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Using page template as a controller

Hi all,

Just wondering if there is a way of using page properties to load different layouts, as a kind of MVC controller.

In WordPress I would do something like this


<?php
                        if(is_page(818)){ // buy a voucher                            
                            get_template_part('inc/booking/tmpl_booking-form-vouchers');
                            get_template_part('inc/booking/tmpl_payment-option');                            
                        }
                        if(is_page(231)){ // vouchers
                            get_template_part('inc/vouchers/tmpl_vouchers');
                        }
                        if(is_page(233)){ // groups
                            get_template_part('inc/groups/tmpl_groups');
                        }
                        if(is_page(235)){ // book 
                            get_template_part('inc/booking/tmpl_booking-form');
                            get_template_part('inc/booking/tmpl_payment-option');
                        }                        
                        if(is_page(1409)){ // thank you for booking
                            get_template_part('inc/booking/tmpl_booking-message');                            
                        }       
                        if(is_page(1488)){ // thank you
                            get_template_part('inc/contact/tmpl_thank-you-message');                            
                        }       
                    ?>

I've read the threads about using page attributes and I've attempted this, but this just echos out the page ID and doesn't do any processing against it.


$pageID = perch_page_attribute('pageID');
    if ($pageID == 1){
        echo "we on home page";
    };

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Lee
Lee Goodman

Lee Goodman 0 points

  • 5 years ago
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

5 years ago

Use:

$pageID = perch_page_attribute('pageID', true);
Lee Goodman

Lee Goodman 0 points

5 years ago

Thanks Drew,

Can you explain how this should work. If I try using your example

$pageID = perch_page_attribute('pageID', true);

if ($pageID == 1){
        echo "we are on home page";
    }

This doesn't meet the condition. If I do a var_dump($pageID); it returns a boolean. I am trying to match the ID and load a template part if it is a specific page.

Many thanks
Lee Goodman

Lee Goodman 0 points

5 years ago

aha I think I have it!


$pageID = perch_page_attribute('pageID', [], true);

as opposed to


$pageID = perch_page_attribute('pageID', true);

seems to work.

Thanks Drew
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

5 years ago

Probably the better solution is to use Perch Runway, which has routing built in.
Lee Goodman

Lee Goodman 0 points

5 years ago

Ahhh of course it does, I haven't used that feature yet but a light bulb has just gone off!!