't working
[edit]
Also make sure you aren't an anonymous user, or else your code is working fine. Just a case of a human not working correctly (just did that yesterday as well)