Insert a single custom filed sting into template

[ste-jackson]

Hi, thanks in advance for anyone who can help.

I am trying to update a VM template, I need to call a single Virtuemart Custom Field in this example Theme.  I only need to be a able to call this single customfield into the template not the whole array I only really need the variable.  I am completely stumped.

What I am trying to achieve is to use the value of the custom field string in the PHP code to call up different artwork for the page type e.g. a custom field String: "Theme"which has a value of "Jungle" and then echo the variable "jungle" into my code.

VirtueMart 3.0.16

Regards

Steve Jackson

[PRO]

                <?php   
           $value='';
          if   (!empty($product->customfieldsSorted['my-position']))   {   
   foreach ($product->customfieldsSorted['my-position'] as $field) {
   $value =$field->customfield_value;
      } }
            if ($value=='Jungle'){
       your code goes here

}


?>



if its not   $field->customfield_value

then it is $field->customfield_params

[ste-jackson]

Hi Pro

Thanks for your reply, but it doesn't seem to be working.  Nothing is display, I have put my custom string in a position of my-position.  I have tried both variations of  $field->customfield_value and $field->customfield_params.

<?php   
           $producttheme='';
          if   (!empty($product->customfieldsSorted['my-position']))   {   
   foreach ($product->customfieldsSorted['my-position'] as $field) {
   $value =$field->customfield_params;
      } }
            if ($producttheme=='jungle'){
      echo "Hello world!";

}
echo $producttheme ;

?>

[PRO]

you did not change

$value =$field->customfield_params;

[ste-jackson]

Hi Pro

I have changed that it has made no difference.  I have tried both of the below:
<?php   
           $producttheme='';
            if   (!empty($product->customfieldsSorted['my-position']))   {   
               foreach ($product->customfieldsSorted['my-position'] as $field) {
                $producttheme =$field->customfield_value;
            } }
            if ($producttheme=='jungle'){
            echo "Hello world!";

         }
echo $producttheme ;

?>
   
   
   <?php   
           $value='';
          if   (!empty($product->customfieldsSorted['my-position']))   {   
   foreach ($product->customfieldsSorted['my-position'] as $field) {
   $value =$field->customfield_value;
      } }
            if ($value=='Jungle'){
       echo "your code goes here";

}
?>

If I set the variable manually it works $producttheme='jungle';

Please forgive my ignorance, my PHP is rusty.

Regards

Steve

[PRO]

what happens when you echo this

echo $producttheme ;

what shows up?

[ste-jackson]

Good Morning Pro

I have tried echo $producttheme; and echo $value ; respectively outputs nothing, it is like the if statement is not referencing the customfields correctly, am I supposed to do anything with the custom field string other than assign it a layout location e.g. in the template etc?

I have attached a screenshot of the custom string properties.  The custom field is a string, Title is "Theme" Layout position is "my-position" it is set to show title and is published and works the custom field displays if I leave the layout blank and is called with the other custom fields using the following code:
echo shopFunctionsF::renderVmSubLayout('customfields',array('product'=>$this->product,'position'=>'normal'));

I have also tried changing $product->customfieldsSorted['my-position'] to $product->customfields['my-position']

I have also used a echo '<pre>',print_r($producttheme,1),'</pre>'; function to see if any variable is being held and it just comes up blank.

I have tried it on both a converted VM2 and the standard VM templates.

Regards

Steve

[Ghost]

Do you see anything with this code:

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echo shopFunctionsF::renderVmSubLayout('customfields',array('product'=>$this->product,'position'=>'my-position'));
?

And where are you adding the codes? To product details layout default.php?

[ste-jackson]

Yes that works, that shows the custom string of Theme Jungle

Yes this is the location I am adding it to

[ste-jackson]

That works but I still need to get the value outputted as a variable so I can use it.

[PRO]

                <?php   
           $value='';
          if   (!empty($product->customfieldsSorted['my-position']))   {   
   foreach ($product->customfieldsSorted['my-position'] as $field) {
   $value =$field->customfield_value;
      } }
            if ($value=='Jungle'){
       your code goes here

}


?>



if its not   $field->customfield_value

then it is $field->customfield_params

^^^

[Ghost]

Change $product to $this->product.

http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?topic=100696.0

[ste-jackson]

Thanks so much Ghost, that has worked.   

For reference to anyone else looking this is my final code:

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           $producttheme='';
if   (!empty($this->product->customfieldsSorted['my-position']))   {   
foreach ($this->product->customfieldsSorted['my-position'] as $field) {
$producttheme =$field->customfield_value;
} };