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Hi guys,

I’m not sure if this can actually be done but I am trying to pass a variable created using the {assign_variable} function to the weblog search parameter. The variable is created by taking a segment from the url and using the uri_prettify plugin. I’m not very good at explaining things like this so here is my code below.

{if segment_3}

{assign_variable:brand="{exp:uri_prettify}{segment_3}{/exp:uri_prettify}"}

<h1>{brand}</h1>

{exp:weblog:entries weblog="products" search:product_brand="={brand}"}

So ... When I place the variable between the <h1> tags it prints out correctly on the page so it is holding a value. However, it will not pull what it should from the database with the weblog search parameter.

Maybe I’m going about this the wrong way and it can’t be done, but any help would be much appreciated 😊

Steve.

Is the outputted value of {brand} exactly the same as what you have in your product_brand field? It needs to be an *exact* match letter for letter.

Hi bluedreamer,

Thanks for the response. Yep it is exactly the same word for word, capital letter for capital letter.

I have tried to do this a couple of ways using php to store the variable and the same happens - the variable prints out correctly between the <h1> tags but wont pull the content from the weblog. However, if I hard code the value into the search parameter it displays as it should.

Steve.

Ok try one thing

Add the {brand} variable inside your weblog:entries tag to make sure it’s getting outputted.

Also try modifying the weblog search parameter to something less specific…

search:product_brand="{brand}"

Ok I have included the {brand} variable within my weblog:entries loop and removed the search parameter.

It is now showing all the results from the weblog (as it should) but where the output of {brand} should be a set of <a> tags are created displaying an image from somewhere else in the weblog, it displays the same image for each entry in the weblog.

It is like the weblog:entries tag is changing the value of the variable somehow as when I put the {brand} variable after the weblog:entries loop it displays as it should.

Probably will be something simple but really confusing me :(

What field type is product_brand?

Hi Sue, The product_brand field type is Text Input.

stevenmarshdigitaldesign,

What version and build of EE are you using?

If you want to use the assigned variable with the search parameter you could use something like Solspace’s Preparse addon

For the issue you arrived at what does you code look like?
What is brand?
Is it an image?