Page title of parent document

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ccheney Reply #1, 18 years, 10 months ago

What can I use to get the page title of the parent document to display?

I can use this to get the ID:
[+parent+]

But what can I use to get the page title of the parent?

I’ll be using it like this:

<a href="[~[+parent+]~]">[+pagetitleofparent+]</a>

[+pagetitleofparent+] is obviously incorrect. I need to do this without needing to create a template variable (TV).

Is it possible to combine document variables? [+pagetitle+] + [+parent+] = [+pagetitleofparent+]. (If not, that sounds like a cool feature request to me... a lot of possibilities there)

Thanks in advance!

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ZAP Reply #2, 18 years, 10 months ago

The following snippet will return the page title of the parent document:

<?php
$docInfo=$modx->getDocument($modx->documentObject['parent'],'pagetitle');
return $docInfo['pagetitle'];
?>

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ccheney Reply #3, 18 years, 10 months ago

Thanks for the replies I was able to do it with just the GetField snippet:

<a href="[~[+parent+]~]">[[GetField? &docid=`[+parent+]` field=`pagetitle`]]</a>