Chaining modifiers to modifiers

(Chris Horikx) #1

Hi Guys,

 

I'm wondering if anyone has been able to use modifiers to satisfy the following pseudocode:

if globals_asset_metadata_value_1 = 1 then 
  globals_asset_metadata_value_2^as_asset:asset_name
else
  null

I've tried:

%globals_asset_metadata_value_1^replace_keywords:eq:1:globals_asset_metadata_value_2:as_asset:asset_name% (etc.)

and

%globals_asset_metadata_value_1^eq:1:globals_asset_metadata_value_2^as_asset:asset_name% (etc.)

 

I've been modifying keywords for a while now and I know it has limitations. Just want to know if anyone has any secret hacks?

 

I'll resort to a paint layout applied to nested content in the mean time.

 

Chris

(Tom Chadwin) #2

With replace_keywords, you need to enclose replacements with braces:

http://manuals.matrix.squizsuite.net/keyword-replacements/chapters/keyword-modifiers#Using-Keyword-Replacements-as-Argument-Values


Does that help?


Tom

(Chris Horikx) #3

With replace_keywords, you need to enclose replacements with braces:
http://manuals.matrix.squizsuite.net/keyword-replacements/chapters/keyword-modifiers#Using-Keyword-Replacements-as-Argument-Values

Does that help?

Tom

 

I tried this one yesterday but just tested with it again just to check. Does anyone know what version replace_keywords was introduced. i can't get it to work!

 

Tom, i did some more searching and you asked the same question: http://forums.squizsuite.net/index.php?showtopic=12209. Did you get that to work, no one answered your forum post!

(Benjamin Pearson) #4

 

Does anyone know what version replace_keywords was introduced.

 

v4.10.0 - http://www.squizlabs.com/squiz-matrix/squiz-matrix-newsletter-372

(Bart Banda) #5

What version are you on Chris? Tom is right, you need the curly brackets in there. Did you try and do it without keyword modifiers inside the replacement value first to see if that works?

 

%globals_asset_metadata_value_1^replace_keywords:eq:1:{globals_asset_metadata_value_2}%

 

?

(Chris Horikx) #6

I'm working with 4.12.2

 

I tried both, with and without.

(Chris Horikx) #7

I just confirmed again it isn't working using the exact copy/pasted source from Bart.

(Chris Horikx) #8

More to this: It seems that this is related to this bug: http://bugs.matrix.squiz.net/view_bug.php?bug_id=6407

 

it looks like the globals keywords wasn't supported by replace_keywords until sometime after 4.16. I have tested this on 4.12 and found it failed, and it works in 4.18. 

 

BUT there is an interesting complication when it comes to keyword scope in 4.18:

WORKS: %globals_asset_name^replace_keywords:notempty:{globals_asset_assetid}%

!WORKS (in standard page or type format): %globals_asset_name^replace_keywords:notempty:{asset_assetid}%

 

It seems as though when using replace_keywords you can only refer to to a keyword within the current scope of the former keyword i.e. globals or local.

(Bart Banda) #9

I tested %globals_asset_name^replace_keywords:notempty:{asset_assetid}% in 5.0.3.0 and it seems to work.

 

And so does %asset_name^replace_keywords:notempty:{asset_assetid}%

 

Maybe something since 4.18 was fixed to handle it.

(Chris Horikx) #10

Agreed, I just tested on 5.0 as well

(Chris Horikx) #11

I'm now working on a v5+ system. I'm able to get replace keywords, but now I'm having problems with modifying keywords that are being interpreted with replace_keywords.  

 

Is it expected functionality that 

%globals_asset_metadata_foo^replace_keywords:eq:1:{globals_asset_assetid}: %

works nicely but

%globals_asset_metadata_foo^replace_keywords:eq:1:{globals_asset_assetid^as_asset:asset_name}: %

doesn't work?
 

My actual purpose is:

%globals_asset_metadata_foo^replace_keywords:eq:1:{globals_asset_contents:111}: %

 

It looks like it gets confused with the colon, i.e. matrix is executing the keyword sequentially rather than parenthetically. is that the case?

(Bart Banda) #12

Yea this was reported not working earlier this week as well, looks like the modifiers aren't working inside the {} bit, which they probably should. Hasn't been fixed yet however. 

Could you do something like this as a workaround?

 

%globals_asset_metadata_foo^:eq:1:111:^as_asset:asset_contents%

It might generate an error if it doesn't eq 1, but you might be able to print an asset id that doesn't have any content in that case? So something like

 

%globals_asset_metadata_foo^:eq:1:111:222^as_asset:asset_contents% where id 222 is an asset with no content. 

(Chris Horikx) #13

Thanks Bart, I'll try it out

(Aneta Puha) #14

 

Yea this was reported not working earlier this week as well, looks like the modifiers aren't working inside the {} bit, which they probably should. Hasn't been fixed yet however. 

 

Im using Matrix v4.18.5 and can't seem to get global keywords working inside the { }.

I have a search page asset displaying assets then grouping it by a metadata field (that part is working fine and is not the issue).

 

Here's the issue:

Im trying to link the group name to specific assets (outside the search page criteria) depending on the group name (metadata field)

 

%group_name^replace_keywords:replace:Business Administration:{globals_asset_short_name_linked:11528}%

 

When using the keyword above it fails (displays {globals_asset_short_name_linked on screen) when I remove the globals_ and _11528 the keyowrd itself works but is then using the wrong linked asset short name.

 

Can someone let me know what to use instead of the : symbol as that seems to be an issue as well.

Anyone other ideas on how to fix this would be great.

(Tom Chadwin) #15

This might give a clue - mixing global and non-global keywords with modifiers might not work:

 

http://forums.squizsuite.net/index.php?showtopic=12207&p=52774

(Bart Banda) #16

This works for me in 5.1.4.0, might have been a bug that was fixed in 5.0.4.4: http://manuals.matrix.squizsuite.net/patches/5.0.4.4 

 

Possibly this one: 

  • Fixed Bug #5724: replace_keywords does not work same as manual