Access structure in template

Kirby 3 Solved ✅
1

i’m new to Kirby and can’t figure out how to acess my structure in the frontend.

thats part of my yml-file:

title: Home

sections:
  home:
    type: fields
    fields:
      news:
        label: News
        type: structure
        min: 3
        max: 3
        sortBy: date
        fields:
          date:
            label: Datum
            type: date
          headline:
            label: Überschrift
            type: text
          text:
            label: Text
            type: textarea
          image:
            label: Bild
            type: files
            max: 1
            min: 1

ans thats my php

<?php
      // using the `toStructure()` method, we create a structure collection
      $news = $page->news()->yaml();
      var_dump($news);
      // we can then loop through the entries and render the individual fields
      foreach ($news as $new): ?>
        <a class="news-date"><?= $new->date() ?></a>
        <a class="news-title"><?= $new->headline()?></a>
        <a class="news-description"><?= $new->text()?></a>
      <?php endforeach ?>

As far as I can see its similar to the one in the docs. I really can’t find my mistake.
The var_dump shows array(0) { } for yaml() and object(Kirby\Cms\Structure)#284 (0) { } for toStructure()

2

If you want to use arrow syntax, you have to use the toStructure() method, not yaml() to turn your field into a structure object:

$news = $page->news()->toStructure();

Then do your loop. With yaml() you get an array and would have to use array syntax: $new['date'] etc.

3

Thank you!

But when I try to use

 $news = $page->news()->yaml();
 ...
 <a class="news-date"><?= $new['date'] ?></a>

I get an ecception error Undefined index: date

When I try

 $news = $page->news()->toStructure();
  var_dump($news);

I get object(Kirby\Cms\Structure)#284 (0) { }
But I added some news-entries in the panel

So I guess my main problem is, that my array or structure object is empty, although there are entries in the yml-file and inside the panel.

4

Using the structure is much more comfortable then using yaml, so I’d go with that.

Hm, have you saved the page? Are you in the correct template? $page always refers to the current page…

5

Thank you so much and I’m sorry for bothering.
Apparently I didn’t save the changes inside the panel.