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Answered How do I get the *unprocessed* value of a resources content field in a snippet?

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    Sean Kimball Reply #1, 13 years, 5 months ago
    How do I get the *unprocessed* value of a resources content field in a snippet?

    I have to retrieve several content fields in an unprocessed/unrendered state as they have several modx tags in them that I need to run some regex on.

    I have this, which works fine if I try to get the pagetitle, but errors if I try to get the content fields:

    $children = $modx->getChildIds(2726);

$content = array();

foreach($children as $child){

	$resource = $modx->getObject('modResource', $child);

	if($resource){
		
		$content[] =  $resource->get('content');
	
	}

}

echo '<pre>';
print_r($content);
echo '</pre>';

    This question has been answered by sean69. See the first response.

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      bennyb Reply #2, 13 years, 5 months ago
      Quote from: sean69 at May 24, 2013, 11:17 AM

      I have to retrieve several content fields in an unprocessed/unrendered state as they have several modx tags in them that I need to run some regex on.

      I think getContent gets the raw unprocessed content of an element of a resources content field.

      EDIT:
      This should work:
      $resource->getContent();


      But don't forget in your example if you just output $content onto the page and view it via the front end the code will then still get processed. 

      echo '<pre>';
print_r($content);
echo '</pre>';

      [ed. note: bennyb last edited this post 13 years, 5 months ago.]
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        Sean Kimball Reply #3, 13 years, 5 months ago
        Quote from: bennyb at May 24, 2013, 11:53 AM
        Quote from: sean69 at May 24, 2013, 11:17 AM

        I have to retrieve several content fields in an unprocessed/unrendered state as they have several modx tags in them that I need to run some regex on.

        I think getContent gets the raw unprocessed content of an element of a resources content field.

        EDIT:
        This should work:
        $resource->getContent();


        sorry - no, it still returns the rendered content.
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          BobRay Reply #4, 13 years, 5 months ago
          I think MODX is still processing the tags before you see the page, even with print_r.

          Try this before the print_r():
          $content = str_replace('[[', '[ [', $content);
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            bennyb Reply #5, 13 years, 5 months ago
            Quote from: sean69 at May 24, 2013, 12:28 PM

            sorry - no, it still returns the rendered content.

            It's working for me, as mentioned in your example when you then view the page it will then get processed . So make sure you do whatever regex on it before print_r.

            If you try what bob mentions you'll see you can amend the tag before it's then processed. [ed. note: bennyb last edited this post 13 years, 5 months ago.]
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              BobRay Reply #6, 13 years, 4 months ago
              You can also get the unprocessed content in a plugin attached to OnParseDocument. It's in $content, which is a reference variable so if you change it, the changes get passed back before the page is rendered.

              [update] Looking at the code, that may not work. You may have to use $modx->documentOutput, which is deprecated, but should still work.

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                Sean Kimball Reply #7, 13 years, 4 months ago
                Yes, getContent does work and yes, modx is just 'reprocessing' it on me smiley
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