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This is for a pdf generator, so I have to send a specific url that in turn loads in entries based off of that url. I used to load in entries off of a segment like:
site.com/template/entries/14|15|16

But since Google killed the pipe character in url addresses, I have to find a workaround. Now the same address from above would be:
site.com/template/entries/14|15|16

I can still pull the last segment and replace | with | in a preload variable, but I can’t find a way to use that preload variable to then get EE to pull the entries.

Here’s my preload:
{preload_replace:url_segment="{exp:low_replace find='|' replace='|'}{segment_3}{/exp:low_replace}”}

it generates 14|15|16

Here’s my channel call:
{exp:channel:entries channel="channel" entry_id="{url_segment}”}
{title}
{/exp:channel:entries}

If I just type in the entry string (14|15|16) in the preload, instead of using the url segment, it works.

Does anyone out there have a solution?

Hi Marketing Alliance, Inc.,

Try the following:

{exp:channel:entries channel=“channel” entry_id=”{exp:low_replace find=’|’ replace=’|’}{segment_3}{/exp:low_replace}”}
{title}
{/exp:channel:entries}

I hope that helps.

Mike

I think the URL encoded characters you posted got converted to | pipe. Please change the find=”” to that pipe encoded character before using the code I posted so it will work for you.

Mike

Thanks Mike,

I scrapped the replace plugin and opted for a php solution to do my url conversion. It meant turning on php on input, but it was only for one template.

<?
$this->EE =& get_instance();
$seg3 = $this->EE->uri->segment(3);
$seg3 = str_replace('%*7C','|',$seg3);
?>

      {exp:channel:entries channel="channel" entry_id="<? echo $seg3; ?>" dynamic="no" show_future_entries="yes"}

And yes, it’s rendering the pipe character in this post, so take the * out of %*7C in the code above to get this to work.