Questions tagged [matrix]
Matrix fields allow you to create multiple blocks of content within a single field.
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Building a tab component in a matrix content builder - child matrixes with SuperTable plugin
There are similar questions and answers, but I'm not finding any that are answering my specific questions.
I've built a content builder with a matrix in Craftcms like these tutorials have gone over.
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Optimising entries fetching in php
First of all, the last time I did php was 10 years ago in school, so I'm basically a noob :D
I have two channels, let's say shops and products. Shops contains a matrix field composed of a product ...
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Using a Matrix field to create a homepage that shows entries from sections and categories
I have set up 3 channel types - A, B & C and a Category. Each entry type shares the same pool of categories.
On the home page, I have created a Matrix field (homeSections) with a block type ...
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Querying entries that have not been related to any other entry or contained matrix element
I have a large amount of content that we are attempting to collect before we migrate to our new site structures. Normally the staff are supposed to relate content back to main entries to make sure ...
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How to reset matrix field to have NO blocks in plugin?
I want to reset a matrix field to have no blocks in it. In a plugin, I would normally set a matrix field by doing something like this:
$blocks = [];
$i = 1;
foreach ($itemsArray as $item) {
$...
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Asset volumes with dynamic subfolder
I have an asset volume which uses dynamic subfolders on the field level.
I have an assets volume called 'members'.
In a matrix field on the user profile tab there is an image field that sets its ...
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Super Table fields in Matrix blocks not automatically propagating content across sites
Please bear with me as I try to explain what's going on. Feel free to ask for more details if needed.
Simply put, Super Table fields in Matrix blocks are giving me trouble for multi-site.
I am ...
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Filtering a Matrix block for future dates
I'm struggling with filtering future dates in a Matrix block that contains a date field.
I would like to display 'Open' or 'Closed' as the result of a condition checking if the value of matrix rows ...
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Existing contents get deleted on Live Preview when adding new content on a matrix field
When I add a new content for a matrix block field on an existing entry, all its previous contents gets deleted from the Live Preview, except for the editor which still has the previous contents. And ...
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Order matrix blocks by date field
I'm using a matrix inside a Super Table to organize events, and I'd like to order the events using the date field for each event.
I'm currently showing the first five events using limit then using ...
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How to add new Matrix block to entry field in php?
$draft = new Drafts();
var_dump($entry->slug);
$draftEntry = Entry::find()->slug($entry->slug)->one();
$draftEntry->typeId = 32;
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“Field Limit is too big for your chosen Column Type” error on already existing fields when updating matrix
I'm getting the following error when I'm trying to update a matrix:
"Field Limit is too big for your chosen Column Type.""
I'm trying to add a new block type but this error keeps getting up on ...
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Matrix-field with a category-field to output category-title on single entry page
Me and categories, always giving trouble :)
On blogs, we are using a matrix field and in one of the matrix-types, I have a category field.
This is to output the title of the category.
{% extends "...
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retrieve matrix data to twig file
I create a section clientSection which I linked an matrix field like in this image:
The field has two block types : clientImage which has an field clientImage and clientDescription which has an field ...
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Pull info from a Related field within Matrix > within Super Table
Ok, my mind is about to implode with this… any help on template syntax very welcome!
I have 2 Sections: ‘artists’ and ‘schedules’
In the ‘schedules’ section I have a Matrix field called ‘...
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Entries search parameter for date value in matrix field no longer working in Craft 3
We have a large festival events site where each performance is stored in a matrix field called dates which uses a single block which has a datetime field (date only).
So if an event is on 3 different ...
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Performance basics? BlogPost+Comments vs. One ever-expanding Matrix Field?
New to Craft, and unsure how it works under the hood. In terms of overall performance, I'm curious to know which of the following scenarios is the most performant approach in terms of DB queries and ...
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How can you add a default set of fields to each matrix block?
We have a common set of default parameter fields I'd like on each matrix block on top of whichever other fields are configured. I'm trying to avoid managing them manually on each matrix block.
What's ...
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Front end form with Matrix won't add more than one row
I have Notification entry with sendTo field and nViewed matrix:
- viewedBy = Users field, limit of 1
- viewedDateTime = Plain Text
User's don't see whole front end form, just a 'Mark as Read' link. ...
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Best way to display relevant matrixblock fields when doing a sitewide search?
I'm building a custom search results page which returns not only the entries that contain the search query (searchQuery), but also, the actual text/content in which the search query was found.
That ...
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Additional criteria to filter status of field passed into RelatedTo
I'm trying to save all the images related to an entry in a variable. I need the images that are added through a matrix field in the entry. I'm using the following code, but am then also getting images ...
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Need help with filling matrix images into CSS grid
I want to fill in shuffled images into a CSS grid as a project overview. The images come from a matrix and have 4 different formats. So I want to fill in a format A image into the fitting grid cell (...
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Matrix Error - “Field Limit is too big for your chosen Column Type”
I have a matrix field which is used a my main Body content field.
The site has just been updated to the latest version of Craft and I tried to add a block to the matrix field but when i try to save it ...
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Updating a matrix row in an existing entry using a frontend form
I am trying to update a specific row in a matrix field using a frontend form, I created them using another form with each row following the [new1], [new2] etc. naming format, but I can't seem to get ...
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Any second field in Matrix block coming out as NULL
For some reason, any time I add a Matrix block and add a second field it doesn't show - value is NULL. I upgraded from craft 3.2 to 3.4 recently.
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Images of Matrix not loading
First time working with matrix fields. In this case to load images. But somehow I can't manage to fetch the url of the Images. I can get the title and id but not the url. Can someone point me to the ...
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Query Events by Matrix Field using Where clause
I am new to Craft CMS. I am able to get a list off all upcoming events with:
$events = Calendar::getInstance()->events
->getEventQuery(
[
'calendar' => 'sample_calendar',
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Entry matrix field returns empty array
I have updated Craft from 3.3.15 to 3.4.2 version, and encountered the following problem.
I have a form that creates entry which has matrix fields in it,
entry is successfully saved in the database ...
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Eager loading showing duplicated DB query
So I've had a read on Eager loading on CraftCMS from an article by nystudio107 and begun enhancing my website for a client but I'm currently running into an issue which I'm not sure could be fixed or ...
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How to process Matrix field in controller
I am trying to process a text field inside a Matrix field.
In the controller I have this to get posted params:
$element->setFieldValuesFromRequest($fieldsLocation);
If I want to process a custom ...
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Proper way to implement array of objects as Craft field
I'm using Craft CMS for the first time and have a question about the proper/best practice to store what would equate to an array of objects (or just a plain array) in Javascript or JSON.
Say I'd like ...
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Immutable alternative to Matrix block id?
We're currently using this code to generate a class name that can be used to style a matrix block on the fly (ad-hoc):
{% for item in matrix.all() %}
<div class="page-builder__item-{{entry.id ?? ''...
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Matrix field not displaying after updating to Craft 3
According to the documentation, this should loop through all Matrix fields.
{% for block in entry.fieldname.all() %}
But it's showing nothing. Everything is showing in the CMS itself, but not on the ...
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Migrating to Matrix using Feed Me and Element API
How can I use Element API to move my entry fields into a matrix-based content builder? I'm going off the docs found at https://docs.craftcms.com/feed-me/v4/guides/importing-into-matrix.html#setup-your-...
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Craft 3 Programatically Adding Block Types To Matrix
I have been attempting to programatically add blocks to a matrix field using the below code as part of a larger plugin learning project.
use craft\fields\Matrix;
use craft\fields\PlainText;
//Create ...
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Syntax for eager loading assets from multiple matrix block types
When eager loading assets from within a matrix block like so:
{% set blocks = entry.relatedCategory
.with([categoryBlocks.blockType.blockAssetField])
.all() %...
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Matrix field within a matrix field
I am working on a product page where I want to give the option to the user to select between which sections they want to use eg banner section, description section, video section etc.
Now since the ...
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Missing Matrix content after upgrading from Craft2 to Craft3
I’m upgrading my Craft2 blog to Craft3 at https://brill.blog.
I’ve got a loop to display text, images, and block quotes from a Matrix field, that follows this pattern:
{% for block in entry....
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Link to a nested category
I'm using a matrix field to allow the author to add products they can link to category pages, but my code:
{% for block in entry.transformerProductNavigation %}
<a href="{{ block.transformer.one....
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Supertable or Neo for nested Matrices and compatibility with Craft 4
I typically avoid using Supertable or Neo because I don't want the extra dependency going forward. However I'm in a project where I needed nested matrices.
I know that in C4 nested matrices will be ...
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How can I restore Matrix content after accidentally changing its field type?
We accidentally deleted all our body text on all our pages, how do I redo my website to a older version. (24 hours ago)
We changed matrix to assets and after that every body text disappeared.
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Matrix loop (nesting?) issue using switch
First let me say this: I'm new to Craft and Twig. So: my apologies for probably overlooking the obvious. I hope you can offer me some help... I've been trying for a couple of days to solve this puzzle....
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How to create other sites entries with same data, when “Save blocks to other sites in the same group” is used
We have fields, including a matrix field, that is set to "Save blocks to other sites in the same group". This means when we edit our English group, only sites in that group are edited, so they all ...
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Template output when grouping matrix blocks
I have a shared content builder matrix field that has the usual blocks: Redactor, Headings, Images, etc.
A typical entry might look like this:
- Heading
- Redactor
- Image
- Redactor
- Heading
- ...
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Access Matrix field that is assigned to a user
Using Craft 3.
I created the following field:
myMatrix which has Field Type = matrix
and is part of the group myGroup
This is composed of one block:
myMatrixBlock
with 2 fields:
myMatrixField1
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In entries query, is there a way to check if matrix block is used?
I would like to get entries if a matrix field is used. Something like this:
{% set query = craft.entries()
.section('blog')
.search('myMatrixField|length')
.limit(10)
%}
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Order grouped results by dropdown order
Following this topic, I have an additional question.
The results are not ordered by the order of the Dropdown Options.
How can I get this done?
Code:
{% set players = entry.myPlayersMatrix %}
{% ...
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Removing a matrix row via front end entry form
Read some similar posts on here but they don't quite solve my problem. I've gt an entry form with a matrix field in it, and I’m trying to make it editable via front end entry form. Specifically I'd ...
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Feed me - Trouble importing table and matrix with translation
I'm trying to import entries to a chanell using Feed me but having some issues with table and with some multilingual texte in a matrix field.
Craft edition & version Craft Pro 3.3.2
Feed Me 4....
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Craft 3 Matrix Field customFields property 'required' and 'sortOrder' fields null
I'm trying to dynamically build a frontend form based on a Matrix field. I'm iterating over the entry.aMatrixField.customFields array which returns me an array of field objects in Twig. The field ...
