Getting a page only file url

[Manaus]

Hi, I'm using this code to get the only file of a page. I uploaded the file using the admin pages.

<? if ($page->name == "myproject3"): 
	$myfile = "somefile.pdf";
	$myfile = $page->documents->get('name='.$myfile);
	echo $myfile->url;

But I get nothing, not even null...

Thanks for any suggestion

[Ivan Gretsky]

I did not get into all this, but maybe:

$myfile = $page->documents->get("name={$myfile}");

But why not limit "Maximum files allowed" and output it like this:

<?php if($page->documents) {	
	echo $page->documents->url;
} ?>

If you plan to have multiple files uploads, you should leave "Maximum files allowed" option as it is and do foreach.

Edited September 30, 2014 by Ivan Gretsky

[Nico Knoll]

<?php

if ($page->name == "myproject3") {

$myfile = "somefile.pdf";

// directly creating the path because you know where it lays and wht it's name is

$myfileUrl = $config->urls->assets.$page->id.'/'.$myfile);

echo $myfileUrl;

}

/* second option: using foreach */

if ($page->name == "myproject3") {

$myfile = "somefile.pdf";

foreach($page->documents as $document) {

if(basename($document->url) != $myfile) continue;

$myfileUrl = $document->url;

}

echo $myfileUrl;

}

[adrian]

I actually can't see why your original code isn't working. I often use that approach:

https://processwire.com/talk/topic/7700-find-image-by-image-name/

[netcarver]

Hi, I'm using this code to get the only file of a page. I uploaded the file using the admin pages.

<? if ($page->name == "myproject3"): 
	$myfile = "somefile.pdf";
	$myfile = $page->documents->get('name='.$myfile);
	echo $myfile->url;

But I get nothing, not even null...

Thanks for any suggestion

First off, shouldn't the switch to PHP be  "<?php" ??

After that, are you sure your code example is complete? I've never seen that form of if statement used without a switch back out of interpreted PHP straight after it. Have you cropped things out to simplify your example by any chance? After looking at alternative control structures that looks ok.

The other thing to check is that your $myfile string is case-for-case the same as the filename that gets written into the name field as I think the comparison is case sensitive.

Edited October 1, 2014 by netcarver

[netcarver]

@Manaus

Thank you for posting your code - I learnt something from it about PHP alternative control structures today!