Text Formating inside a structured Field

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How would I apply the standart kirbytext Textformating in a structures Field?

samplestructure:
  label: Sample
  type: structure
  entry: >
    <b>Cost</b>: {{cost}}
  fields:
    cost:
      label: Cost
      type: textarea
      buttons: true

<?php foreach(yaml($page->samplestructure()) as $struc): ?>
  <?php echo $struc['cost']; ?>
<?php endforeach ?>

My Problem right here is that even when my Text is marked as bolt or italic it will not be formated to the standard kirbytext. Also adding the “->kirbytext()” to the echo wont do it (<?php echo $struc['cost']->kirbytext(); ?>)

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You can use the kirbytext() helper.

<?php foreach(yaml($page->samplestructure()) as $struc): ?>
  <?php echo kirbytext($struc['cost']); ?>
<?php endforeach ?>

The yaml() methods returns an array. Each element of an array is just a string, not a field object, so you can’t use a field method like kirbytext() on it.

3

Oh…
Thanks alot for your help.

4

This is exactly why I prefer the toStructure method when working with structured fields; it allows you to work with the fluent field API as a natural extension instead of having to fall back onto clumsy PHP array constructs and the Kirby helper functions.

<?php foreach ($page->samplestructure()->toStructure() as $struc): ?>
  <?php echo $struc->cost()->kirbytext(); ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>

This should do the exact same thing (I have not tested this specific example, but I use that style almost everywhere). I find it much more readable and intuitive.

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Yes, I also prefer the toStructure() in most cases. Sometimes it makes sense to use the yaml() method, though.

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True. I’m not denying that there’s uses for yaml() - I’ve had some myself. But in a case like what @Timk describes, where the root of the problem is that yaml() doesn’t give him the field that he’d clearly like to have, I feel somewhat obliged to evangelize for the use of toStructure() :heart_eyes:

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