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March 10, 2011 11:36am
Subscribe [3]#1 / Mar 10, 2011 11:36am
This is making me crazy!
Within a {exp:channel:entries} tag, the following code
<?php echo "{avatar_filename}"; ?>outputs the avatar filename + extension as it should.
However, the following code
<?php echo substr("{avatar_filename}",0,strlen("{avatar_filename}")-4); ?>outputs “{avatar_filen”.
I know there are other ways to get just the filename. That’s not the point. I’m just wondering why in heck the 2nd example isn’t echoing correctly???
#2 / Mar 10, 2011 1:18pm
Hi DougH,
Have you got PHP set to **Input** or **Output**?
#3 / Mar 11, 2011 5:08pm
I’ve tried it both ways, Jamie.
#4 / Mar 12, 2011 7:54pm
Hi DoughH,
If I’m reading your code correctly you want the first PHP snippet to output your EE tag?
<?php echo "{avatar_filename}"; ?>and the second to output a modified value of the contents in the tag?
<?php echo substr("{avatar_filename}",0,strlen("{avatar_filename}")-4); ?>If this is the case, you would have to have PHP parsing set to input to accommodate the first snippet; and have an embed for the second snippet with the PHP parsing set to output (for the embedded template).
-Tom