Set NewsPublisher parentid value with getUrlParam

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heikki Reply #1, 13 years, 3 months ago

Hi, what I'm trying to do is explained in the title. This way I could dynamically set the parent to what I want. Here we go:

[[!NewsPublisher@BrandStoryPub?parentid=`[[!getUrlParam? &name=`p` &int=`1` &default=`138`]]` &debug=`1`]]

It works with the default value, but when using GET like: mysite.com/newspublisher?p=189 you get parentid value of 0 when new resource is saved.

Running the snippets separately the outputs are correct.

Any help or better solution greatly appreciated!

Running MODX Cloud with MODX 2.2.8, no changes to either snippet.
Chrome Version 27.0.1453.116 and Win 8.

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

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BobRay Reply #2, 13 years, 3 months ago

You're missing the ampersand (&) on the &parentid property. wink

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heikki Reply #3, 13 years, 3 months ago

Thanks BobRay, unfrotunately it's not that sad

[[!NewsPublisher@BrandStoryPub? &parentid=`[[!#get.p:stripTags:default=`138`]]` &debug=`1`]]

Also trying with fastfield now.

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heikki Reply #4, 13 years, 3 months ago

Also the parents tested have been published if that should matter, propably not..

When tested with normal value eg 117, everything works.

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BobRay Reply #5, 13 years, 3 months ago

Thank you!

I can't see any reason why that wouldn't work, but you might try using a custom snippet above the NewsPublisher snippet tag that sets a placeholder:

<?php
/* SetParentId snippet */
$myParentId = isset($_GET['p'])? $_GET['p'] : 138;
$modx->setPlaceholder('myParentId', $myParentId);
return '';

[[!SetParentId]]
[[!NewsPublisher@BrandStoryPub? &parentid=`[[+myParentId]]` ]]

You could also try using $_REQUEST[] instead of $_GET[].

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heikki Reply #6, 13 years, 3 months ago

Thank you Bob!

This is freaking weird, still doesn't work. With your snippet it sets the parent to 138 even though placeholder shows right value if I print it somewhere else.

I gotta try this in a different setup/site. Because this is a really useful feature.

I'll report later. Thanks!

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BobRay Reply #7, 13 years, 3 months ago

You could try this in the NP tag, but I'm not sure it will make any difference:

[[!+myParentId]]

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heikki Reply #8, 13 years, 3 months ago

Thanks Bob for your time! Unfortunately none of those worked.

Found a perfect workaround, doesn't solve the original issue, but gives a similar functionality.

I added Parent field to the Properties then made a copy of the inttpl with this small modification to input field.

<input name="[[+npx.fieldName]]" [[+npx.readonly]] class="int" id="np-[[+npx.fieldName]]" type="text"  value="[[!#get.p:stripTags:default=`[[+np.[[+npx.fieldName]]]]`]]" maxlength="[[+npx.maxlength]]" />

This part:

value="[[!#get.p:stripTags:default=`[[+np.[[+npx.fieldName]]]]`]]"

Works like a charm! Huuraay!

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BobRay Reply #9, 13 years, 3 months ago

Cool solution. I'm glad you got it sorted. wink

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