By: Werner
Date: 2004-08-25
Time: 22:07
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trouble with nested arraysI try to Output a Newsfeed with tbs. I have looked at the Manual but still no idea.
The Array has the following structure: array(7) { ["encoding"]=> string(0) "" ["title"]=> string(15) "Mozilla Dot Org" ["link"]=> string(22) "http://www.mozilla.org" ["description"]=> string(23) "the mozilla.org website" ["items_count"]=> int(15) ["items"]=> array(15) { [0]=> array(2) { ["title"]=> string(21) "Mozilla Japan Created" ["link"]=> string(52) "http://www.mozilla.org/press/mozilla-2004-08-18.html" } [1]=> array(2) { ["title"]=> string(19) "Mozilla 1.8 Alpha 3" ["link"]=> string(38) "http://www.mozilla.org/releases/#1.8a3" } } } Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks |
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By: Skrol29
Date: 2004-08-26
Time: 02:59
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Re: trouble with nested arraysHi Werner,
I don't think you can do it in one MergeBlock() call. I suggest that you use sub-blocks for the second level of array (items). But you will need to use a custom function (easy to code) to merge sub-blocks for items because second level of array is not supported in native. |
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By: Werner
Date: 2004-08-26
Time: 15:34
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Re: trouble with nested arraysThanks for your Answer.
What you mean is adding a data source and rearrange the Array? Is there a example which is close to what i try to do? Its so easy to do it with nested foreach loops in Smarty :/ Please tell me more about the custom function and what it should do exactly. Btw, the Array is generated with lastRSS Regards, Werner |
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By: Skrol29
Date: 2004-08-26
Time: 17:59
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Re: trouble with nested arraysI just mean to add a TBS custom data source type for reading nested arrays. No need to rearrage the array.
I just added such a custom data source at the Support page. Using thos functions, you can easilly merge your news with 2 MergeBlock() using sub-blocks.
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By: Werner
Date: 2004-08-27
Time: 22:23
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Re: trouble with nested arraysI'm sorry, but i still have problems to understand the Template part. I just started with tbs and this looks very advanced. I have look into tbs_us_examples_subblock.php and think i fully understand the example.
As far as i understand the main block walk through the items and the sub block walk through title and link (with a reference from main of the current item). I have tried many diffrent ways, but everything is far away from my expected Output. Btw, the Examples would be *much* more readable with less Markup. Sometimes nested tables are used only for Layout. Colors can be moved to the Basic Stylesheet. Another Example: <td width="30"><u>Position</u></td> could be easier (and more w3c recommend) done with: <td width="30">Position</th> If you like, i can help to clean up the Examples. Thanks, Werner |
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By: Werner
Date: 2004-08-30
Time: 09:21
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Re: trouble with nested arraysI did it finaly with only 1 MergeBlock() call and without sub-blocks.
and the Template:
However, it would be nice if you can add a example Template for your nestedarray Custom functions. I still want to know how it works :) Thanks for your great support Werner |