Kirbytext filter send array to page controller

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is it possible to send the result of a kirbytext filter (eg an array) to a page controller?

my use case is to scan the text of the page, collect all values inside a specific html tag and print those values in the sidebar of the page (and then do other things…).

what would you suggest to do?

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Something similar as explained here probably: Tagging URL --> Summary Page

If you need to get this from the rendered HTML rather then the markdown, the general procedure should be similar.

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thank you!

with the approach you showed and by reading the code, am i wrong or i can simply output the array list in the template as-is? eg without deciding how to use it inside the template file? or is there a way to pass it as an argument to the template?

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In the example, I use a page method stored in a plugin file, so

$page->whateveryoucallthemethod()

will return the result array, which you can use in your template as is.

Or you store the return value in a variable in your controller and pass that variable to your template.

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perfect, thank you! did not catch that at first.

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im having problems using the page method with kirby builder. it’s working with a normal field part of the page (eg. $page->text()).

my template

<?php foreach($page->builder()->toStructure()->filterBy('_fieldset', 'textblock') as $tx): ?>
  <?= $tx->text()->terms() ?>
<?php endforeach ?>

terms() is my page-method. this is only printing out the raw text of the field right now.

this is the page-method i used for a “normal” page-field. i’m collecting words surrounded by the markdown code syntax of double backticks “`”

page::$methods['terms'] = function($page) {
  preg_match_all('!\`(.*?)\`!', $page->text()->raw(), $matches);

  $list = [];
  if ($matches[1] > 0) {
    foreach($matches[1] as $match) {
      $list[] = $match;
    };
  }

  return $list;

};

in the adapted page-method for the structured i took out ->text()->raw() since $tx->text() in the template it’s already printing the raw text version (eg the markdown).

i think though it’s not working because i’m using the $page object and with a structured field it’s different?

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i realised i can just move the code in page-method inside the template / snippet since it’s a one-off thing and i probably will avoid the page-method limitation problem :slight_smile: