is there an outerTpl for ditto?

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Ryan Thrash Reply #21, 15 years, 2 months ago

Try making the comparison to greater than or isnot null. I’ve seen problems with trying to get it to work with empty before.

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Bruno17 Reply #22, 15 years, 2 months ago

Here I have a way which seems to work:
snippet Dittoouter:

<?php
//[!Dittoouter? &output=`header`!]
//[!Dittoouter? &output=`footer`!]
$resource=$modx->getPlaceholder('ditto_resource');
$out='';
if (count($resource)>0){
if ($output=='header'){
$out='<p>Header</p>';
}
if ($output=='footer'){
$out='<p>Footer</p>';
}
}
return $out;
?>

extender outerTpl.extender.inc.php:

<?php

$header = '[[Dittoouter? &output=`header`]]';
$footer = '[[Dittoouter? &output=`footer`]]';
$save = 2;

?>

Dittocall:

[!Ditto? .........................&extenders=`outerTpl`!]

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florian.l Reply #23, 15 years, 2 months ago

Wonderful!

This just works. If I one changes &output into &header and &footer in the "Dittoouter" snippet, one could pass the content of header and footer to the script and this way use it more general.

Thank you very much Bruno17!

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Jako Reply #24, 15 years ago

Maybe this PHx Modifier is useful, too.

<?php
// description: surround not empty string with text
// usage: [+string:outer=`before|after`+]
// example for an outerTpl for Ditto: [*phx:input=`[[Ditto? &noResults=` `]]`:outer=`<div class="xyz">|</div>`*]
$options = explode("|", $options);
$outer = '';
if (trim($output) != '') $outer = $options[0].$output.$options[1];
return $outer;
?>

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MrDutchy Reply #25, 12 years, 3 months ago

Jako's your solutions seems to be very elegant as Ditto comes with PHx anyways. However I don't know how to install it properly. I know this thread is old but am still hoping for a hint.

I don't know where to save the phx and how to name it. Also the bracket-star notation [*phx .. *] seems unusual. Is this correct?

My goal seems simple enough. Below you can see my ditto config for which I'd need my second level list in an <ul></ul> if nonempty. The second level config looks similar but without any further Ditto call.

<?php

$tpl = '@CODE:
<li class="level1">
    <a href="[~[+id+]~]">[+pagetitle+]</a>
    <ul>
        [!Ditto? &startID=`[+id+]` &config=`subnavlevel2`!]
    </ul>
</li>
';

$tplLast = '@CODE:
<li class="level1 last">
    <a href="[~[+id+]~]">[+pagetitle+]</a>
    <ul>
        [!Ditto? &startID=`[+id+]` &config=`subnavlevel2`!]
    </ul>
</li>
';

$noResults = ' ';
$where = 'template = 5';
$sortBy = 'menuindex ASC';

?>