Filter Advanced Class Question ;)

ViveLeFlexicontent
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12 years 8 months ago #17875 by ViveLeFlexicontent

Replied by ViveLeFlexicontent on topic Filter Advanced Class Question ;)

ah progress

it worked so far, at least no errors.
I only used the _blank out of the 2nd code portion you gave me to test it. And it opened in a new window.
back end

Code:

foreach ($this->filters as $filt) :
echo '<span class="filter">';
echo $filt->html = preg_replace('/onchange="[^"]*?"/',
"onchange=\"this.form.target='_blank';this.form.submit();\"",
$filt->html);
endforeach;

shoud I have left the

Code:

echo '</span>';

at the end?
front end it showed

Code:

<select onchange="this.form.target='_blank';this.form.submit();" id="filter_19" name="filter_19">

I didn't use both parts of the code as you said I should, because then I should add an if and else statement right?
But in testing this I think I found the proper way to go at this.
It should remain in the same window, but with the filter option id, value, or probably best would be the label added to the url. this type of code perhaps?

Code:

onchange="window.location='index.php?'+this.value"

I just need to be able to save the url in acesef so I can add the metadata. Though maybe I should disable acesef when testing this. Not sure if it will show the parameter when base url is set to used and cache.
Again, thanks a million for the help, really appreciate it, I'm not that good with coding..

edit: in acesef it shows these urls, they have nothing to do with the filters right or do they :roll:

Code:

index.php?option=com_flexicontent&Itemid=106&cid=page%3A58.html&view=category 
	index.php?option=com_flexicontent&Itemid=106&cid=page%3A20.html&view=category 
index.php?option=com_flexicontent&Itemid=106&cid=page%3A122.html&view=category 
index.php?option=com_flexicontent&Itemid=106&cid=page%3A106.html&view=category

this is the used/normal one

Code:

index.php?option=com_flexicontent&Itemid=106&cid=36&view=category

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ggppdk
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12 years 8 months ago #17876 by ggppdk

Replied by ggppdk on topic Filter Advanced Class Question ;)

The 2 preg_replace is of course to be put inside an if because as i said, you want some filters to open in new window and some in same window.

Also if you want the new window to be always the same don't use _blank but a name like "mydemoA" as target.

The code is easy to implement do something like:

Code:

$fieldnames_target = array(
'myfieldname1'=>'mydemoA', 'myfieldname2'=>'mydemoA', ...,
'myfieldname5'=>'_self', 'myfieldname6'=>'_self', ...,
'myfieldname9'=>'mydemoB','myfieldname10'=>'mydemoB', ...,
);

$default_targ = '_self';  // or anything you want
$pattern = '/onchange="[^"]*?"/';
$replacement = "onchange=\"this.form.target='%s';this.form.submit();\"";

foreach ($this->filters as $filt) :
  echo '<span class="filter">';
  if (isset($fieldnames_target[$filt->name]))
    $targ = $fieldnames_target[$filt->name];
  else
    $targ = $default_targ;
  
  echo preg_replace(
   $pattern, sprintf($replacement, $targ), $filt->html
  );

  echo '</span>';
endforeach;

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ViveLeFlexicontent
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12 years 8 months ago #17880 by ViveLeFlexicontent

Replied by ViveLeFlexicontent on topic Filter Advanced Class Question ;)

hmm looks like it renames the filter itself with this code.
the if else worked though, at least it opened in a new window or stayed in the same.

but it didn't add a parameter to the url nor did a new url show up in acesef.

could you tell me where the code is for creating the filter?
so I can try and add code there like this example from stackoverflow site:

Code:

<select name="forma" onchange="window.location='http://<?php echo $this->getUrl(); ?>' + this.options[this.selectedIndex].value + '/';">
 <option value="Home">Home</option>
 <option value="Contact">Contact</option>
 <option value="Sitemap">Sitemap</option>
</select>

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12 years 8 months ago #17882 by ggppdk

Replied by ggppdk on topic Filter Advanced Class Question ;)

This code is the same as the previous one , only more clean and more complete. I haven't change the code of the regular expression, it would not rename filter unless you changed *? to *.

Temporarily put output both original filter and changed filter html (inside the foreach):

Code:

echo $filt->html;
echo preg_replace(
   $pattern, sprintf($replacement, $targ), $filt->html
  );

Post here the html code of one the filter to compare ...

Regards

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ViveLeFlexicontent
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12 years 8 months ago #17886 by ViveLeFlexicontent

Replied by ViveLeFlexicontent on topic Filter Advanced Class Question ;)

So I just have this code left..
with the echo filt->html line it creates a duplicate of the filters.. so it shows each filter twice in the front end. but only 1 is working, the other one doesn't

Code:

$pattern = '/onchange="[^"]*?"/';
$replacement = "onchange=\"this.form.target='%s';this.form.submit();\"";

foreach ($this->filters as $filt) :
echo $filt->html;
echo preg_replace(
$pattern, sprintf($replacement, $targ), $filt->html
);
echo '</span>';
endforeach;

without the echo filt->html it works like it normally should but nothing extra.
front end it shows

Code:

<select id="filter_19" onchange="this.form.target='';this.form.submit();" name="filter_19">

Maybe it would be better/easier if I fetch the items with mysql, so I can create seperate pages for the items containing the fields.
Don't know what do you think? Create sql or continue to get this to work..
200+ options per field, and each item belongs to min 1 field and max 200, so per category 200 pages each showing the items seperately.

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12 years 8 months ago #17888 by ggppdk

Replied by ggppdk on topic Filter Advanced Class Question ;)

I only said to output the original filter SO THAT you will be able to compare the html.

The code i provided will allow you to choose some filters to be submit THE FILTERING form in new window and some other to submit THE FILTERING form in same window.

Regards

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