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French Fries Reply #1, 16 years, 6 months ago

hello, is it possible to switch template before rendering a document whether it is called via ajax or not ?

Ajax templates do not include header + footer but normal templates do, so the rendering would be identical with javascript or without.

EDIT : i’m attempting to write a snippet for that, hum does anyone know what to put in the if condition ?


<?php

     /*
     *      displays a chunk or not wheter the modx front-end document is called via ajax or not
     *
     *	PARAMS
     *
     * 		&chunk=`chunkname` 
    */


    if ( $chunk != '' ) { // how to know if ajax ?

        $output = $modx->getChunk($chunk);

    }

    echo $output;


?>

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oori Reply #2, 16 years, 6 months ago

As always, there’s a couple of methods, where using ’HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH’ is the most common on server side.
one example is here: http://www.electrictoolbox.com/how-to-tell-ajax-request-php/

you could also do it only client side - request the full page normally and only use the element you want, for example: $(’#resultContainer’).load(’page.html #content’);

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sottwell Reply #3, 16 years, 6 months ago

If you use a MODx resource (with a ’blank’ template and only a snippet call in its content) as the AJAX back-end processor, you have all of the MODx API to hand. You can pass the ID of the page being viewed, as well as any other relevant data, through the AJAX call.

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