Output Filter on Placeholder problem

Hello all,

We have got a problem with output filters on a placeholder. (The evaluation also does not work with the If Extra.)

We are using placeholders to refill a search form after the search has been processed by a snippet.

- The snippet is not cached
- Placeholder is set like this: $modx->setPlaceholder('placeHolderName', $_GET['dlgplaceHolderName']);
- In the chunk, when outputting the placeholder, it returns the correct value: [[+placeHolderName]]
- But when evaluating it through an output filter (or the If Extra), it always seems to evaluate as FALSE

We have seen this thread: https://forums.modx.com/index.php?topic=59729.0

[[!+placeHolderName:is=`5`:then=`selected="selected"`:else=``]] does still not evaluate as TRUE even if outputting [[!+placeHolderName]] in the very same chunk is displaying 5.

Any ideas?

Adrian

PS: This has been productive for a while and we are pretty sure this used to work. We upgraded to 2.2.8. last week. Just an afterthought. [ed. note: elgrandeadi last edited this post 13 years, 3 months ago.]

you are missing the outputfilter itself (:is)

try



for better performance you should allways use else together with conditionals

Thanks Bruno17. Sorry, that was just an error when modifying the code for the forum. Of course the Output Filter contains the modifier :is. I have modified the original post now to avoid confusion.

We have also tried the whole list of modifiers: isequalto, isequal, equalto, equals, is, eq.

Thanks for the performance tip.

Hi

We are also facing the same problem as @elgrandeadi. [[+isShowMore:is=`1`:then=`show more`:else=`no`]] is our code.

If we use [[+isShowMore]] it is showing 1. But with output modifier it is showing 'no' which is coming from the else part.

We are using Modx revolution 2.2.8 traditional.

Thanks

See if this works (exclamation point at the beginning):



How is the isShowMore placeholder being set?

@BobRay I have tried with uncached call you suggested, but the result is same. I have a snippet call in my resource.

In the snippet i have this piece of code.

What I usually do in that situation is put a 'selected' placeholder in the form Tpl for each option. Then use a snippet that examines the $_POST and replaces the placeholder with either 'selected="selected"' or '' using str_replace (though you could probably also set the placeholder).

You need a different placeholder for each option, e.g.:

I'm having a very similar problem... using "isempty" leaves a blank line in the content, and if I add an :else=`` to it then it returns nothing in all cases, but the empty lines are still there.

I'm also noticing a similar issue in a contact form chunk with:



When this output modifier is included in the chunk, and idSuffix is null, the rendered page breaks and content is:



followed by bits of html from another page.

This used to work well with a previous version of Revo (v2.2.7? Upgraded a few times and first noticed the issue in v2.2.12. Now using v2.3.1).

Worked around this by installing the IF extra and using:



but preference would be to not install IF as output modifiers are working well on other parts of the site.

Anyone found a solution using output modifiers?

do you perhaps have it nested inside another output-filter?
if you have that code inside another chunk, perhaps this chunk is called by another output-filter?

search from outside to inside, beginning from your template for outputfilter-nests.