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Display the parent's pagetitle

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    alex_dutch Reply #11, 13 years, 6 months ago
    For Evolution you can use this: getParent()
    function getParent($id = -1, $active = 1, $fields = ['id, pagetitle, description, alias, parent'] );

    example:
    $parent = $modx->getParent(55,1,'pagetitle');
return $parent['pagetitle'];
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      sunwukung Reply #12, 13 years, 5 months ago
      Here’s a variation on mrhaw’s using revo:

      $parentID = $modx->resource->get('parent');
$document = $modx->getObject('modResource',array(
    'id' => $parentID,
   ));
return $document->get('pagetitle');
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        lukemcd Reply #13, 13 years, 2 months ago
        Another option for Revo is to use the getResourceField extra. Then you can use:

        [[getResourceField ? &id=`[[*parent]]` &field=`pagetitle`]]


        And if you want to display the current page’s title if there is no parent use;

        [[getResourceField:ifempty=`[[*pagetitle]]` ? &id=`[[*parent]]` &field=`pagetitle`]]
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          BobRay Reply #14, 13 years, 2 months ago
          Quote from: sunwukung at Nov 17, 2010, 11:02 AM

          Here’s a variation on mrhaw’s using revo:

          $parentID = $modx->resource->get('parent');
$document = $modx->getObject('modResource',array(
    'id' => $parentID,
   ));
return $document->get('pagetitle');


          Let me tweak that Revo version slightly:

          <?php
$parentObj = $modx->resource->getOne('Parent');
return $parentObj->get('pagetitle');

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            MrFussyfont Reply #15, 13 years, 1 month ago
            Quote from: lukemcd at Feb 19, 2011, 03:41 AM

            Another option for Revo is to use the getResourceField extra...

            You rock. Exactly what I needed; thank you!
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              encho Reply #16, 13 years, 1 month ago
              For my needs I did it this way:
              [[*parent:ne=`0`:then=`Parent page: <a href="[[~[[*parent]]~]]">[[getResourceField? &id=`[[*parent]]`]]</a>`:else=``]]

              If parent exists it will display it, unless the parent is home page (id=0).
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                Simon Bingham Reply #17, 11 years, 2 months ago
                I'm guessing MODX has changed since the previous response to this thread because I can't get it to work. The following does work though:

                Snippet Code

                <?php
/**
 * MY_GetPageTitle
 *
 * DESCRIPTION
 *
 * This snippet returns the title of a page matching an id
 *
 * USAGE:
 *
 * [[!MY_GetPageTitle? &id=`[[+parent]]`]]
 */

$page = $modx->getObject('modResource', $id);
if(!empty($page)) {
	return $page->get('pagetitle');
}
return '';


                Template Code

                [[!MY_GetPageTitle? &id=`[[+parent]]`]]
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                  BobRay Reply #18, 11 years, 2 months ago
                  Simon, your snippet would be much faster and more efficient.
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                    ilja-web Reply #19, 10 years, 11 months ago
                    Quote from: sunwukung at Nov 17, 2010, 11:02 AM
                    Here's a variation on mrhaw's using revo:

                    $parentID = $modx->resource->get('parent');
$document = $modx->getObject('modResource',array(
    'id' => $parentID,
   ));
return $document->get('pagetitle');

                    Works, thanks man!
                    • ojchris Reply #20, 9 years, 11 months ago
                      Guess Revo changed again:

                      [[!MY_GetPageTitle? &id=`[[+parent]]`]]


                      should now read

                      [[!MY_GetPageTitle? &id=`[[*parent]]`]]


                      Notice the asterisks and plus character preceeding parent