Issue with get_fields_html

Anonymous

#169120

Hi,

Have an issue trying to extract post types via $postTypes1 = $sf_current_query->get_fields_html(array(“_sf_s”, “_sft_access_level”, “post_type”,”_sft_topic”));
echo $postTypes1;

only returns
Access Levels: All Access Levels (ie: _sft_access_level)
Topics: All Topics (ie: _sft_topic)

but no post types aka Data Type.

You can see the page results here:

The debug structure of the query which clearly shows them here:
Please see image link
or

Is this a bug with get_fields_html?

If the Data Types are checked as filters it’s possible to retrieve them but that is different from retrieving the associated post types via get fields.

	<?php  	
		$postTypes1 = $sf_current_query->get_fields_html(array("_sf_s", "_sft_access_level", "post_type","_sft_topic"));
		echo $postTypes1; 
		//echo $sf_current_query->is_filtered();
		$postTypesAll = $sf_current_query->get_array();
		//var_dump($postTypesAll);
		//print_r(array_values($postTypesAll));
		$postTypes = array_column($postTypesAll, 'active_terms');
		//var_dump($postTypes);
		//print_r(array_values($postTypes));
		$newArray = array();
		foreach ($postTypes as $entry) {
			$names = array_column($entry, 'name');
		}
		//var_dump($names);
		//print_r(array_values($names));
		$dataTypes = "<br>Data Types: ";
		$breakChars = ", ";
		//echo $dataTypes;
		for ($i = 0; $i < count($names); $i++) {
			$nameCompare = strcmp($names[$i], "Posts");
			if ($nameCompare == 0) {
				$names[$i] = 'Articles';
			}
			//echo $names[$i];
			if ($i < count($names) - 1) {
				echo $breakChars;
			}
		}
		//var_dump($names);
		//print_r(array_values($names));
	?>

Trevor

#169154

Are you trying to get terms from the results array? This search shows other user posts that fetch data from the array:

https://support.searchandfilter.com/forums/search/sf_current_query+active_terms/

Anonymous

#169216

No, I’m trying to get the post_type from $sf_current_query->get_fields_html(array(“_sf_s”, “_sft_access_level”, “post_type”,”_sft_topic”));

You can see it in the image under form_fields/post_type/post_types

Why are they not formatted in $sf_current_query->get_fields_html(array(“_sf_s”, “_sft_access_level”, “post_type”,”_sft_topic”)); as in the other array entries?

Trevor

#169218

I do not think that method will work. I dump the array using print_r, as you seem to have done, then access the specific array term. Which is what those other users do.

Anonymous

#169225

I’ve done that already, if you look at the bottom code in the original post.

So what you’re saying is that you can’t access it via $sf_current_query->get_fields_html(array(“_sf_s”, “_sft_access_level”, “post_type”,”_sft_topic”)); despite “post_type” being in there?

There’s not a lot of documentation on it so it’s difficult to know exactly what is to be expected here.
The https://www.designsandcode.com/documentation/search-filter-pro/accessing-search-data/ page just has examples but doesn’t explain much.

Trevor

#169245

But I don’t access it using get_fields_html. I do it like this:

global $searchandfilter;
$sf_current_query = $searchandfilter->get(934)->current_query()->get_array();
$my_post_type = $sf_current_query[post_type][active_terms][0][value];

Anonymous

#169289

Ok, so I was right to use get_array() in the first place (excuse the long winded method, it was for debugging purposes).

The documentation is lacking a little in this regard, so I suggest you clarify the use and differences between get_array() and get_fields_html. The expectation is that if it’s in form_fields you should be able to extract it via get_fields_html into an output string, whereas in you actually need to use get_array() and format the output yourself. In this case we also need to replace a name as well.

ty.

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