I'd like to use a SilverStripe 3 template conditional based on an integer return like this:
<% if $Variable.count = 1 %>
Is that possible? It doesn't seem to work when I try it and the documentation talks only about literals inside "" with ==.
Yes, when done properly, no when you're doing it that way. 1 = means you're assigning 1 to the variable, which will always be true. 2 ='s (==) is a comparison operator. 3 (===) is a type comparison operator.
I would say yes. But I can't remember the last time I've done it. Looking at the doc you should be able to do: http://doc.silverstripe.org/framework/en/3.1/reference/templates
<% if $Variable.count == "10" %>
...
<% end_if %>
like @aynber said, make sure to use == and number (might) have to have quotes around.