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Getting Slug for Perch Shop

I'm just getting started with Perch Shop using vanilla Perch. I've gone through the initial setup, and have products displaying on my Shop page, when I specify a product slug on my individual product page that works as expected, but I'm having trouble getting it working for any product.

My product.php looks like this

<?php include('../perch/runtime.php');?>
<?php perch_layout('shop.header'); ?>

<div class="shop-header">
    <div class="container">
        <h1>Shop</h1>
    </div>
</div>

<div id="shop">

    <div class="container">

    <?php $product = perch_get('slug');

     perch_shop_product($product, [
            'template' => 'individual.html'
        ]); ?>

        <?php PerchUtil::output_debug(); ?>

    </div>

</div>

<?php perch_layout('global.footer'); ?>

<?php perch_get_javascript(); ?>

</body>
</html>

My list.html is

<perch:before>
    <div class="wrapper cols2-nav-right">

        <div class="primary-content">
<h1>Products</h1>
<ul class="listing">
</perch:before>
<li>
    <img src="<perch:shop id="image" type="image" label="Main product image" order="4" width="800" />" />
    <a href="/shop/<perch:shop id="slug" type="slug" />">
        <perch:shop id="title" type="text" />
    </a>

    <perch:if not-exists="has_variants">
        <perch:form id="add_to_cart" app="perch_shop" action="/shop/cart.php">
            <perch:input id="product" type="hidden" value="<perch:shop id="productID" env-autofill="false" />" />
            <perch:input type="submit" value="Add to cart" />
        </perch:form>
    </perch:if>
</li>
<perch:after>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</perch:after>

I'm obviously not getting the slug correctly, but not sure why or how to fix it. I'd be grateful for any pointers.
Phil Bowell

Phil Bowell 0 points

  • 3 years ago
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

3 years ago

What's on your URL when it doesn't work?
Phil Bowell

Phil Bowell 0 points

3 years ago

The url is showing the slug, in this instance:

https://site.test/shop/the-jet-course-booklet-bk-jet-cmj

That slug matches the one displayed on the product in the admin.
Hussein Al Hammad

Hussein Al Hammad 105 points
Registered Developer

3 years ago

Hello Phil,

perch_get('slug') looks for /?slug=your-product-slug.

Are you using any rewrite rules?
Phil Bowell

Phil Bowell 0 points

3 years ago

Hi Hussein,

I have some for shop yes.

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine on

    RewriteRule ^shop/([a-zA-Z0-9-/]+)$ shop/product.php?s=$1 [L]

</IfModule>
Hussein Al Hammad

Hussein Al Hammad 105 points
Registered Developer

3 years ago

Your rewrite is using ?s=, but you're using perch_get('slug') in your code. Try using perch_get('s') instead.
Phil Bowell

Phil Bowell 0 points

3 years ago

You sir, are a gentleman! It works now.

I think I had been using slug because that is the ID in product template.
Hussein Al Hammad

Hussein Al Hammad 105 points
Registered Developer

3 years ago

Great!

For future reference, reading the perch_get() function documentation may be helpful: https://docs.grabaperch.com/functions/utilities/perch-get/