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Craft 3 plugin - how to update entry with field of Entries type
Using PHP, I want to update a field of Entries type of an existing entry.
Fields of type Text and Number will update with the following code:
$entry = Entry::find()->id($entryId)->one();
$...
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Simple user query with orderBy not working
Craft 3.3.13
This query does not order users correctly.
{% set users = craft.users.groupId(3).orderBy('lastName asc') %}
Bug?
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.first() vs. .one() in craft 3
I'm confused about the new .one() argument in craft 3
If I want to grab all entries I write:
{% for entry in craft.entries.section('thing').all() %}
{{ entry.title }}
{% endfor %}
Alls is nice ...
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getVersionsByEntryId is deprecated. Can't find the new method?
We are using getVersionsByEntryId in our XML sitemap to return the number of times an entry has been saved, then comparing that with todays date and the date the entry was created to determine the ...
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Creating and saving a GlobalSet element type in Craft 3
The following code is in a migration. It runs fine and there are no errors and prints SAVED, but nothing is saved in the globalsets database table.
All my other content migrations run fine so it is ...
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Element API: How to get entries up to a certain page?
I have a query that is pulling entries from a structure with
elementsPerPage' => 3
If my pagination looks like this:
Page 1:
Entries: A, B, C
Page 2:
Entries: D, E, F
Page 3:
Entries: G, H, I
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Array from matrix fields without quotations
I am trying to create an array bodyBlocks by looping through all of my matrix fields called blockTextContent:
$bodyBlocks = [];
foreach ($entry->getFieldValue('pageBuilder')->all() as $block){
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How do I flush the query cache?
How do I flush Craft's query cache so that I may query a relationship field again in the same web request with a new set of parameters? In this particular scenario, I need to handle it inside of a ...
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What is the appropriate way to query and Hard Delete existing Soft Deleted Elements for a Custom Element?
I have a Custom Element where the Soft Delete functionality is not necessary. Right now, existing users of this plugin may have thousands of Soft Deleted Elements in their Elements table that don't ...
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Advanced queries with assets and other custom fields
To optimize performance, I'm trying to create an advanced entry query that selects only specific variables. I can set up the query to grab the entry title, uri, and a custom variable I created ("email"...
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With a categories field, how do I query only the *selected* categories?
Suppose we have a category group that allows for any number of levels to its structure. We also have a category field that allows for choosing any number of categories from that group.
In our example,...
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How do I fetch all categories under a category group using the Element API?
I am not too familiar with PHP and am just learning the Element API.
How do I turn this craft query into an element api query?
craft.categories.group("brands").level(1).all(),
In categories this is ...
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Entry Query relatedTo Two Categories
This has to be something that is easy, but I've been beating my head on my desk for a a few hours with this. Most solutions I have come across are way to complex - when all I need to do is query a ...
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relatedTo - return only entries that have a related entry where a field in the related entry has a value
Trying to figure out if this is possible in 1 step. I want to return locations that have a related entry in the relatedMerchant field, but I'd also want to make sure that a field in the ...
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How to support chained Element queries with Twig tags
The craft variable allows you to chain queries for your Elements. For example, you can query the first Entry in a section with either of the following syntaxes:
{% set entry = craft.entries({ section:...
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What's the most performant way to get reverse related entries within an Element Query?
What's the most performant way to get reverse related entries within an Element Query?
Here's a contrived example of this.
I have thousands of "book" entries and thousands of "collection" entries. I ...
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relatedTo() only on one field?
I have a Product entry type that contains a field for Components (which are also products) and a field for Related Products (again, also Products). I want to be able to find a parent product from a ...
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How to add an Element sortOption to sort by number?
I have an Element. It's a Structure, with one level (not sure if that is relevant). I'd like to add a Sort Option that allows a user to sort the Element Index page for this Element by a number. The ...
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Order entries by a matrix field category
I have a lot of trouble in understanding the database/model structure and how to work with the query builder.
I tried playing a bit with leftJoins but i cannot seem to make complex queries in craft 3. ...
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Group by Date Field in Element API Query
I have a custom field called releaseDate in one of my entry types. I would like to use Element API to get all the distinct years assigned to those entries. I dump all the years for all entries just ...
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Checking if user authored an entry in another channel while in loop, N+1 problem
I have 2 channels set up: Channel A and Channel B. I also have public registration so users can log in and fill out two forms (Form A and Form B), each form creating an entry in their respective ...
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Element query: find entries where a field's value is greater than, or less than another field's value?
I would like to do something like this:
craft.entries.section('mySection').field1('> field2').all()
And it should return all the entries in mySection whose field1 value is greater than their ...
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Date Limit on Element Query
I have a custom date field - "renewalDate" - which I want to use to limit an entry query. Here is the code:
When I run that it throws this error:
"Calling unknown method: craft\behaviors\...
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Set OrderBy on Grouped Query Involving Smart Map Field
I'm working with a Structure of resort locations. Each resort has a field address which is a SmartMap field. I'm trying to create an initial display page that groups the resorts based on their state (...
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Impossible to invoke a method (“limit”) on an array… but it's not an array?
I am receiving the error message "Impossible to invoke a method ("limit") on an array," but I don't think I am working with an array! Here is why I think that...
First I set an albums variable:
{% ...
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How to query entries by field values
I have some entries with a multi-select field called "gallery". We can choose many images to this field.
I have a given image, how can I query entries whose "gallery" contains this given image? Thx!
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Joining sections (Channel) to query based on a related item attribute
I've been trying this for a while now, so might have read this before. Sorry about that, I'm struggling really hard to get this right. At first I tried (wrongly) with the eager load features.
I have ...
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How to get the unverifiedEmail value of a user after a change email request?
The currentUser.unverifiedEmail variable, which is public, is always empty on front end even after email change.
I thought it was a bug. I contacted Craft support about this, and here is Brad's ...
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What is the correct syntax for using merge to create an array of field values from an element query?
I grab some values via an element query:
{% set events = craft.entries.section('events').status('live,pending').order('postDate asc') %}
But I need to put them into an array for use in a Craft-...
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Craft 3 - Searching by date field - Calling unknown method: craft\behaviors\ElementQueryBehavior
On a website upgraded to Craft 3 - having issues pulling events by date.
Error Is:
Calling unknown method: craft\behaviors\ElementQueryBehavior::eventDate()
The Error occurs on the last line of my ...
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How do you query entries by field value for multi-select field type? [duplicate]
I am looking to query entries by a field value. The value will be a dynamic variable but i cannot get any results showing with hardcoded state. This is the code i have so far:
$entries = Entry::...
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Element Query matrixfields where
I'm trying to query entries in a section where the (activities) entry has an item in a matrix field timeSlots -> timeSlot -> startDate.
The startDate must be >= NOW().
$query = Entry::find()->...
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Craft query Matrix blocks in twig
Is it possible to query elements of type MatrixBlock in Twig like other elements? You can get entries with
{% set entries = craft.entries.all() %}
Is there something similar available for Matrix ...
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Craft 3 - Programatically get all the values contained in a field of type category
I want to programmatically get all the values contained in a field of type category.
I am doing this on Elements::EVENT_AFTER_SAVE_ELEMENT.
If I dump $event->element->getFieldValue('...
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Difference between chained and batch element queries?
I apologize if this has been asked or addressed already, but I have a question concerning Element Queries. The docs show two possible ways:
Chained Methods
{% set query = craft.entries()
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How to get entries with or
it is possible to do like this:
$users = Entry::find()
->userLevel('>3')
->or group('admin')
So in database level,the sql will go like this:
select * from users
where users.userLevel ...
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How to create an element query in PHP with custom field names in variables?
I'm trying to dynamically create an element query in PHP where the custom field criteria come from an array of strings. Something like this...?
$users = User::find();
$users->group($groupList);
...
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Twig: length giving 1 on empty array?
This code worked fine in Craft 2:
{% set entries = craft.entries.section('events').relatedTo(category).orderBy('startDate asc').limit(3) %}
{% set extraEntries = craft.entries.section('events')....
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How can I filter a for loop based on the value of a field?
How can I filter a for loop based on the value of a field?
I tried filterByValue, but I do not know how to construct the statement.
This is NOT a category field.
I have this...
{% for line in ...
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How do you limit the number of items that show up in a navigation?
I have a nav set up which works find but I need to limit the number of top level links to the first 5 in the loop (right now we have 9 plus oodles of children links!). Have tried various flavours of ...
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Craft 3 entries “before” not working
I have a Craft 3 site. For some reason the before filter isn't working when pulling entries from a channel, but after does. This is not a data issue.
{% set start = "2 months ago"|date() %}
{% set ...
