title of UltimateParent

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  underdoeg Reply #1, 17 years, 11 months ago

  Hi
  
  I’m looking for a way to get not just the ID, but the title of the ultimate parent of the current Document. This means I’d probably have to call the snippet from PHP myself? Not sure where to do that. Are there som API functions I missed?
  
  Thank you
  
  Philip Whitfield
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  cipa Reply #2, 17 years, 11 months ago

  my solution
  
  create a snippet and modify the following code to fit your needs
  
  <?php
  $parent = $modx->runSnippet(
          "UltimateParent",
          array(
              "topLevel" => 2
          )
  );
  
  $atvs = array(’pagetitle’,’longtitle’);
  $tvs = $modx->getTemplateVarOutput($atvs,$parent);
  
  echo $tvs[’pagetitle’];
  // OR
  //echo $tvs[’longtitle’];
  ?>
  
  In my case I used topLevel=2. You can use whatever you need.
  Responsive CSS Grid: cipalabs.com/projects/metal/
  Blog: MODX Tutorials & Articles
  
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  tkfm Reply #3, 17 years, 11 months ago

  If you can get the id of your target document, you can get pagetitle of that document using getField snippet.
  You can try something like...
  

  [!getField? &docid=`[[UltimateParent? &toplevel=`2`]]` &field=`pagetitle`!]
  
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  cipa Reply #4, 17 years, 11 months ago

  nice to know that there is a simpler way. Thx
  
  Responsive CSS Grid: cipalabs.com/projects/metal/
  Blog: MODX Tutorials & Articles
  
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  underdoeg Reply #5, 17 years, 11 months ago

  Perfect. The GetField snippet did the job.
  Thanks for your quick answers. (Topic closed)

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