Displaying Modular content from structured fields

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#1

Hi all,

I’m using structure fields in a blueprint which works fine using <?php foreach($page->x()->toStructure() as $y): ?>

However I’m stuck when it comes to using modules. The template has a query option to select from a list of pre-created modules. The modules is constructed using Structured fields.

The template content shows only:

module: default-option

The module live in

module folder > module type > module name (as sub pages)

Not sure on the PHP needed to call the selected module, then call the relevant fields…

Any help much appreciated as I’m a proper newb…

#2

Hi @sigsoldboy,

You mean the blueprint, not the template, I suppose? I’d be happy to help, but I must admit that I don’t quite understand …:confused:

What are those modules? Snippets? Or are you talking about the modules plugin?

#3

Yes sorry, Snippets (i’m using the term modules). Not sure of how to render the snippet content selected by the user in the page template.

For example, user has created 3 variants of the snippet snippet 1, snippet 2 and snippet 3. In the _modules folder.

On the page template user select snippet 1.

Snippet code is:

<?php $example = page('_modules/example/') ?>
<section>

  <h2><?= $example->headline() ?></h2>

  <ul>
    <?php foreach($example->panels()->toStructure() as $panel): ?>
    <li>
      <h3><?= $panel->title() ?></h3>
      <p><?= $panel->text() ?></p>
    </li>
    <?php endforeach ?>
  </ul>

</section>

Making any sense?

#4

I’m still having problems, but this is what I think you got:

In your content folder, you have:

content
  - modules
    - module1
    - module2
    - module3

Each of these modules has a corresponding snippet (snippet1, snippet2, snippet3) to render the module content.

In the modules page, the user selects a module; in the resulting content file, you get something like this:

module: snippet1

Now in your modules template (modules.php) you need to call the snippet that corresponds to the selected module?

<?php snippet($page->module()->value()) ?>

Hope I’m not too far away …

#5

Really close :wink:

content
  - modules
    - module-a (module type)
      - example-1 (module name)
      - example-2
    - module-b (module type)
  - Content-Page

module-a and module-b would have a different Snippets
example-1 & example-2 would share the same Snippet
So in the Content-page content file I would have

module-a: example-1

so would I add to the Content-Page.php the following?

<?php snippet($page->module-a()->value())? ?>

#6

I don’t know, I think the field in the content file should always be called the same, no matter if the user selects an module of type a or type b, otherwise you would not know what field to call (or you would have to use as many if statements as you have module types). But I guess the examples use different blueprints/have different file names? So if the user just selected a module, you could have in your content file:

module: example1

And in your template

<?php
$module = $page->module();
snippet($module->intendedTemplate());
?>
#7

Thanks @texnixe I’ll give it a go tomorrow…appreciate the help.