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Getresources to php array or json string in a seperate file

hitesh571985 — Jun 17, 2015, 05:55 PM

Can we get getresources output to a php file as array or json string?

Re: Getresources to php array or json string in a seperate file

sottwell — Jun 20, 2015, 01:31 PM

Or use runSnippet() in a plugin, like I do with my variation on CSSSweet.

Re: Getresources to php array or json string in a seperate file

BobRay — Jun 19, 2015, 11:06 PM

Now THAT'S cool.

Add a :toFile custom output modifier and you're in business.

Re: Getresources to php array or json string in a seperate file

Bruno17 — Jun 19, 2015, 01:43 AM

migxLoopCollection has a &toJsonPlaceholder - property

[[!migxLoopCollection?
&classname=`modResource`
&where=`{"parent:IN":[1,2,3],"deleted":"0","published":"1"}`
&toJsonPlaceholder=`myplaceholder`
]]

than you can use that placeholder in your snippet and do what you want with it.

Re: Getresources to php array or json string in a seperate file

sottwell — Jun 19, 2015, 01:02 AM

Well, I'll be... I could have sworn that getResources had a toJSON property!

Re: Getresources to php array or json string in a seperate file

BobRay — Jun 18, 2015, 11:59 PM

I hate to disagree with Susan, but you won't get an array or a JSON string out of that unless you parse the results yourself (doable, but not trivial). getResources returns one big string with the full results. You might be able to modify your Tpl chunk to wrap the result with a snippet that would convert things for you, but I think it would be fairly slow and would use a lot of memory.

If you don't need all the bells and whistles of getResources, you can use a custom snippet.

If you want to post your getResources call and describe the format you want to save, we might be able to come up with some code for you.

Re: Getresources to php array or json string in a seperate file

sottwell — Jun 18, 2015, 03:36 AM

Sure. Use runSnippet() and do whatever you want with the output.

http://rtfm.modx.com/revolution/2.x/developing-in-modx/other-development-resources/class-reference/modx/modx.runsnippet
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8536837/modx-getresources-foreach