Unique alias checker?

rubenreyes
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11 years 11 months ago #37252 by rubenreyes

Unique alias checker? was created by rubenreyes

Hello

When working with SEF components like AceSEF, we find situations where duplicate URLs are created because items in Flexicontent have the same alias.

I was wondering if there is a way (or if you can add to your future features list) to have a javascript function that performs the following:

- Generate and show the alias of the item based on the title in the browser (no wait for item to be saved)
- Check that the item alias is unique at least in the categories where the item is located (consequently, maybe this check would need to be triggered if the categories change)
- If the alias is already in use, add a suffix or numeral to the alias

Thank you!

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ggppdk
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11 years 11 months ago #37263 by ggppdk

Replied by ggppdk on topic Unique alias checker?

Hello,
we could append the item id when a duplicate alias is detected
Test this:

in file:
administrator/components/com_flexicontent/tables/flexicontent_items.php
find lines about 372-375:

Code:

	// insert into #__flexicontent_items_ext table
	$type_ext->$frn_key = $this->id;
	$ret = $this->_db->insertObject( $this->_tbl_join, $type_ext, $this->_frn_key );
}

and after them add:

Code:

$query 	= 'SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #__content WHERE alias='.$this->_db->Quote($this->alias).' AND id <> '.(int)$this->id;
	$this->_db->setQuery($query);
	$duplicate_aliases = (boolean) $this->_db->loadResult();
	if ($duplicate_aliases) {
		$query 	= 'UPDATE #__content SET alias='.$this->_db->Quote($this->alias.'_'.$this->id).' WHERE id='.(int)$this->id;
		$this->_db->setQuery($query);
		$this->_db->query();
	}

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