How does $_GET Variable works with Concrete5? Can I use that on regular page?
I know I can do this with single page via url segment, I'm just wondering if it is possible with regular page.
Example is :http://www.domain_name.com/about-us/?name=test...
Get-parameters are available via the controllers. In the view of a page or block use:
$this->controller->get("parameterName");
A cleaner way for custom parameters would be to define them in the function view()
of the page controller. If at http://www.domain_name.com/about-us is your page and you define the view function of it's pagetype controller like this:
function view($name) {
$this->set("name", $name);
}
... and call the URL http://www.domain_name.com/about-us/test – then "test" will be passed under $name
to your page view.
Note that controllers for page types must be in controllers/page_types/ and called BlablaPageTypeController
... with "PageType" literally being in there.
You can use it in a template. For instance, you can grab a variable...
$sort_by = $_GET['sort'];
And then use that variable in a PageList lookup, similar to:
$pl = new PageList();
$ctHandle = "teaching";
// Available Filters
$pl->filterByCollectionTypeHandle($ctHandle); //Filters by page type handles.
// Sorting Options
if ($sort_by == "name") {
$pl->sortByName();
} else {
$pl->sortBy('teaching_date', 'desc'); // Order by a page attribute
}
// Get the page List Results
$pages = $pl->getPage(); //Get all pages that match filter/sort criteria.
$pages = $pl->get($itemsToGet = 100, $offset = 0);
Then you can iterate over that array to print stuff out...eg
if ($pages) {
foreach ($pages as $page){
echo '<a href="'.$page->getCollectionPath().'">'.$page->getCollectionName() . '</a><br />';
}
}
Props to the C5 Cheatsheet for the PageList code.