Alt text for photo

Yes, you can add alt text in the template like this:

<?php $this->field->attributes['alt'] = "your alt text"; ?>

of course, that has to be done before it is displayed.

Thanks for the reply.

I am, however, trying to pull in the values for first_name and last_name, as defined elsewhere in the record, rather than a static “your alt text”. This is where I am having troubles.

Here’s what I have come up with…it’s a multisite…but what I have been unable to figure out is how to pass through the person’s first name and last name, when I’m otherwise outputting the contents of the “photo” field.

I didn’t build the original template so perhaps there’s a better way to iterate through the different fields.

<?php if ($theField == 'photo') {
            ?>
            <div class="<?php echo $this->field->name ?>-field">
                <span class="image-field-wrap basename pdb-image image-field-wrap display-mode-image">
              <?php // $this->field->print_value() ?>
              <?php 
                $url = get_option( 'siteurl' );
                $blogid = get_current_blog_id();
                    ?>

            <img src="<?php echo $url . '/wp-content/blogs.dir/' . $blogid . '/files/participants-database/' . $this->field->value ?>" alt="" />
                </span>
                
            </div>

            <?php } 

You have to do it the way I showed you, don’t try to build the HTML yourself.

I just gave the code to add the alt attribute, you’ll need to figure out how to build the value to put in there.

For instance, if you wanted it to be the first and last name, you could do something like this:

<?php
if ( $this->field->name === 'photo' ) {
  $alt_value = $this->record->values['first_name'] . ' ' . $this->record->values['last_name'];
  $this->field->attributes['alt'] = $alt_value;
}
?>

I appreciate the additional information.

The key for me was:
$alt_value = $this->record->values['first_name'] . ' ' . $this->record->values['last_name'];

That’s exactly what I was seeking. Thank you!