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I am using nested tags, and wish to use a tag value returned by the initial tag pair, as a parameter value to pass to the nested tag pair. I’ve included the code below - this uses a plugin, but that is irrelevant I believe, since all I’m concerned about is how to use the tag value.

{exp:rentpro:get_property id='{segment_3}'}
    <div><strong>{address1}</strong> - {town} {property_id}</div>

    {exp:rentpro:get_property_images id="{property_id}"}
        {image_name}<br>
    {/exp:rentpro:get_property_images}

{/exp:rentpro:get_property}

The first line containing the {address1}, {town} and {property_id} tags works/displays fine, so the plugin is returning the correct data - it’s just using this in the subsequent get_property_images call that doesn’t work.

This syntax seems to work if I use a “native” EE tag, e.g. {segment_3} (which will work in this instance), but not if I use a “custom” tag name, e.g. {property_id}

It also works ok if I simply supply the ID value explicitly, eg. id=“123”.

But it doesn’t pick up the value from the {property_id} tag.

This is similar to a snippet from the EE user documentation at http://expressionengine.com/public_beta/docs/development/module_tutorial.html

{exp:channel:entries limit="10"}
{title}
            
{exp:download:entries entry_id="{entry_id}"}
{file_title} - {file_download}
{/download:entries}

{/exp:channel:entries}

I would have thought this was a common enough occurence?

Thanks,
Diarmid

Nested tags (when they are the same tag) don’t work. Just like you can’t use 2 nested channel:entries tags…

One solution would be to embed a template with the nested tag in it.

{exp:rentpro:get_property id='{segment_3}'}
  <div><strong>{address1}</strong> - {town} {property_id}</div>
  {embed='embeds/nested_property' property_id='{property_id}'}
{/exp:rentpro:get_property}

And the ‘embeds/nested_property’ template:

{exp:rentpro:get_property_images id="{embed:property_id}"}
  {image_name}<br>
{/exp:rentpro:get_property_images}

Since embedded templates are rendered separately from their parent template, this will work.

Greetz,
Wouter

[ EDIT ]
Hmmm… Not until after I had posted it, I noticed that they weren’t the same tags you’re using.

Could you try adding parse=‘inward’ to the rentpro:get_properties tag? That might solve your problem.

Thanks Wouter - parse inward worked a treat!