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How to output an Entries Field value within a Matrix Field block
You get this error because {{ block.slideLink }} returns an array of EntryModels (even if you set your Entries field up to only allow 1 entry). So you need to add the first() method to get the first (...
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How do I use a Dropdown 'Entries' Field Type in a Front End Form
Simply put, an Entries field is an array containing entry ids, and your form needs to send it that way.
Just replace name="fields[tbdDesignerUrl]" with name="fields[tbdDesignerUrl][]". That way the ...
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How could I have a plugin hook into when I edit or update a post?
Craft has Hooks and Events which get invoked at different points in the core code. In your case the
entries.onBeforeSaveEntry event would be perfect.
Example:
public function init()
{
parent::...
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How to use a global variable in a conditional statement if an entries relation field is empty?
The reason it wasn't rendering is because my original entry field is an Entries Field (see templating examples in the docs). The relationship fieldtypes (Entries, Assets, Users) require that you ...
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How to output an Entries Field value within a Matrix Field block
All related fields (assets, entries, categories, tags, etc) are designed to store more than one item, and thus always return an "array-like" object (although not technically an array), even if you ...
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Programmatically update entry field
I got around this issue by looping through all fields that were of BaseElementFieldType re-setting them to their current value.
$fields = $entry->getFieldLayout()->getFields();
$...
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Many db requests with relationship fields
This is how relationships work in Craft at the moment. Each relation equals +1 query. If you don't access your relation on an entry the query isn't executed. So by only fetching title and/or id you ...
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Set Entries field in Commerce order on completion
See What is getContent() / the ContentModel, and how do I use it to get and set custom field values?
So you needed to change the method used for setting content on an element.
Also see In a plugin, ...
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Get related entries from matrix field
Related entries in a matrix field are technically related to the matrix block and not the entry. So you will first want to get the related entries via relatedTo(block); then loop through the related ...
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Is it possible to limit the level at which entries can be selected from within an entries field?
There's already a popular feature request for this:
"Entry Type" setting for Entries fields
But yes, it's currently also possible to do this by extending the default entries field type
and adding ...
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Exclude "featured" entries from a "recent" entries {% for %} loop
What you could do is get the ids of the featured element, and exclude those from the second craft.entries call. Something like this:
{# Get the ids of the featured items you got above #}
{% set ...
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How to create an entry
From your screenshot, it looks like you've added a Single section, which by definition, there will only be one "entry" in. Since there aren't any other types of sections, you don't have a "New Entry" ...
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Sorting Entries field results by category
It’s not totally clear from your question where you’re building the relation to the categories,
but I have a feeling that this is the solution you’re looking for.
{% set groupParam = '{ object....
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How to find next sibling from entry order of parent entries field
nextSiblingOf() and related methods will only work with Structure entries. What you need instead is next() / prev(): https://docs.craftcms.com/api/v3/craft-base-element.html#next
(At the time of ...
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Checking if a matrix field with entries has more than one entry
I believe the code below should work. This code assumes you are on a single entry page or within a loop and your entry is available to you with the entry variable. You may need to adjust the block....
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What's the best way to paginate through entries from an entries field type?
To do this, you would need to use getPrev() and getNext() on the related entries’ template.
The trick is telling getPrev() and getNext() to use the order you defined in the source entry’s Entries ...
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Hide (or disable) an entry field in CP depending on user group permission?
OK so here is my solution :
1/ define a custom permission for user groups
public function registerUserPermissions()
{
return array(
'updateTopNews' => array('label' => Craft::t('...
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Outputting Matrix blocks with grouped values based on Entries field id
Try something like:
{% set breadGroups = entry.breads | group('bread.first.id') %}
{% for breadId, blocks in breadGroups %}
{% set sum = 0 %}
{% for block in blocks %}
{% set sum =...
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Programmatically update entry field
You're very close. Try this:
$entry->getContent()->setAttribute('metaStatus', 'Declined');
craft()->entries->saveEntry($entry);
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How do I set the value of a custom entries order field from a plugin?
I was close. I was correct in assuming my syntax was incorrect for setting the value of an entries field.
Since an entries field is an array of elements, not just a single element, I just needed to ...
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Frontend form with relation to an entry
After research with lots of trail & error I found the solution. I just had to add [] to my hidden field to establish the relation:
<input type="hidden" name="fields[assetId][]" value="1478" id=...
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Setting channel url format to include value of entries fieldtype URL
It needs to be:
{destination.first().slug}
Or if this is for Craft 3:
{destination.one().slug}
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How to use a dynamically defined field handle in a plugin?
This should do it for you:
$entry->$fieldHandle->last()->uri;
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Order "Entries Fields" by entry order
It's order('sortOrder') instead of fixedOrder(true).
{% set entries = craft.entries({
relatedTo: { sourceElement: entry, field: 'entriesFieldHandle' },
order: 'sortOrder',
limit: null
}) %...
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Get matrix entries related to an image asset via specific field
While you said that Attempt 1 was giving you the correct entries, just in the wrong order, if you have two blocks, you will probably find that you’re getting all blocks’ related entries each time. ...
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Add, remove, and append entries to an entries field via frontend form
You guessed right, you have to set all already added entries again. To do this,
just have some Twig logic when outputting the fields:
{% for currentTeam in entry.tournamentTeams %}
<input type=...
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Programmatically update entry field
I'm not completely sure of the technical reasons (I guess something to do with relation fields not have a column in the craft_content table), but you also need to re-save the existing ids for any ...
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How can I merge entry values to create a select dropdown
You are using a dropdown field, so you can't query for the counties in use directly from the database. (This would be possible if you had chosen to use categories or tags for them.)
But what you can ...
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The smoothest way to store JSON object to an entry?
It's a little tough to say, since you it seems like you haven't actually architected any of this in the Craft back-end yet. I encourage you to create a field (or fields) which would be a good ...
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