Posts by Byron Fitzgerald

  • Adding code if a region exists?

    If you are using perch_layout to include your footer, you can always pass a variable from the master page, and then check in the footer for the variable.


    In you page template

    Code
    1. perch_layout('global/footer', [
    2. 'showScript' => true
    3. ])

    In your footer

    PHP
    1. <?php if(perch_layout_has('showScript')) : ?>
    2. <script>
    3. // do stuff
    4. </script>
    5. <?php endif;?>

  • How can I show related collection items with block contents in a page?

    From what I'm aware of you can't access repeater or blocks namespaces inside the related namespace.


    Your best option is to get the related content from a separate template and store the response as a variable and then output that in your current template.

    Then you should be able to access the HTML with

    Code
    1. <perch:content id="catHTML" html="true" />

    There will most definitely be mistakes with what I've provided above, but the idea should work.

  • How to display the name of the category ?

    You can use the data option to pass extra variables into your template

    Should work, but if the perch_shop_products function doesn't accept the data option, its just a shortcut for the following,

    Code
    1. PerchSystem::set_var('categoryTitle', perch_get('cat'));

  • Filter perch_categories by multiple categories?

    I think its because you are using 'match' => 'eq', which is doesn't work with multiple items. you can try the following,


    Code
    1. perch_categories([
    2.     'set' => 'content-type',
    3.     'template' => 'menu',
    4.     'filter' => 'catSlug',
    5.     'match' => 'in',
    6.     'value' => ['case-studies', 'publications', 'resources'],
    7. ]);

    I prefer using slug, as you've already passed the set in. If it still expects a string the following should work

    Code
    1. perch_categories([
    2. 'set' => 'content-type',
    3. 'template' => 'menu',
    4. 'filter' => 'catSlug',
    5. 'match' => 'in',
    6. 'value' => 'case-studies, publications, resources',
    7. ]);

  • What is safe to truncate from the Perch Shop database?

    It should be safe to clear the cart entries, as there are often a lot of empty carts. These are the queries we run to clean up the cart tables.


    SQL
    1. SELECT * FROM perch3_shop_cart WHERE memberID IS NULL AND customerID IS NULL AND cartTotalWithTax = "0.00" AND cartDiscountCode = "";
    2. SELECT * FROM perch3_shop_cart WHERE memberID IS NULL AND customerID IS NULL AND cartTotalWithTax = "0.00" AND cartDiscountCode = "" LIMIT 100000;
    3. DELETE FROM perch3_shop_cart WHERE memberID IS NULL AND customerID IS NULL AND cartTotalWithTax = "0.00" AND cartDiscountCode = "" LIMIT 100000;

    We limit to 100000 as otherwise it often crashes the database.


    As for other tables I'd be uncertain whether it would be safe to remove entries.

  • Problem with perch_collection raw output

    Rather than skipping the template and returning raw, you can just make a perch template to output the XML.


    Haven't seen your template but here is a best guess for a possible solution

  • Combining Collections?

    You should be able to use an array of collections as the key.


    Code
    1. perch_collection([
    2.         'Blog',
    3.         'Case Studies',
    4.         'Publications',
    5.         ''Resources'
    6.     ], [
    7.     'template' => 'blog-template.html',
    8.     'category' => perch_get('cat'),
    9. ]);

    Although this might not work with MySQL 5.7 as standard, due to strict mode, though you should be able to update the settings as required

  • Members App - Image upload

    Easiest option would be to set up some tags for verified and un verified. If the user is unverified redirect them to a regular perch form, (you can prefill in any info in hidden fields) and then a user can upload a file that way. Once received you can update the tags manually.

  • Deleted Asset Cleanup

    I believe the clean up occurs on save of a region/collection, so I can only guess that without it being saved in a region it won't be subject to the same clean up rules.


    You could always use a collection or a multiple item region to add the files, and then provide a url from there. Otherwise I think you'll have to manually remove the assets