can I 'switch' entry types rather than using if statements?

Question

I have a page that lists a bunch of project data if it is present.

At the moment the twig structure is doing something like:

{% if entry.partners|length %}

        {% for data in entry.partners.all() %}
    
           {{ data.title }}

        {% endfor %}

{% endif %}

{% if entry.awards|length %}

        {% for data in entry.awards.all() %}
    
           {{ data.title }}

        {% endfor %}

{% endif %}

etc... theres 6 or seven of these possible entry types Im looking at.

I am wondering if I can use a 'switch' setup like this:

{% switch entry.type %}

   {% case "typeA" %}

   {% case "typeB" %}


{% endswitch %}

Following the @james-smith suggestion, I tried this to see if I could winkle out an associated 'client' — which definitely exists  — unfortunately this code below does not work either...

{% switch entry.type.handle %}

   {% case 'clients' %}

        {% for data in entry.clients.all() %}
                    
            {{ data.title }}
                            
        {% endfor %}



{% endswitch %}

thanks for looking!

Answer 1

Yes, you can. Switch is not native to Twig, but Craft adds its own switch tag to the language, as per the Tags documentation here, which works exactly as you have demonstrated: https://craftcms.com/docs/5.x/reference/twig/tags.html#switch

Answer 2

If the switch can be made based on entry.type, I might suggest:

• a separate twig template for each entry type.
• one template as an entry point.

I assume this is the situation

• you have 2 entry types: partnersOverview and awardsOverview.
• partersOverview has a field with handle partners.
• awardsOverview has a field with handle awards

They would then both use the template: main.twig (or name it whatever you find most suitable).

The overview templates would look like this:

{# templates/entrytypes/partnersOverview.twig #}

{% for data in entry.partners.all() %}
    {{ data.title }}
{% endfor %}

{# templates/entrytypes/awardsOverview.twig #}

{% for data in entry.awards.all() %}
  {{ data.title }}
{% endfor %}

And the "main" template

{# templates/main.twig #}

{% include "entryTypes/" ~ entry.type #}

Answer 3

I figured this out — with a steer from the help here and also Ryan Irelan's article

Seems I needed to 'gather' my entry types before running the switch... I'm sure there's other ways to achieve this, but this is kind of what I envisaged was possible...

{% set projectData = {
    'clients': entry.clients.all(),
    'partners': entry.partners.all()
} %}

{% for key, data in projectData %}

    {% switch key %}

        {% case 'clients' %}

            {% for client in entry.clients.all() %}
                C
            {% endfor %}

        {% case 'partners' %}

            {% for partner in entry.partners.all() %}
                P
            {% endfor %}

    {% endswitch %}

{% endfor %}

Answer 4

If your projectData is static, I would not use case, in this case.

{% set projectData = {
    'clients': entry.clients.all(),
    'partners': entry.partners.all()
} %}

{% for key, data in projectData %}
    {% switch key %}
        {% case 'clients' %}
            {% for client in entry.clients.all() %}
                C
            {% endfor %}
        {% case 'partners' %}
            {% for partner in entry.partners.all() %}
                P
            {% endfor %}
    {% endswitch %}
{% endfor %}

All this does is (and this looks more readable):

{% for client in entry.clients.all() %}
  C
{% endfor %}

{% for partner in entry.partners.all() %}
  P
{% endfor %}

If you do want to keep it that way and set it up with multiple templates, I'd suggest something like this.

I'm assuming the entries returned by entry.clients.all() are of type client And that those of entry.partners.all() are of type partner. And that you need some sort of card list of clients and followed by a card list of partners.

{% set projectData = {
    'clients': entry.clients.all(),
    'partners': entry.partners.all()
} %}

{% for key, data in projectData %}
  {% if data|length > 0 %}
    {% for currentEntry in data %}

{# Want to keep the switch? #}

      {% switch currentEntry.type %}
        {% case 'client' %}
          {% include 'cards/clientCardList.twig` %}
        {% case 'partner' %}
          {% include 'cards/partnerCardList.twig` %}
      {% endswitch %}

{# I'd rather do it without switch, like so: #}

      {% include 'cards/'~ currentEntry.type ~`CardList.twig` %}

    {% endfor %}
  {% endif %}
{% endfor %}

{% templates/cards/clientCardList.twig %}

{% for client in data %}
  {{ client.title }}
{% endfor %}

{% templates/cards/partnerCardList.twig %}

{% for partner in data %}
  {{ partner.title }}
{% endfor %}

Good luck!