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perch tag self closing slash gets removed in output

Hi,

I'm trying to set a link to a file that the client has uploaded. But by putting the perch file tag within my href, the link just breaks.

This is my HTML

<a data-popup="true" href="<perch:content id="factuurvoorwaarden" type="file" label="Factuurvoorwaarden PDF" />">factuurvoorwaarden</a>

This renders out to

<a data-popup="true" href="<perch:content id=" factuurvoorwaarden"="" type="file" label="Factuurvoorwaarden PDF">">factuurvoorwaarden</a>

As you can see the closing slash of the perch tag gets removed and the "great/smaller then" signs get replaced by their entity codes. Using this within a form, using the same HTML does work, but removes the data-popup attribute. Though that attribute is not the problem, since I have tried this without and with a target="_blank" (this gets removed as well). So i'm also not able to have it open in a new tab (this is necessary).

Any idea's as to what the issue is?

Thanks in advance!

Robin
Robin Vinckx

Robin Vinckx 0 points

  • 4 years ago
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

4 years ago

Where are you doing this? Is it in a template?
Robin Vinckx

Robin Vinckx 0 points

4 years ago

This example is just inside the body of my index.php. The other, where I use this link at the bottom of a form (this is for terms&conditions pdf) is inside a perch region. Inside of the form the tag has the correct output, but removes my data or target attribute (whichever i use).
Rachel Andrew

Rachel Andrew 394 points
Perch Support

4 years ago

You can only use Perch template tags in a Perch template, not in your page.
Robin Vinckx

Robin Vinckx 0 points

4 years ago

Ok thanks for the clarification. My form is in a template and the tag does seem to work there without a problem. But still. All attributes I add to the a-tag seem to get removed. Why is that?

<a data-popup="true" href="<perch:content id="factuurvoorwaarden" type="file" label="Factuurvoorwaarden PDF" />">factuurvoorwaarden</a>

This piece of HTML

<a href="/perch/resources/factuurvoorwaarden.pdf">factuurvoorwaarden</a>

Gets outputted like this. Notice the "data-popup" attribute has been removed. The same happens if I add (for example) target="_blank".
Rachel Andrew

Rachel Andrew 394 points
Perch Support

4 years ago

Can we see your entire template and Diagnostics Report?
Robin Vinckx

Robin Vinckx 0 points

4 years ago

Of course.

TEMPLATE:

<div class="pages-content__form">
    <h4 class="pages-content__form__title"><perch:content id="form_contact_title" type="text" label="Form title"/></h4>
    <perch:form id="form_coaching_workshop_2" method="post" app="perch_forms" class="md__form">
        <div class="md__form__col md__form__col-1-of-2">
            <perch:label class="md__form__label" for="naam">Naam</perch:label>
            <perch:input class="md__form__input" id="naam" type="text" required="true" label="Naam" maxlength="30"/>
        </div>
        <div class="md__form__col md__form__col-1-of-2">
            <perch:label class="md__form__label" for="voornaam">Voornaam</perch:label>
            <perch:input class="md__form__input" id="voornaam" type="text" required="true" label="Voornaam" maxlength="30"/>
        </div>
        <perch:label class="md__form__label" for="email">E-mail</perch:label>
        <perch:input class="md__form__input" id="email" type="email" required="true" label="E-mail" pattern="^\S+@\S+\.\S+$" maxlength="30"/>
        <div class="md__form__col md__form__col-3-of-4">
            <perch:label class="md__form__label" for="straat">Straat</perch:label>
            <perch:input class="md__form__input" id="straat" type="text" required="true" label="Straat" maxlength="30"/>
        </div>
        <div class="md__form__col md__form__col-1-of-4">
            <perch:label class="md__form__label" for="nummer">Nummer</perch:label>
            <perch:input class="md__form__input" id="nummer" type="number" required="true" label="Nummer"  maxlength="6"/>
        </div>
        <div class="md__form__col md__form__col-3-of-4">
            <perch:label class="md__form__label" for="stad">Stad</perch:label>
            <perch:input class="md__form__input" id="stad" type="text" required="true" label="Stad" maxlength="30"/>
        </div>
        <div class="md__form__col md__form__col-1-of-4">
            <perch:label class="md__form__label" for="postcode">Postcode</perch:label>
            <perch:input class="md__form__input" id="postcode" type="number" required="true" label="Postcode"  maxlength="6"/>
        </div>
        <perch:label class="md__form__label" for="btw">BTW Nummer (indien BTW plichtig)</perch:label>
        <perch:input class="md__form__input" id="btw" type="text" required="true" label="BTW Nummer" maxlength="30"/>

        <perch:label class="md__form__label" for="message">Overige opmerkingen of vragen?</perch:label>
        <perch:input class="md__form__textarea" id="message" type="textarea" required="true" label="Message" maxlength="1000" />

        <perch:input type="checkbox" id="factuurvoorwaarden" label="Factuurvoorwaarden" required="true" />
        <span class="md__form__checkbox__label">Ik ga akkoord met de <a data-popup="true" href="<perch:content id="factuurvoorwaarden" type="file" label="Factuurvoorwaarden PDF" />">factuurvoorwaarden</a></span>

        <perch:input class="md__form__button btn btn--secondary" type="submit" id="submit" value="Verzenden" />
    </perch:form>
</div>

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Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

4 years ago

You'll need to double-check what you're seeing - Perch doesn't even have the capability to modify the markup in your template outside of its own tags.