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I’m having trouble outputting the {count} for each entry output;

{exp:file:entries directory_id="1"}
    {if viewable_image}<li id="image_{count}">{file_url}</li>{/if}
{/exp:file:entries}

The problem is each <li> is being returned with the ID image_1, isn’t this supposed to be incremental?

On a related note, in the File Manager (v2.2.2) the “Upload File” link href is blank and just reloads the page for me.

I thought it used to display the “Upload File” popup form.

Hi Josephs,

The problem with the File Manager not displaying is a known bug, you can find a workaround for it at:

https://support.ellislab.com/bugs/detail/16322/

I can’t replicate the problem you were having—see the attached partial screen shot.

I can’t replicate the problem you were having—see the attached partial screen shot.

Thanks for confirming that Sue, I’ve realised the problem is with my code.

The {exp:file:entries} pair is inside a {exp:channel:entries} pair, hence {count} is referencing the channel and not the files.

I had done this is because of a conditional; to display {exp:file:entries} whether a value in {exp:channel:entries} is set.

{exp:channel:entries channel="example" limit="1"}
    {if files}
        <ul>
        {exp:file:entries directory_id="1"}
            {if viewable_image}<li id="image_{count}">{file_url}</li>{/if}
        {/exp:file:entries} 
        </ul>
    {/if}
{/exp:channel:entries}

Any idea how I can separate the two and still have the condition?

Josephs,

You could try replacing {count} with {entry_id}

{if viewable_image}<li id="image_{entry_id}">{file_url}</li>{/if}

That would still give you a unique id for each image.

Cheers,

You could try replacing {count} with {entry_id}. That would still give you a unique id for each image.

Bah, {entry_id} seems to be a {exp:channel:entries} variable too :down:

Hi, Josephs -

did you try embedding the file entries tag to avoid the variable conflict?

Did you try embedding the file entries tag to avoid the variable conflict?

Hi Lisa, no I actually noticed that in the {exp:file:entries} tag, I’m actually setting the directory_id with a variable from {exp:channel:entries} as well.

Plus I needed the conditional from {exp:channel:entries} as well.

This isn’t the first time this has happened, like for example with {exp:comment:entries}  I’ve wanted to use {exp:channel:entries} {if allow_comments} conditional, and have not found a way to separate the tag pairs.

Fortunately with the {exp:file:entries}, this time I was able to achieve what I needed with a different method; using jQuery!

You would need to pass the directory_id through the embed.  Then you can embed and avoid the problems you are running into.  Make sense?  So:

{embed='blah/blah' my_var="3"}

then in the calling template:

{exp:file:entries directory_id="{my_var}"}

You would need to pass the directory_id through the embed.

Thanks Lisa, I’m using an embed now. I thought I tried this before, but I must have missed something!

Glad you got it working, Josephs!  if you do have anything else come up, please let us know and we can help out.

Thank you!