toStructure return nothing

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1

Hi,

In my blog, I have a list of authors in my blog page with a structure field, like this :

  authors_tab:
    label: Auteurs
    icon: account

    fields:

      authors:

        label: Auteurs
        type: structure

        fields:
          name:
            label: Prénom
            type: text
            counter: false
          surname:
            label: Nom
            type: text
            counter: false
          mail:
            label: Mail
            type: text
            counter: false
          role:
            label: Rôle
            type: text
            counter: false
          description:
            label: Description
            type: text
            counter: false
          photo:
            label: Photo
            type: files

When I try to get the structure with:

<?php $authors = page('blog')->authors()->toStructure(); ?>

It return this instead of my structure field:

pre: Kirby\Cms\Structure Object
(
    [0] => 0
    [1] => 1
    [2] => 2
)

The field:

<?php $authors = page('blog')->authors(); ?>

Return this:

pre: Kirby\Cms\Field Object
(
    [authors] => - 
  name: Jean
  surname: Quette
  mail: email@email.com
  role: Butcher
  description: Lalalala
  photo:
    - file://qaWOtrVnoOot0QI9
- 
  name: Pierre
  surname: Ponce
  mail: email@email.com
  role: Butcher
  description: Lalalala
  photo:
    - file://Gcl5tMfAtDmxoV9S

I don’t understand how toStructure works :thinking: …

Thanks!

2

See $field->toStructure() | Kirby CMS

3

I precise, my final goal is finding an author selected in a multiselect field in an article, who is returning an ID.

I was looking for a way to select the good author, that’s why I was searching to show the full structure.

Any idea ?

4

where does the id come from? Can’t see an id stored in your structure field.

But basically, you would find the authors from the authors field from a value in another field like this:

$selectedAuthors = page('blog')->authors()->toStructure()->filter(fn($item) => in_array($item->id(), $page->selectfieldName()->split(',')));
5

where does the id come from? Can’t see an id stored in your structure field.

The id(s) come from the multiselect of an article, in article.yml:

author:
  label: Auteur(s)
  type: multiselect
  options:
    type: query
    query: site.find("blog").authors.toStructure
    text: "{{ item.name }} {{ item.surname }}"

Your solution works well, thank you!
The only thing, this solution don’t keep the order of the items defined in the multiselect.

6

Hm, in that case, it might be better to loop through the values in the multiselect and fetch the corresponding item from the structure field one by one.

7

That’s what I tried to do before posting this topic, but no success :confused:

I tried to use $structure->find() and $structure->findByKey() too, but it return nothing.

8

Unfortunately, you didn’t post what you tried:

<?php

foreach ($page->multiSelectFieldName()->split(',') as $item) {

    if ($author =  page('blog')->authors()->toStructure()->findby('whatever here', $item) {
        echo $author->name();
    }
}

Still irritated by the ID, because structure field items don’t have an id.

9

OK I understand!

Thank you very much Sonja, works like a charm :pray: