Answered How to replace template IDs with template names

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zzfkelvin Reply #1, 5 years, 5 months ago

I want to use template names to replace template IDs in some filter codes. For example in following codes,

[[*template:eq=`18`:or:is=`54`:then=`<img src="[[*mainImg:phpthumbof=`w=1920&h=1280&zc=t&aoe=1`:default=`assets/templates/[[++templateFolderName]]/img/campus-cb-sky-large.jpg`]]" alt="">`:else=``]]

[[pdoResources?
&parents=`0`
&resources=`[[*relatedNewsArticles:replace=`|==,`]]`
&tpl=`xjtlu.pr.latest-news-text-row`
&where=`{"template:=":18,96}`
&sortby=`{"publishedon":"DESC"}`
&showHidden=`1`
&limit=`4`
&context=`[[++cultureKey:replace=`en==web`]]`
]]

Template ID 18 is named as "News Article"; Template ID 96 is named as "Department News Article".

Is anyone could help me?
This question has been answered by BobRay. See the first response.
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BobRay Reply #2, 5 years, 5 months ago
The simplest way would be to use an unused text field of the resource to store the template name (like introtext/summary, longtitle, menutitle, description).

Then just put a tag for that field in your rowTpl chunk:
```
<p>Template Name: [[+description]]</p>
```
If those are all in use, another way would be to use a TV to store the template name, but you'd have to fill it in for each resource unless you write a plugin to set it when the resource is saved.

Yet another way would be to use a custom snippet to get the template name (untested).

In your row Tpl:
```
<p>Template: [[GetTemplateName? &templateId=`[[+template]]` ]] </p>
```
```
/* GetTemplateName snippet */
$templateId = $modx->getOption('templateId', $scriptProperties);
$template = $modx->getObject('modTemplate', $templateId);
if ($template) {
    $output =  $template->get('templatename');
} else {
    $output = "error getting template name";
}

return $output;
```
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