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I know this has been addressed before, but I need a little help.

Here’s what I’m trying to do using a channel:entries tag:

<ul>
    <li>Entry 1</li>
    <li>Entry 2</li>
    <li>Entry 3</li>
    <li>Entry 4</li>
</ul>

<ul>
    <li>Entry 5</li>
    <li>Entry 6</li>
    <li>Entry 7</li>
    <li>Entry 8</li>
</ul>

For every group of 4 entries, I need to wrap them in a <ul> tag, for an unlimited/unknown total entries.

I’ve tried this:

{exp:channel:entries channel="test"}

{switch="<ul>|||"}
   <li>{title}</li>
{switch="|||</ul>"}

{/exp:channel:entries}

This method seems the best, and is very close to working; however, if the total number of results isn’t divisible by 4(ie, the last group only has 3 items in it), the last </ul> tag is never output, which causes the code to break.

If I add the last tag using {if count = total_results}, that still doesn’t work because in instances where the total count is divisible by 4, I get double </ul> tags.

I was really trying to get this to work natively, so please tell me if there is a way, or if I just need to use PHP instead.

Thanks!

Well dang, just figured this out.  Guess I was thinking about it too hard.

Instead of using 2 switch tags, I just used one like:

<ul>
  {exp:channel:entries channel='test'}
    <li>{title}</li>
    {switch="|||</ul><ul>"}
  {/exp:channel:entries}
 </ul>

Just change the number pipes in the switch for the number of elements needed to be wrapped in each group.

Awesome!

Hey Jon,

NICE! - Honestly, I’ve been trying to sort out something similar. You sir, have helped me! Thanks!

If you ever feel like chipping in again, just ping us in a new thread 😉

Cheers!