Can't get extra fields to show in other places
 

Hi - I'm trying to get an extra field of "Product size" which we've added to show up in the products_t.tpl where we have a list of products, however I can't get it to show.
The code I added in was the bit inbetween the "size field" comment


{foreach from=$row item=product}
{if $product}
<td class="product-cell">
Size will go here
{* ************************ Size Field ************************ *}
{if $active_modules.Extra_Fields}

{foreach from=$extra_fields item=v}
{if $v.active eq "Y" && $v.field_value && $v.field == "Product size"}
TESTING
{$v.field_value}
{/if}
{/foreach}
{/if}
{* ************************************************** ************ *}
<div class="image">
<a href="product.php?productid={$product.productid}&c at={$cat}&page={$navigation_page}">{include file="product_thumbnail.tpl" productid=$product.productid image_x=$product.tmbn_x image_y=$product.tmbn_y product=$product.product tmbn_url=$product.tmbn_url}</a>

etc. etc. ....................................

It's showing "Size will go here" but not "TESTING" which is weird - I'm guessing it's not showing the size because maybe it doesn't have the product ID at that point to cross-reference in the "extra fields" list to get that value (need help with this) but interestingly it isn't showing the word "TESTING" either which suggests it isn't looping through the extra fields at all.......

Can anyone give me a hand with this?

Re: Can't get extra fields to show in other places
 

To debug - you can print out the values of $v.active, $v.field_value and $v.field before you go into the if statement. You can see if they are as you expect.

Also, note there is a difference between $v.value and $v.field_value

You can use this tip to always see the variable values, to make sure they are what you think.

Re: Can't get extra fields to show in other places
 

Thanks for that - using it as a guide I managed to work out what was wrong.....
I think a lot of it was to do with the difference between the $v.value and $v.field_value thing........

Re: Can't get extra fields to show in other places
 

Do you mind sharing the code you eventually used to get this to work? I'm using 4.2 and just cannot get extra fields to show up on products_t.tpl.

Re: Can't get extra fields to show in other places
 

{foreach from=$product.extra_fields item=v}
{if $v.active eq "Y" && $v.value ne "" && $v.field eq "*** Whatever your field is called ***"}
<span class="*** Whatever you want (style sheet) ***">{$v.value}</span>
{/if}
{/foreach}

For example your product field may be called "Size" etc. etc. - this code goes in the

{foreach from=$row item=product}
{if $product}

loop.

Hope that helps. Obviously if you're showing all the extra fields, you would omit the part that says '&& $v.field eq " blah blah " ' to show all of them.

Re: Can't get extra fields to show in other places
 

Sorry to keep bothering you, but I still can't get it to work - did you have to edit products.php or any other PHP files to get extra fields to work on your products_t.tpl? If yes, do you remember what changes you made?

Re: Can't get extra fields to show in other places
 

To get it to work, you need to enclose it in the {foreach from=$row item=product}
{if $product} loop. Here's what I have in products_t.tpl to show any extra field that has a value:
You don't need to make any changes in the php files. I did this in 4.3. There may be some unnecessary things in there; I just copied the loop from another loop (for product name) so there may be some bits that only belong there, but it does work.

Re: Can't get extra fields to show in other places
 

Been trying to get extra fields to show up in my products list (products_list.tpl) in 4.3.1 with no luck. Tried your suggestion but nothing happens. The search continues.


Edit: Got it working now: http://forum.x-cart.com/showpost.php?p=287479&postcount=10

Re: Can't get extra fields to show in other places
 

trying same for 4.3.2
no use

Re: Can't get extra fields to show in other places
 

did anyone get this working with 4.3.2?