[solved] ditto: including TV image name only, not the full folder path

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nickf08 Reply #11, 15 years, 11 months ago

I did - that returns:
<image source="[!imagePath!]" title="Blah 1"/>

This is complex.

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sottwell Reply #12, 15 years, 11 months ago

Indeed. I’ll look into it and see what I can see. It’s not really complex, it’s just a matter of me getting it right!

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tkfm Reply #13, 15 years, 11 months ago

<?php
$tv = $modx->getTemplateVar('product-image'); // use the name of your image TV here in place of 'image'
$fullpath = $tv['value'];
$filename = basename($fullpath);
return $filename;
?>

Does this getTemplateVar() return the TV value of the document which Ditto is proccessing ?
I suppose this returns the TV value of the document which Ditto call is on...?

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nickf08 Reply #14, 15 years, 11 months ago

I’m not sure - I think Perhaps it is returning the TV value of the document which the Ditto call is on (eg in the xml document) which does not have a TV value nor a TV assigned to it?

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sottwell Reply #15, 15 years, 11 months ago

Ok, what we really need here is a custom modifier for phx.

Make this snippet named phx:getbasename

return basename($output);

And add the phx modifier to your tpl:

<image source="[+image:getbasename+]" title="[+pagetitle+]" />

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nickf08 Reply #16, 15 years, 11 months ago

12,888 posts!
That is amazing.

You are a legend among legends sottwell.
Thank you so much, that works perfectly.
Genius springs to mind!

I thought I would recap for non coders like me...

create snippet called "phx:getbasename":

<?php
return basename($output);
?>

ditto call:

[!Ditto? id=`ditto-slide` &parents=`1` &depth=`2` &tpl=`slideshowH-row` !]

ditto template:

<image source="[+product-image:getbasename+]" title="[+pagetitle+]" />
(where product-image is the name of the image template variable)

Perfect - thanks sottwell, you rock!

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sottwell Reply #17, 15 years, 11 months ago

The only genius here is whoever made PHx so easily extensible.

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nickf08 Reply #18, 15 years, 11 months ago

ha - nah, take it, consider it a relative term!
To me you’re a coding genius.
Thanks again.

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toastiestudio Reply #19, 15 years, 10 months ago

This code has helped me 50% to what I need!

I want to put thumbnail images and I wanted to use the .thumb_ of the image that is made when I upload an image.

So right now I have ".thumb_[+image:getbasename+]" but I need to add the path to the file back in at the start, do you know how I could do that with PHx?

Something like "[+image:getpath+].thumb_[+image:getbasename+]"

Thanks for any help!

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nickf08 Reply #20, 15 years, 10 months ago

Hi toastiestudio,

That’s a really good question, I don’t know how to do it but am very interested in the snippet as I can see how useful it would be.

Hopefully someone has a solution they could share with us.

Have a great day

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