Hook to select first option in page reference fieldtype

[Flashmaster82]

I want to select the first option in a page reference fieldtype when adding a new page (admin). Dont want to target the option id because the value may change.

Field = booking_searchactivator_option

Template = booking

Page reference template = searchactivator

My current code is only targeting the page id and not the value. So now it becomes id=1. Also i want to be able to change the value to the second value, third value / position in the dropdown.

  $wire->addHookAfter('Pages::added', function(HookEvent $event) {
   $page = $event->arguments(0);
    
   if (!$page->matches('template=booking')) return; 
     
     $aktivator = 1;
   
     $page->setAndSave('booking_searchactivator_option', $aktivator);  
  
});

 

i also have another hook that removes already selected page references.

 $wire->addHookAfter('InputfieldPage::getSelectablePages', function($event) {
        $page = $event->arguments(0);
            if($event->object->hasField == 'booking_searchactivator_option') {
                $pages = $event->wire()->pages;
                $already_selected_on_another_page = $pages->find("template=searchactivator, booking_searchactivator_option.owner.template=booking, booking_searchactivator_option.owner.id!=$page->id");
    $event->return = $event->pages->find("template=searchactivator, sort=sort, id!=$already_selected_on_another_page");
	}
    });

 

Please help!!

[Robin S]

On 5/15/2022 at 4:54 AM, Flashmaster82 said:

Also i want to be able to change the value to the second value, third value / position in the dropdown.

If you want to pre-set the third option within the selectable pages:

$wire->addHookAfter('Pages::added', function(HookEvent $event) {
	$page = $event->arguments(0);

	// Only for the booking template
	if($page->template != 'booking') return;
	// Get all the selectable pages for the field
	$selectable_pages = $page->getInputfield('booking_searchactivator_option')->getSelectablePages($page);
	// Get the third selectable page (the numbering is zero-based)
	$third_selectable_page = $selectable_pages->eq(2);
	// Set the third selectable page as the field value
	$page->setAndSave('booking_searchactivator_option', $third_selectable_page);
});

 

Edited May 15 by Robin S
corrected field name

[Flashmaster82]

Thanks so much for the reply 🙂 I will look at this and test it out.

[Flashmaster82]

It worked like a charm. Thank you so much!!!

I tried to specify the parent but i didnt worked?

$wire->addHookAfter('Pages::added', function(HookEvent $event) {
	$page = $event->arguments(0);
	if($page->template != 'booking, parent=/nya-bokningar/') return;
	$selectable_pages = $page->getInputfield('booking_searchactivator_option')->getSelectablePages($page);
	$first_selectable_page = $selectable_pages->eq(0);
	$page->setAndSave('booking_searchactivator_option', $first_selectable_page);
});

 

[Robin S]

18 hours ago, Flashmaster82 said:

I tried to specify the parent but i didnt worked?

It doesn't make sense to put the parent path in a check against the page template, but you can check the parent path separately:

if($page->template != 'booking') return;
if($page->parent->path !== '/nya-bokningar/') return;
// The rest of your hook code...

 

[Flashmaster82]

You sir are a genius!! Thanks

[Flashmaster82]

I have another page that im using a page reference on (booking_status), i tried with the same logic "eq(1)" but it didnt worked? Is eq only for hooks?

if ($bookingstatus->booking_status->eq(1)) {
   require ('assets/bookingstatus/bookingstatus_step2.inc.php');
   } 

I get "Exception: Method Page::eq does not exist or is not callable in this context"

[Robin S]

8 hours ago, Flashmaster82 said:

i tried with the same logic "eq(1)" but it didnt worked

First have a look at the docs for eq(): https://processwire.com/api/ref/wire-array/eq/

This method works on a WireArray/PageArray and returns the item at the given position. So the object you call the method on needs to be a WireArray/PageArray but you are calling it on a Page object (probably your booking_status field is a "single" Page Reference field so its value when populated will be a Page).

It's not clear to me what you're trying to do in that part of your code, but if you want your if() test to mean "if the booking_status field is not empty" then you would do something like this:

if($bookingstatus->booking_status->id) {
	//...
}

Or if you want to check if the value of the booking_status field value equals some page then you would do something like this:

// Get $some_page however you like
$some_page = $pages->get('/path/to/page/');
// Check if the booking_status field value equals $some_page
if($bookingstatus->booking_status === $some_page) {
	//...
}

 

[Flashmaster82]

Thanks for the explanation. I wanted to use the eq thing but i don´t know how? Im not that good at PHP but im learning.

Did 2 different approaches.

$status3 = $pages->get('/bokningsstatus/steg3/');
   if ($bookingstatus->booking_status === $status3) {
   require ('assets/bookingstatus/bookingstatus_step3.inc.php');
   } 

if ($bookingstatus->booking_status->id == 1738) {
   require ('assets/bookingstatus/bookingstatus_step1.inc.php');
   }

But i wanted to do an if statement if the status in the dropdown is at the first, second, third etc.. with the eq. Then include the inc file. Because if you change the references i wont work.

[Robin S]

19 hours ago, Flashmaster82 said:

But i wanted to do an if statement if the status in the dropdown is at the first, second, third etc.. with the eq.

Then you'll want to get the PageArray of selectable pages as shown in the earlier hook:

$selectable_pages = $page->getInputfield('your_page_reference_field')->getSelectablePages($page);

Then you can use ->eq() to get any item in the PageArray by its index/position, and use a switch statement to do different things accordingly.

// Get all the selectable pages that apply when "your_page_reference_field" is used on $page
$selectable_pages = $page->getInputfield('your_page_reference_field')->getSelectablePages($page);
// Compare the value of $page->your_page_reference_field against the pages in various positions of $selectable_pages
switch($page->your_page_reference_field) {
	case $selectable_pages->eq(0):
		// The first selectable page is selected
		require ('assets/bookingstatus/bookingstatus_step1.inc.php');
		break;
	case $selectable_pages->eq(1):
		// The second selectable page is selected
		require ('assets/bookingstatus/bookingstatus_step2.inc.php');
		break;
	case $selectable_pages->eq(2):
		// The third selectable page is selected
		require ('assets/bookingstatus/bookingstatus_step3.inc.php');
		break;
	default:
		// Some other page is selected so handle that scenario...
}

 

[Flashmaster82]

Thanks for the reply, i will check it out.

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