Problems with the [pass] shortcode

Something I just thought of and it might need to be taken into consideration…The ‘icsd-teaching’ field may contain either an array of post objects or an array of page link, because one course can be assigned to more than one teachers.

In both cases, the [content field=”icsd-teaching”] displays one or more numbers-ids (depending on the assigned teachers), while the fields inside [pass] display nothing…

In this light, when I try:

[pass field="icsd-teaching"]
    [loop id="{FIELD}" type="faculty"]
        [content field="title"]
        [content field="image"]
    [/loop]
[/pass]

it displays each and every one of the faculty members, no matter if they are assigned to this course…

Hello,

I apologize for the late reply! It looks like the issue is that the [pass] shortcode can’t process a field with an array as value.

OK, I’m going to improve the [pass] shortcode so that your second example works as expected, to pass the array of post IDs to the loop.

Just to confirm, you said [content field="icsd-teaching"] displays a comma-separated list of post IDs? In that case, it should be straight-forward to implement. I’ll let you know as soon as it’s ready.

Yes, I just tested it again, and I can confirm that [content field="icsd-teaching"] returns a comma-separated list of post IDs.

I actually found my way around, by adding the enhanced text plugin which allowed me to inject some php straight into my widget. But adding support for arrays would be a good idea ??

And just for the sake of clarity and completion, here is what my widget looks like at the moment (it’s ugly, I know, but it works):

<h4>Πληροφορ?ε?</h4>
<h5>Κωδικ??</h5>
[content field="icsd-code"]

<h5>Κατε?θυνση</h5>
[content field="icsd-area"]

<h5>ECTS</h5>
[content field="icsd-ects"]

[if flag="icsd-eclass"]
        <h5>E-class</h5>
        [flag]
[/if]

<?php
$post_objects = get_field('icsd-teaching');
if( $post_objects ): ?>
    <h5>Διδ?σκοντε?</h5>
    <?php foreach( $post_objects as $post_object): ?>
        <div class="course-teacher">
            <ul>
            <li><?php $the_thumb = get_the_post_thumbnail($post_object->ID, 'thumbnail');
if ( $the_thumb == "") {
        $dwidth = 150;
	$the_thumb .= "<img src='".plugins_url( '../faculty-members/img/default.png', __FILE__ )."' width='".$dwidth."'/>";

			}
echo $the_thumb;
?>

</li>
            <li><?php echo get_the_title($post_object->ID); ?></li>

<li><?php
$fmemail = get_post_meta($post_object->ID, 'fmemail', true);
echo eeb_email($fmemail, '<span class="icon, icon-envelope"> E-mail</span>'); ?>
</li>
            </ul>

        </div>
    <?php endforeach; ?>

<?php endif;

?>

By the way I think I’m using incorrectly the [if] [flag]. But this may belong to another topic.

I just updated the plugin with an improved [pass] shortcode, which should handle the field value correctly when it’s an array, passing a comma-separated list.

So, the code you wrote earlier should work now:

[pass field="icsd-teaching"]
    [loop id="{FIELD}" type="faculty"]
        [content field="title"]
        [content field="image"]
    [/loop]
[/pass]

You can also test the field value by doing this:

[pass field="icsd-teaching"]
    {FIELD}
[/pass]

Yes, I see the widget is looking wild with a combination of shortcodes and PHP. ?? This is one reason why I wrote this plugin, to simplify the code necessary to do such queries. So, I’d be glad if you could make it work with only shortcodes.

It looks like you’re using the if/flag as intended: if the field icsd-eclass is not empty, it displays the title and value.