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customfieldname="value" attribute of article_custom
in my experience, the tag fails if the custom-field has a hyphen in its name
my page template
<code><txp:glx_if_not_section_frontpage><txp:article form=“article_video” /></txp:glx_if_not_section_frontpage></code>
in my article_video form
this outputs 10 articles in the releases section, regardless of what’s in the cat-no custom-field
<code><txp:article_custom section=“releases” form=“list_releasesBrief” cat-no=“001” /></code>
but if I change the name of the custom field to “cat_no” and change the attribute accordingly
<code><txp:article_custom section=“releases” form=“list_releasesBrief” cat_no=“001” /></code>
I get just what I want – articles in the releases section specifically where the cat_no custom field has a value of “001”
I guess I’m nesting articles – could be relevant(?)
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#2 2006-07-20 20:02:44
- Mary
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Re: customfieldname="value" attribute of article_custom
No, it’s not something you’ve done, but because of how custom fields work: they are variables, and in PHP variables cannot contain hyphens, etc: a valid variable name starts with a letter or underscore, followed by any number of letters, numbers, or underscores.
It’d likely be a good idea for there to be both names and human-friendly title’s for custom fields, like there are for categories, etc.
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#3 2006-07-20 23:47:39
- zem
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Re: customfieldname="value" attribute of article_custom
Actually it’s more to do with the txp tag parser and its limitations on attribute characters. But, yes: not all characters will work in a custom field name.
Alex
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Re: customfieldname="value" attribute of article_custom
thanks folks
it’s good to know I wasn’t just losing the plot anyway :)
is this limitation documented anywhere? seems like the kinda thing that would be useful in a faq or something.
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#5 2006-07-21 07:48:10
- zem
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Re: customfieldname="value" attribute of article_custom
is this limitation documented anywhere? seems like the kinda thing that would be useful in a faq or something.
In the documentation that’s carefully hidden at the top of every forum page, including this one.
Alex
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Re: customfieldname="value" attribute of article_custom
arf!
shall I book an eyes or brain transplant first?
(don’t answer that)
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