[SOLVED] Using file type field to display a pdf file

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9 years 6 months ago - 9 years 6 months ago #54650 by rottenberg

Using file type field to display a pdf file was created by rottenberg

Hello
My problem is the following :
I need to display a pdf file as a popup in my page. The Pdf popup allow to download the file.

As the file type allows the upload inside the site, I have chosen to use the download type and not the weblink type. (With weblink the user who creates the article needs to know the url of the file. With pdf type he doesn't need to know pdf url.

I have given the name pdf to the download file field.

I have created a field which copies the pdf field. In the new field I have put in 'open text for field' : {{pdf##0##}

When displaying the the field I only get a number (maybe the id of the pdf file).

My question : How can I get the name of the pdf file I want to display in the popup.

If I cannot get it : how can I upload a pdf file inside the site and how can I get the url of the file to display it in a popup ?

thank you for advices

best regards

Michel

Last edit: 9 years 6 months ago by ggppdk.

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9 years 6 months ago - 9 years 6 months ago #54659 by ggppdk

Replied by ggppdk on topic Using file type field to display a pdf file

Hello

if the fieldname of you file field is: 'myfile', then try:

Code:

print_r($item->fields['fieldname']->filedata);  // e.g. size, absolute paths, etc
print_r($item->fields['fieldname']->url]);
print_r($item->fields['fieldname']->abspath]);

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Last edit: 9 years 6 months ago by ggppdk.

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9 years 6 months ago #54715 by rottenberg

Replied by rottenberg on topic Using file type field to display a pdf file

thank you very much
I try it.

best regards

Michel

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5 years 11 months ago #75375 by iamrobert

Replied by iamrobert on topic Using file type field to display a pdf file

Hi,

I can't get this to work - I'm looking to extract the altname + filename - but they fail. Also filedata fails.

Code:

$html =FlexicontentFields::getFieldDisplay($item, 'file-download', null, 'display', 'item');
 
//print_r($item->fields['file-download']);
 
// AFTER CALLING getFieldDisplay(), you can also use these arrays
print_r($item->fields['file-download']->filedata); // fails
print_r($item->fields['file-download']->altname); // fails
print_r($item->fields['file-download']->filename); //fails
print_r($item->fields['file-download']->url); // ok
print_r($item->fields['file-download']->abspath); // ok

Any ideas.?

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5 years 11 months ago #75379 by ggppdk

Replied by ggppdk on topic Using file type field to display a pdf file

Since we implemented field-groups and layout support these are made available via layout

Here is current layout file:
plugins/flexicontent_fields/file/tmpl/value_InlineBoxes.php

Code:

use Joomla\String\StringHelper;
$isAdmin = JFactory::getApplication()->isAdmin();

// Important create a -1 "value", before any other normal values, so that it is at 1st position of the array
$field->{$prop}[-1] = '';

$field->url = array();
$field->abspath = array();
$field->file_data = array();
$field->hits_total = 0;

$n = 0;
$i = 0;
foreach($values as $file_id)
{

so you would use the following

$field->url = array();
$field->abspath = array();
$field->file_data = array();
$field->hits_total = 0;

in your case you need:
$field->file_data
which is indexed by the value position
$field->file_data[1] is an array of the data of value 1
$field->file_data[3] is an array of the data of value 3

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