Nested getResources Calls forContent Blocks: Always Outputs Array

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Ben Morrison Reply #1, 12 years, 9 months ago

I am using nested getResources calls to allows for easy creation of bootstrap rows and content blocks. However, I can not seem to get it to work and always get an array. Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?

My workflow is as such:
Homepage Template -> Chunk bootstrapBlock -> Chunk oneBootstrapColumn -> Template-Dependent Formatting Chunk

Homepage:

[[getResources?
	&parents=`[[*id]]`
	&limit=`20`
	&depth=`0`
	&includeTVs=`1`
	&processTVs=`1`
	&showHidden=`1`
    &tpl=`bootstrapBlock`
]]

Chunk bootstrapBlock:

[[getResources?
	&parents=`[[+id]]`
	&limit=`4`
	&depth=`0`
	&showHidden=`1`
	&includeTVs=`1`
	&processTVs=`1`
    &tpl=`[[+total:is=`1`:then=`oneBootstrapColumn`:else=``]][[+total:is=`3`:then=`twoBootstrapColumn`:else=``]][[+total:is=`4`:then=`threeBootstrapColumn`:else=``]][[+total:is=`5`:then=`fourBootstrapColumn`:else=``]]`
]]

Chunk oneBootstrapColumn:

[[getResources?
	&parents=`[[+id]]`
	&limit=`1`
	&depth=`0`
	&includeTVs=`1`
	&processTVs=`1`
	&includeContent=`1`
	&showHidden=`1`
    &tplCondition=`template`
	&conditionalTpls=`{
		"15":"staticContentBlock",
		"16":"contactBlock",
		"17":"pricingBlock",
		"18":"testimonialBlock",
		"19":"accordionBlock"
	}`
]]

Chunk staticContentBlock:

[[*content]]

Array Output:

Array
(
    [tpl] => oneBootstrapColumn
    [tplOdd] => 
    [tplFirst] => 
    [tplLast] => 
    [tplWrapper] => 
    [wrapIfEmpty] => 
    [sortby] => publishedon
    [sortbyTV] => 
    [sortbyTVType] => string
    [sortbyAlias] => 
    [sortbyEscaped] => 0
    [sortdir] => DESC
    [sortdirTV] => DESC
    [limit] => 4
    [offset] => 0
    [tvFilters] => 
    [tvFiltersAndDelimiter] => ,
    [tvFiltersOrDelimiter] => ||
    [depth] => 0
    [parents] => 14
    [includeContent] => 
    [includeTVs] => 1
    [includeTVList] => 
    [showHidden] => 1
    [showUnpublished] => 
    [showDeleted] => 
    [resources] => 
    [processTVs] => 1
    [processTVList] => 
    [prepareTVs] => 1
    [prepareTVList] => 
    [tvPrefix] => tv.
    [idx] => 1
    [first] => 1
    [last] => 1
    [toPlaceholder] => 
    [toSeparatePlaceholders] => 
    [debug] => 
    [where] => 
    [dbCacheFlag] => 0
    [context] => 
    [tplCondition] => 
    [tplOperator] => ==
    [conditionalTpls] => 
    [odd] => 1
    [id] => 15
    [type] => document
    [contentType] => text/html
    [pagetitle] => Testimonial Block
    [longtitle] => 
    [description] => 
    [alias] => testimonial-block
    [link_attributes] => 
    [published] => 1
    [pub_date] => 0
    [unpub_date] => 0
    [parent] => 14
    [isfolder] => 
    [introtext] => 
    [richtext] => 1
    [template] => 15
    [menuindex] => 0
    [searchable] => 
    [cacheable] => 1
    [createdby] => 1
    [createdon] => 2013-12-27 00:47:17
    [editedby] => 1
    [editedon] => 2013-12-27 01:52:56
    [deleted] => 
    [deletedon] => 0
    [deletedby] => 0
    [publishedon] => 2013-12-27 00:47:00
    [publishedby] => 1
    [menutitle] => 
    [donthit] => 
    [privateweb] => 
    [privatemgr] => 
    [content_dispo] => 0
    [hidemenu] => 
    [class_key] => modDocument
    [context_key] => web
    [content_type] => 1
    [uri] => new-site/homepage/block-1/testimonial-block.html
    [uri_override] => 0
    [hide_children_in_tree] => 0
    [show_in_tree] => 1
    [properties] => 
)

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Bruno17 Reply #2, 12 years, 9 months ago

I think, what you are trying will not work.

you can try something like that:

[[getSubResources?
    &parents=`[[+id]]`
    &limit=`4`
    &depth=`0`
    &showHidden=`1`
    &includeTVs=`1`
    &processTVs=`1`
]]

snippet 'getSubResources':

<?php

$totalVar = $modx->getOption('totalVar',$scriptProperties,'subTotal');

$results = $modx->runSnippet('getResources',$scriptProperties);
$total = $modx->getPlaceholder($totalVar);

$tpls = array();
$tpls[1] = 'oneBootstrapColumn';
$tpls[3] = 'twoBootstrapColumn';
$tpls[4] = 'threeBootstrapColumn';
$tpls[5] = 'fourBootstrapColumn';


$scriptProperties['tpl'] = $tpls[$total];
return $modx->runSnippet('getResources',$scriptProperties);

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Ben Morrison Reply #3, 12 years, 9 months ago

I created the snippet and replaced the getResources call in the chunk "bootstrapBlock" with the getSubResources call and I still get an array.

Array
(
    [tpl] => 
    [tplOdd] => 
    [tplFirst] => 
    [tplLast] => 
    [tplWrapper] => 
    [wrapIfEmpty] => 
    [sortby] => publishedon
    [sortbyTV] => 
    [sortbyTVType] => string
    [sortbyAlias] => 
    [sortbyEscaped] => 0
    [sortdir] => DESC
    [sortdirTV] => DESC
    [limit] => 4
    [offset] => 0
    [tvFilters] => 
    [tvFiltersAndDelimiter] => ,
    [tvFiltersOrDelimiter] => ||
    [depth] => 0
    [parents] => 14
    [includeContent] => 
    [includeTVs] => 1
    [includeTVList] => 
    [showHidden] => 1
    [showUnpublished] => 
    [showDeleted] => 
    [resources] => 
    [processTVs] => 1
    [processTVList] => 
    [prepareTVs] => 1
    [prepareTVList] => 
    [tvPrefix] => tv.
    [idx] => 1
    [first] => 1
    [last] => 1
    [toPlaceholder] => 
    [toSeparatePlaceholders] => 
    [debug] => 
    [where] => 
    [dbCacheFlag] => 0
    [context] => 
    [tplCondition] => 
    [tplOperator] => ==
    [conditionalTpls] => 
    [odd] => 1
    [id] => 15
    [type] => document
    [contentType] => text/html
    [pagetitle] => Static Content Block
    [longtitle] => 
    [description] => 
    [alias] => static-content-block
    [link_attributes] => 
    [published] => 1
    [pub_date] => 0
    [unpub_date] => 0
    [parent] => 14
    [isfolder] => 
    [introtext] => 
    [richtext] => 1
    [template] => 15
    [menuindex] => 0
    [searchable] => 
    [cacheable] => 1
    [createdby] => 1
    [createdon] => 2013-12-27 00:47:17
    [editedby] => 1
    [editedon] => 2013-12-27 15:38:14
    [deleted] => 
    [deletedon] => 0
    [deletedby] => 0
    [publishedon] => 2013-12-27 00:47:00
    [publishedby] => 1
    [menutitle] => 
    [donthit] => 
    [privateweb] => 
    [privatemgr] => 
    [content_dispo] => 0
    [hidemenu] => 
    [class_key] => modDocument
    [context_key] => web
    [content_type] => 1
    [uri] => new-site/homepage/block-1/static-content-block.html
    [uri_override] => 0
    [hide_children_in_tree] => 0
    [show_in_tree] => 1
    [properties] => 
)

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opengeek Reply #4, 12 years, 9 months ago

Your $total is not going to be set until after getResources is executed, so that will not work.

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Ben Morrison Reply #5, 12 years, 9 months ago

Ok so I found a partial solution here: https://forums.modx.com/thread/43563/solved-getresources-and-counting-children

I installed setPaceholders and modified the getChildCount snippet to the following:

<?php
$count = 0;
$parent = isset($parent) ? (integer) $parent : 0;
if ($parent > 0) {
    $criteria = array(
        'parent' => $parent,
        'deleted' => false,
        'published' => true,
    );
    $count = $modx->getCount('modResource', $criteria);
}

$modx->setPlaceholder('childCount',$count);

/* return (string) $count; */

also tried:

$modx->setPlaceholder('childCount',(string) $count);

and the getResources call to the following. getChildCount does output the count to the placeholder but output modifiers cause it to return blank (tested without them, the snippet works). I also tried modifying the last line of the getChildCount snippet case it needed to be output as a string. But no luck, so I had to use the "If" snippet:

[[getChildCount? &parent=`[[+id]]`]]

[[getResources?
	&parents=`[[+id]]`
	&limit=`4`
	&depth=`0`
	&showHidden=`1`
	&includeTVs=`1`
	&processTVs=`1`
    &tpl=`[[!If?
		&subject=`[[+childCount]]`
		&operator=`EQ`
		&operand=`1`
		&then=`oneBootstrapColumn`
		&else=``
]][[!If?
   		&subject=`[[+childCount]]`
   		&operator=`EQ`
   		&operand=`2`
   		&then=`twoBootstrapColumn`
   		&else=``
]][[!If?
   		&subject=`[[+childCount]]`
   		&operator=`EQ`
   		&operand=`2`
   		&then=`threeBootstrapColumn`
   		&else=``
]][[!If?
   		&subject=`[[+childCount]]`
   		&operator=`GTE`
   		&operand=`4`
   		&then=`fourBootstrapColumn`
   		&else=``
]]`
]]

It worked! "oneBootstrapColumn" was set as the tpl Parameter BUT I still get the array even though the array output the following:

[tpl] => oneBootstrapColumn

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opengeek Reply #6, 12 years, 9 months ago

I think you are delaying the logic until it is too late by using the ! on your If calls.

Regardless, it seems to me that if you used the original getChildCount snippet which returns a value and named the chunks bootstrapColumn1, bootstrapColumn2, etc. this would be much easier...

[[getResources?
    &parents=`[[+id]]`
    &limit=`4`
    &depth=`0`
    &showHidden=`1`
    &includeTVs=`1`
    &processTVs=`1`
    &tpl=`bootstrapColumn[[getChildCount? &parent=`[[+id]]`]]`
]]

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Ben Morrison Reply #7, 12 years, 9 months ago

Quote from: opengeek at Dec 27, 2013, 08:59 PM

I think you are delaying the logic until it is too late by using the ! on your If calls.

Regardless, it seems to me that if you used the original getChildCount snippet which returns a value and named the chunks bootstrapColumn1, bootstrapColumn2, etc. this would be much easier...
[[getResources?
    &parents=`[[+id]]`
    &limit=`4`
    &depth=`0`
    &showHidden=`1`
    &includeTVs=`1`
    &processTVs=`1`
    &tpl=`bootstrapColumn[[getChildCount? &parent=`[[+id]]`]]`
]]

I reverted the getChildCount snippet to the original, changed by chunk names from "oneBootstrapColumn" to just "1" (no need for modifiers, why not cut out a step) and used your version of the chunk. STILL I get the array:

Array
(
    [tpl] => 1
    [tplOdd] => 
    [tplFirst] => 
    [tplLast] => 
    [tplWrapper] => 
    [wrapIfEmpty] => 
    [sortby] => publishedon
    [sortbyTV] => 
    [sortbyTVType] => string
    [sortbyAlias] => 
    [sortbyEscaped] => 0
    [sortdir] => DESC
    [sortdirTV] => DESC
    [limit] => 4
    [offset] => 0
    [tvFilters] => 
    [tvFiltersAndDelimiter] => ,
    [tvFiltersOrDelimiter] => ||
    [depth] => 0
    [parents] => 14
    [includeContent] => 
    [includeTVs] => 1
    [includeTVList] => 
    [showHidden] => 1
    [showUnpublished] => 
    [showDeleted] => 
    [resources] => 
    [processTVs] => 1
    [processTVList] => 
    [prepareTVs] => 1
    [prepareTVList] => 
    [tvPrefix] => tv.
    [idx] => 1
    [first] => 1
    [last] => 1
    [toPlaceholder] => 
    [toSeparatePlaceholders] => 
    [debug] => 
    [where] => 
    [dbCacheFlag] => 0
    [context] => 
    [tplCondition] => 
    [tplOperator] => ==
    [conditionalTpls] => 
    [odd] => 1
    [id] => 15
    [type] => document
    [contentType] => text/html
    [pagetitle] => Static Content Block
    [longtitle] => 
    [description] => 
    [alias] => static-content-block
    [link_attributes] => 
    [published] => 1
    [pub_date] => 0
    [unpub_date] => 0
    [parent] => 14
    [isfolder] => 
    [introtext] => 
    [richtext] => 1
    [template] => 15
    [menuindex] => 0
    [searchable] => 
    [cacheable] => 1
    [createdby] => 1
    [createdon] => 2013-12-27 00:47:17
    [editedby] => 1
    [editedon] => 2013-12-27 15:38:14
    [deleted] => 
    [deletedon] => 0
    [deletedby] => 0
    [publishedon] => 2013-12-27 00:47:00
    [publishedby] => 1
    [menutitle] => 
    [donthit] => 
    [privateweb] => 
    [privatemgr] => 
    [content_dispo] => 0
    [hidemenu] => 
    [class_key] => modDocument
    [context_key] => web
    [content_type] => 1
    [uri] => new-site/homepage/block-1/static-content-block.html
    [uri_override] => 0
    [hide_children_in_tree] => 0
    [show_in_tree] => 1
    [properties] => 
)

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opengeek Reply #8, 12 years, 9 months ago

Still sounds like it's not able to find the tpl for some reason, but I cannot see an obvious reason why from what you've posted...

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Ben Morrison Reply #9, 12 years, 9 months ago

Oi vey, never a good thing. Maybe I should give up the ghost in counting children and have multiple templates/containers for different quantities of content blocks. Conditional Tpls based on quantity of children would be a great addition to getResources, especially for bootstrap fanatics like me. Anyone know where I could suggest such a feature? As it is tplCondition isn't properly documented.

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opengeek Reply #10, 12 years, 9 months ago

I think something simple is missing in your approach, but without seeing exactly how it is being used, it's hard for me to pinpoint what that might be. Could it be this? Have you put anything in those Chunks.

As for feature suggestions, you can make those at https://github.com/opengeek/getresources/issues

Jason Coward
Chief Architect @ MODX
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