Get chunk name inside chunk

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johnxx Reply #1, 6 years, 1 month ago

Hello

Is there a way to get chunk names and description inside themselves ?

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Can you explain a little bit more what you're trying to do?

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Andy Tough Reply #3, 6 years, 1 month ago

If you are trying to display the Description of a Chunk in the front end as part of your page content then a snippet like this would display the chunk Description. A modified version of this snippet could probably display the chunk Name.

<?php
//[[!getChunkDescription? &chunkname=`myChunk`]]
 
$chunkname=$modx->getOption('chunkname',$scriptProperties,'');
 
if ($chunk=$modx->getObject('modChunk',array('name'=>$chunkname))){
    return $chunk->get('description');
}
 
return '';

But if I have misunderstood your aim, as LK says, could you explain a bit more. [ed. note: andytough last edited this post 6 years, 1 month ago.]

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johnxx Reply #4, 6 years, 1 month ago

Thank you for your reply.
I'd like to get chunk name inside the chunk itself.
The purpose is to add a debug mode allowing fast chunk identification.

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BobRay Reply #5, 6 years, 1 month ago

I can't think of an easy way. If the chunk is being pulled in with a chunk tag, you might be able to use a plugin attached to OnLoadWebDocument that finds the chunk tags with a regex, then writes or displays it somewhere.

Possibly a better way is to add a snippet like this to the chunk:

[[!ShowName? &chunkName=`actualNameOfChunk`]]

<?
/* ShowName snippet */

if ($modx->user->get('id') == 1) { // adjust ID as necessary
    return $modx->getOption('chunkName', $scriptProperties, '');
}

return ''

The name will only show for the user with the specified ID.

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