snippet -> snippet (again)

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dowhatnow Reply #1, 16 years, 11 months ago

Hello, I have asked and received an answer, but frankly I just don’t understand the answer. It has to be obvious -- I’ve been trying to wrap my thick head around it but just haven’t had any luck.

I am using a snippet to check which page/container I’m on:

if ($file == 'my-page.php' || $container == 'my-container')
{
    $tpl = "[[Wayfinder? &startId=`0` &outerTpl=`SideNavigation` &rowTpl=`SideNavigationRows` &titleOfLinks=`longtitle' &includeDocs=`11`]]";
}

return $tpl;

This is actually working, but because of the feedback I got before, I have this feeling that it’s just dumb luck that it is working.

I know I can’t call MODx tags within php; they don’t know about each other. I need to use an array to call the MODx snippet. In the example I was given:

$modx->runSnippet('snippetName', array('param1'->'value1', ...));

I would come up with something like:

$modx->runSnippet( 'Wayfinder', array('&startId'->'0',...) );

But, that’s just not the right syntax.

Sorry guys... my skull must be really thick on this one. undecided

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BobRay Reply #2, 16 years, 11 months ago

Almost:

<?php
$modx->runSnippet( 'Wayfinder', array('startId'=>'0',...) );
?>

=> not ->

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dowhatnow Reply #3, 16 years, 11 months ago

ah... DUH.

Thank you for your help. That set off the "got it" reaction.

Here is what I came up with for anyone else running into this...may be of some help.

if ($file == 'my-file.php' || $container == 'my-container')
{
    // set up params for the page
    $params['startId'] = '0';
    $params['outerTpl'] = 'MyOuterTemplate';
    $params['rowTpl'] = 'MyTemplateRow';
    $params['titleOfLinks'] = 'longtitle';
    $params['includeDocs'] = '11';
    
    // return the markup
    $html .= $modx->runSnippet('Wayfinder', $params);
}

return $html;