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Get template filename from pageid

Hello everyone!

I need some help to identify the best way to get a template's "filename" related to a static page "pageid".

The problem began when I started adding/deleting static pages, the Ids broke their relations with filenames, probably because MySQL has an autonumber giving the Ids and not resetting them to zero...

So, instead of having a direct relation (pageid=1 => page_001.html, pageid=2 => page_002.html) I have ended with non-related pairs (pageid=5 => page_001.html), making it difficult to identify the correct "filename" for a given "pageid".

This can be done iterating through the "$pages_menu" array, searching for the correct key and get out the filename when found - the following piece of code is working good, but I would like some opinions on how to improve it or if there is a better way.

Code:

{assign var="pagefile" value=""}

{section name=pages loop=$pages_menu}

{if $pages_menu[pages].pageid eq $smarty.get.pageid}

{assign var="pagefile" value="`$pages_menu[pages].filename`"}

{/if}

{/section}

{* Now $pagefile has the correct filename *}

Thank you!
Raul Carvalho

wouldnt it be better to give your pages a more descriptive name in the first place ?

Descriptive names

Hello Shan!

Quote:

Originally Posted by shan

wouldnt it be better to give your pages a more descriptive name in the first place ?

Do you mean "betterpagename.html" instead of "page_001.html"?

This is not the issue, since having more descriptive names still don't help me find the filename from the pageid...

Anyway, the described method above works but I feel it should be simpler...

Thanks!