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Fabio Zignale
Fabio Zignale
Hi everybody.
I am not able to use data from Article Anywhere in a PHP IF or SWITCH.
The following is PHP code inside {articles}{/articles}.
Example:
i tried to change the $category variable cast turning it into numbers but nothing,
or with a switch with CATEGORY-ALIAS data:
i can see the changing values for every article into {articles} when echo the variable, it seems a string, but i can't use it and i can't match the category-alias into my php switch.
I've lost one day of trials: how i can i get a "clean" value from article anywhere to put into my php code?
Andrea Malalana
Andrea Malalana
Unfotunately, you can't.
PHP code will be interpreted before the {articles} tags.
The {articles} tags are replaced after the PHP code has already run.
So unfortunately you cannot store Articles Anywhere values as PHP variables.
Peter van Westen
ADMIN
Peter van Westen
ADMIN
You could potentially do this if you use Sourcerer to place the PHP code.
But you would have to convert the PHP code to HTML entities.
Are you trying to do all this in a PHP file?
Where do you need the result? Inside an article or something?
Fabio Zignale
Fabio Zignale
Hi Peter, i love Regular Labs extensions!
So, in this specific case i'm using it on a module that allows HTML, PHP and Javascript codes (Flexi Custom Code).
If i remember correctly i used something similar code somewhere else (maybe directly in a php file?), but in this case there's no possibility to make it working in that way (inside a module that makes an article header), i lost over a day in trials.
I solved with Article Anywhere conditional content (i needed to assign to a DIV some classes in function of CATEGORY-ID and language --get by php from Joomla $language = JFactory::getLanguage(); $language = $lingua->getLocale()[4];--).
Article Anywhere is a GREAT extension, i can mix HTML, PHP and ARTICLE ANYWHERE tags to make Joomla incredibly powerful!
I mixed them with satisfaction inside modules and articles layout overrides making complex websites.
Thank you for your extensions!
Peter van Westen
ADMIN
Peter van Westen
ADMIN
Awesome!
PS: You might want to look into Sourcerer. You can also use that inside modules…
regularlabs.com/sourcerer
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I can't use [category-id] or [category-alias] into a PHP variable
Fabio Zignale
Fabio Zignale
I am not able to use data from Article Anywhere in a PHP IF or SWITCH.
The following is PHP code inside {articles}{/articles}.
Example:
$category = '[category-id]';
if ($category == 10) {
DO SOMETHING
} else {
DO SOMETHING OTHER
}i tried to change the $category variable cast turning it into numbers but nothing,
or with a switch with CATEGORY-ALIAS data:
$category = '[category-alias]';
switch ($category) {
case 'category-1':
DO SOMETHING
break;
case 'category-2':
DO SOMETHING
break;
}i can see the changing values for every article into {articles} when echo the variable, it seems a string, but i can't use it and i can't match the category-alias into my php switch.
I've lost one day of trials: how i can i get a "clean" value from article anywhere to put into my php code?
Andrea Malalana
Andrea Malalana
PHP code will be interpreted before the {articles} tags.
The {articles} tags are replaced after the PHP code has already run.
So unfortunately you cannot store Articles Anywhere values as PHP variables.
Peter van Westen
ADMIN
Peter van Westen
ADMIN
But you would have to convert the PHP code to HTML entities.
Are you trying to do all this in a PHP file?
Where do you need the result? Inside an article or something?
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Fabio Zignale
Fabio Zignale
So, in this specific case i'm using it on a module that allows HTML, PHP and Javascript codes (Flexi Custom Code).
If i remember correctly i used something similar code somewhere else (maybe directly in a php file?), but in this case there's no possibility to make it working in that way (inside a module that makes an article header), i lost over a day in trials.
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I solved with Article Anywhere conditional content (i needed to assign to a DIV some classes in function of CATEGORY-ID and language --get by php from Joomla $language = JFactory::getLanguage(); $language = $lingua->getLocale()[4];--).
Article Anywhere is a GREAT extension, i can mix HTML, PHP and ARTICLE ANYWHERE tags to make Joomla incredibly powerful!
I mixed them with satisfaction inside modules and articles layout overrides making complex websites.
Thank you for your extensions!
Peter van Westen
ADMIN
Peter van Westen
ADMIN
PS: You might want to look into Sourcerer. You can also use that inside modules…
regularlabs.com/sourcerer
Please post a rating at the
Joomla! Extensions Directory
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