PHx in MODx Revolution?

Hi all,

I have been using PHx in MODx Evolution all the time. Moving to MODx Revolution I realized that there is no plugin for PHx though. You can use built-in output filters instead, but I am still missing conditional operators to realize PHx code such as the following:

Is it possible to achieve the same and other conditional statements with Revo’s built-in output filters? If not, is there a way to still use PHx in MODx Revolution?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Stefan

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MODx Revolution output filters: http://svn.modxcms.com/docs/display/revolution/Input+and+Output+Filters
PHx Conditional Operators: http://wiki.modxcms.com/index.php/PHx#Conditional_operators

There is also IF snippet for revo which can be used for phx like stuff. Check that out.

Thanks for pointing me to this snippet. However, I still can’t see how this could replace the above PHx statement. And what about conditionals with nested statements?

I am a little bit afraid right now MODx Revolution might not provide the same degree of flexibility than MODx Evolution. Is this really the case or is there a way to get the same functionality in MODx Revolution that PHx currently provides in MODx Evolution?

The If Snippet for conditionals will do the same thing as you’ve posted as follows:

Snippets in Revo can be nested and filters can be used as well. PHx has some hard limitations as its ability for nesting and output volume. The If snippet is not necessarily a wholesale replacement but it works in most cases for such conditionals.

If you are going to use significantly complex PHx statements it is likely that you should be writing a custom snippet as it will be likely more efficient than using the parser to do all the heavy lifting.

Quote from: Bytesource at Dec 22, 2009, 02:55 AM

I am a little bit afraid right now MODx Revolution might not provide the same degree of flexibility than MODx Evolution. Is this really the case or is there a way to get the same functionality in MODx Revolution that PHx currently provides in MODx Evolution?

MODx Revolution has so much more flexibility than Evo it is not even possible to describe sensibly in a response. I think the problem lies in that there are new ways to do things we are used to.

Thanks for the code example! The If snippet really seems to be able to replace PHx in most cases.

Also please read:

http://svn.modxcms.com/docs/display/revolution/Input+and+Output+Filters

Damn...

Everything is getting more complex in Revo.
You guys make me feel so dumb.
Will there any Freeze Dev Time so the documentation can take the top priority?
Revo’s guide for a noob?

Quote from: goldsky at Dec 22, 2009, 09:00 AM

Everything is getting more complex in Revo.
You guys make me feel so dumb.

We’re just implementing what the community asked for.

Will there any Freeze Dev Time so the documentation can take the top priority?
Revo’s guide for a noob?

After RC1, documentation will become a priority.