Re: Re: [design9] Excluding certain content/list

Hi April,

Using your current code, this would be the simplest method:

<?php $counter = 1; ?>
<?php foreach ($blogsRecords as $blogs):
  //This if statement will skip a loop if the daily post is found in the related header label.
  if(in_array("The Daily Post", $blogs['header:labels']) || in_array("Parenting Tip of the Week", $blogs['header:labels']) ){ continue;}
  //If three articles have been displayed, exit out of the loop.
  if($counter > 3){ break; }

  ?>
  <?php

  $num = $blogs['header']; 

  list($header_images_smallRecords, $header_images_smallMetaData) = getRecords(array( 
  'tableName' => 'header_images_small', 
  'where' => "num ='$num'", 

  )); 
  ?> 

  <?php if($count>3){$count=1;} ?>

  <?php $count=3;?> 
  <div class="tabs-innerlft">
  <?php foreach ($header_images_smallRecords as $header_image): ?>


    <?php foreach ($header_image['image'] as $upload): ?>
      <?php if ($upload['isImage']): ?>
      <img src="<?php echo $upload['urlPath'] ?>" title="<?php echo $upload['info1'] ?>" class="image" /><br/>


      <?php endif ?>
    <?php endforeach ?></div>
  <?php endforeach ?> 
  <div class="tabs-innerrgt"> 
  <h3><a href="<?php echo $blogs['_link'] ?>"><span class="articlehead"><?php echo $blogs['title'] ?></span></a></h3>
  <p><?php echo preg_replace("/<img[^>]+\>/i", "", maxWords($blogs['content'], 37)); ?>...<a href="<?php echo $blogs['_link']; ?>">More</a> </p></div>
  <!-- increase the counter value by 1 -->
  <?php $counter++; ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>

So I've added a counter that's value increases by one every time an about article is successfully displayed. When three articles are successfully displayed the counter will be equal to 4, and the if statement at the top will break out of the loop and stop it displaying anything else in the array. 

You will also need to edit this limit from your getRecords function for the about section:

 list($aboutRecords, $aboutMetaData) = getRecords(array(
   'tableName'   => 'about',
   'limit'         => '5',
 ));  
  


This will make the getRecords function retrieve the first 5 records, as it might not display 2 of them, leaving 3 that that it can always display. 

Let me know if you have any questions

Thanks

Greg

Greg,

Thank you for your help.

I added the code but it is still not working. It still counts the Daily Post and Parenting Tip of the Week in the total. Is there anything else I can do so it skips any posts with those categories in the count?

Thanks!

April

Hi April,

Would it be possible to attach the PHP file to a post for me?  I might be able to spot the problem if I can see all of your code. 

Thanks!

Greg

Sure, Here it is.

Thanks!

April

Hi April,

I think it might be that you need to change the break level to 2:

<?php $counter = 1; ?>
<?php foreach ($blogsRecords as $blogs):
  //This if statement will skip a loop if the daily post is found in the related header label.
  if(in_array("The Daily Post", $blogs['header:labels']) || in_array("Parenting Tip of the Week", $blogs['header:labels']) ){ continue;}
  //If three articles have been displayed, exit out of the loop.
  if($counter > 3){ break 2; }

  ?>
  <?php

  $num = $blogs['header']; 

  list($header_images_smallRecords, $header_images_smallMetaData) = getRecords(array( 
  'tableName' => 'header_images_small', 
  'where' => "num ='$num'", 

  )); 
  ?> 

  <?php if($count>3){$count=1;} ?>

  <?php $count=3;?> 
  <div class="tabs-innerlft">
  <?php foreach ($header_images_smallRecords as $header_image): ?>


    <?php foreach ($header_image['image'] as $upload): ?>
      <?php if ($upload['isImage']): ?>
      <img src="<?php echo $upload['urlPath'] ?>" title="<?php echo $upload['info1'] ?>" class="image" /><br/>


      <?php endif ?>
    <?php endforeach ?></div>
  <?php endforeach ?> 
  <div class="tabs-innerrgt"> 
  <h3><a href="<?php echo $blogs['_link'] ?>"><span class="articlehead"><?php echo $blogs['title'] ?></span></a></h3>
  <p><?php echo preg_replace("/<img[^>]+\>/i", "", maxWords($blogs['content'], 37)); ?>...<a href="<?php echo $blogs['_link']; ?>">More</a> </p></div>
  <!-- increase the counter value by 1 -->
  <?php $counter++; ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>

If this doesn't work, could you fill out a second level support request for me? You can find the form here:

https://www.interactivetools.com/support/email_support_form.php

Thanks!

Greg