"allow display_field to be array, thus allow searching on multiple cols"

zwelldesigns · January 2016

Hi --
I found this thread on Github: https://github.com/daylightstudio/FUEL-CMS/pull/290
I have names stored in first, middle, and last name columns. Is it possible to create a display_field which has all three?

Thanks!

admin · January 2016

The easiest way would be to overwrite the model's display_name function

public function display_name($values)
{
     // your custom code here
}

zwelldesigns · January 2016

Ah, so easy!

But perhaps not...
I added this to my module.php, but it isn't doing anything? I tried to put a die() inside of it, but the die() did not execute, so for some reason it's not even going through the function. Do I have to put it elsewhere or do something special to make the module see it?

public function display_name($values){ 
		if(!empty($values['id'])){ 
			$getname = $this->attorneys_model->find('one', 'id ='.$values['id']);
			$values['display_name'] = $getname->name_f.' '.$getname->name_m.' '.$getname->name_l; 
			return $values; 
		} 
	}

In MY_fuel_modules.php, I tried to get rid of the display_field, but it didn't make the function execute.

$config['modules']['attorneys'] = array(
	'preview_path' => 'attorneys/{slug}', 
	'display_field' => 'name_l', 
	'search_field' => 'name_l'
);

admin · January 2016

What version of FUEL are you using (you can find it under fuel/modules/fuel/config/fuel_constants.php)?

zwelldesigns · January 2016

Version 1.3! Should I change versions?
I also just found out that in MY_fuel_modules.php, the 'search_field' parameter only works if its value is identical to 'display_field.' In my case, I want to sort by date but display the title, so it's not effective to have them be the same. Is this a known issue?

admin · January 2016

I believe that is new to 1.3.1 so I would recommend an update to either the develop branch or 1.3.1.

Try setting the default_col and default_order parameter to have the default table sorting be different then the display_field

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