Two URL types behaving differently

I'm using Perch 3. No routing?

Using ../category.php?type=type/retail/ and perch_get('type') returns {current_type_category} in all three categories correctly as type/office/ , type/retail etc. Which then matches catPath

However, using the URL as .../category/type/retail/ or .../category/type/office/ this first two selection options and current_type_category returns correctly, However on these catPath returns type/industrial which is the last in the category set regardless. So it's only using the last selection where it works.

From the detail template, the value of type is <perch:category id="catPath" />

Sent from the detail template category link tags

<perch:before>
    <h2 class="propCatTitle">Property Categories</h2>
    <ul class="prodcats">
</perch:before>

<perch:categories id="type" label="Type" set="type" display-as="checkboxes" required="true" help="Select a Property Type. More than one can be used for a multi-purpose property" divider-before="Categories">
    <li class="ProdCatTag"><a class="CatTag" href="/category/<perch:category id="catPath" />"><perch:category id="catTitle" /></a></li>
</perch:categories>

<perch:categories id="area" label="Area" set="area" display-as="checkboxes" required="true" help="Select the location of this property" divider-before="Categories">
      <li class="ProdCatTag"><a class="CatTag" href="/category/<perch:category id="catPath" />"><perch:category id="catTitle" /></a></li>
</perch:categories>

<perch:after>
    </ul>
</perch:after>

Hi David,

When the URL is .../category.php?type=type/office/, perch_get('type') gets you the catPath type/office.

When the URL is .../category/type/office/, what do you get if you output the perch_get('type') ? Do you get type/office? Or just office?

echo perch_get('type');

Your perch:if tag is testing against a full catPath. So you need a catPath like type/office.

office by itself is a catSlug.

Hi Hussein,

Both URL's .../category/type/office/ and .../category.php?type=type/office/ gets the correct value type/office using...

echo perch_get('type');

Hence why I'm puzzled.

Here's the full php of the select form...

echo perch_get('type');
echo perch_get('area');

// Get type cat into current_category
PerchSystem::set_var('current_type_category', perch_get('type'));

    // This create the catergory tags set
    perch_categories(array(
        'template'   => 'category-type-select.html',
        'set' => 'type',
        )); 

// Get area cat into current_category
PerchSystem::set_var('current_area_category', perch_get('area'));

perch_categories([
    'set'=>'area',
    'sort'=>'catTitle',
    'template' => 'category-area-select.html',
    'sort-order'=>'ASC',
    'each'=>function($item) 
        {
         if (PerchUtil::count(perch_content_custom('Properties', ['skip-template'=>true, 'page' => '/properties.php', 'category'=>$item['catPath']])) > 0) return $item; 
         }
]);

echo perch_get('type');
echo perch_get('area');

Plus checking the value of type and area are correct before and after.

Umm I think catPath includes a trailing slash. So a catPath would be type/office/ not type/office.

I'm sure .../category.php?type=type/office/ gets you type/office/, but perhaps you're not be getting the trailing slash when using .../category/type/office/?

<!-- works -->
<perch:if id="catPath" match="eq" value="type/office/">selected</perch:if>

<!-- doesn't work -->
<perch:if id="catPath" match="eq" value="type/office">selected</perch:if>

Well spotted. Didn't see that. .../category/type/office/ is returning type/office without a slash

Hussein Al Hammad said:

Umm I think catPath includes a trailing slash. So a catPath would be type/office/ not type/office.

Is there a way to fix this?

You could add the trailing slash if it doesn't exist:

$type = perch_get('type');

if(substr($type, -1) !== '/') {
    $type .= '/';
}

PerchSystem::set_var('current_type_category', $type);

Thanks, I was thinking of using `substr'. Just thinking if there's a Perch way.