Main Entry ’title’ within related_entries tag

Hi Matt,

Sure!

You would need a means to assign that to a variable to be used later in the template. As you can guess, the related entry’s {title} variable overrides the parent entry’s {title} variable.

Have a look at Stash - it allows for just this use of dynamic template variables.

Cheers,

Thanks! I actually tried Stash, but because I was setting the Stash variable in a loop, it was getting reset every time and then every title on the page would end up the same. Perhaps I’ll get in touch with the developer for ideas.

Hey Matt,

If you get in touch with the developer, that would be awesome.

Please let us know how it goes.

Cheers,

I am still having no luck with this. Could you perhaps move this thread to the general development and programming forum… or should I post there separately? Thanks!

Hey Matt,

Moving right away!

Thanks for posting.

Cheers,

{exp:channel:entries}
  {title}
  {related_entries id="band"}
    // How can I get the parent entry's {title} here?
    {title}
  {/related_entries}

{/entries}

Sadly, EE fails in this regard. I would use php within the the template to solve this problem. PHP parsing needs to be set on output. Not ideal, but gets the job done quickly. Maybe someday I will write an extension to help with this issue.

{exp:channel:entries}
  <?php $title = '{title}'; ?>
  {related_entries id="band"}
    // How can I get the parent entry's {title} here?
    <?php echo $title; ?>
    {title}
  {/related_entries}
{/entries}

That works, thanks!