Snippet output in a template variable

How can i get the output of a snippet inside a TV?

this is the example:

I need a tv with value = Ditto author(createdby) to display inside the document (not in ditto tpl), in this way I can use the value to create a link to all post of written by x author(with new Ditto beta features ).

I have a tv called [*getauthor*] , value [*author*]
I have a second tv [*author*], with value this snippet call [!UsernameLikeDitto? &createdby=$createdby!]


the tv [*getauthor*] render the name of the author, but the value of tv still remain [!UsernameLikeDitto? &createdby=$createdby!]

hi,

you have to use @EVAL with your code in a row

something like this should do the trick


the main issue is to get the [*author*] value to pass it as a parameter

:-)

I need to put this code in [*getauthor*] tv and delete [*author*] tv?




Thanks!

doesn’t work

createdby must be the id returned from site_content table.
That’s the hardest part of the job.
Your can try with $modx->documentObject[’createdby’];


the code goes into default options value of the TV

Thanks a lot heliotrope

Now works display Ditto author (ie: John Smith), but value of tv still remain the code(@EVAL $params....), not the output value (ie: John Smith) .

Could you post the UsernameLikeDitto snippet code that way I will test @home.

:-)

P.S: did you insert in the code in defaut option value ?

EDIT:About the snippet code, I’ve found it in the forum. I don’t think there is a way to get the value of the @EVAL in QE using a TV with input type set to text

Try to use a chunk as value, and put Ditto in the chunk.