Only getting numeric id from field

[opalepatrick]

$products = $pages->find("parent=/fabrics/");
foreach ($products as $product) {
 echo $product->code; //Produces the correct alphanumeric value
 echo $product->collection; //This produces a number. Should be something like 'Avanti'
}

Hey there, as the title suggests I am only getting a numeric id from the above code. You can assume that all other code and values for this template work fine and that there is a field in this template called collections.

So I thought I would get the value of this field. What am I missing?

Thanks in advance!

[LostKobrakai]

Looks fine from here. What field is it, that you called collection? Did you doublecheck for spelling issues, in your post you mention "collections", while in the code it's "collection".

[teppo]

Sounds a bit like "collection" might be a Page type field. If that's the case, try something like $page->collection->title (if it's set to contain one Page) or $page->collection->first()->title (if it's set to contain multiple Pages).

[opalepatrick]

Thanks to you both! The $page->collection->first()->title solution was the one that worked as you were quite right it was a page field.

Thanks a lot