One NewsPublisher for several folders

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dernier_recours Reply #1, 18 years ago
I tried to use NewsPublisher in a way that a same document including a NewsPublisher snippet could publish in different folders depending on the user who is logged in.

I tried a snippet I called testsnippet:
```
$username=$modx->getLoginUserName();
switch ($username)
  { 
  case "fr": $folder=11;break;
  case "am": $folder=13;break;
  default: $folder=0;
  }
return $folder;
```
I tried to imbricate this snippet into NewsPublisher, like this:
```
[!NewsPublisher? &folder=`[!testsnippet!]` &makefolder=`1` &template=`Minimal Template` &showinmenu=`1` &aliastitle=`0` &formtpl=`fr_newspublisher_blog`!]
```
However, MODx thinks that the snippets is just [!NewsPublisher? &folder=`[!testsnippet!] and the rest is rendered like text.

Then, I tried to put the php code that returns the $folder variable, like this:
```
&folder=`$username=$modx->getLoginUserName();switch ($username)  {  case "fr": $folder=11;break;  case "am": $folder=13;break;  default: $folder=0;  }return $folder;`
```
Even though I’m logged as fr, the default value of $folder (0) is taken.

So,

1- Is it possible to imbricate snippets? How?
2- Any idea what is going wrong with my code?

Thanks!
at the edge of dawn,
you ask yourself if your shadow did follow you down
all night long

83 Posts

dernier_recours Reply #2, 18 years ago

I have found a dirty solution by hacking NewsPublisher. There is a cleaner solution for sure, but this is the best I can do for now...

//Set to 1 if you want users in the switch below to publish in the corresponding folder
$folderUser = (!isset($folderUser)) ? 1:0;
if($folderUser==1)
{
  $username=$modx->getLoginUserName();
  switch ($username)
  {
    case "fr": $folder=11;break;
    case "admin": $folder=13;break;
    default: $folder=0;
  }
}

at the edge of dawn,
you ask yourself if your shadow did follow you down
all night long