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Display Single Region Item

Hey I'm curious if I can just show a single item from a template using perch_content_custom, without creating a separate template for it. For example, I have property listings, and I want the page title to show just the id="title" from the listing. Instead of creating a separate template with that item and calling it, can I just spit out that item's value in the perch_content_custom array? Thanks for your time!
Jared Medley

Jared Medley 0 points

  • 6 years ago
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

6 years ago

You can either use a template (as you nearly always want to surround it in some sort of markup) or you can use the skip-template option to get the raw data without a template.
Jared Medley

Jared Medley 0 points

6 years ago

Great thank you. So the skip-template returns the raw data, but is there a way to just show the value of one item from the region? Like is there a parameter within the custom array that will return the value of just one item?
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

6 years ago

No, it returns all the values, so you just pick the one you want.
Jared Medley

Jared Medley 0 points

6 years ago

Cool thanks. I'm having trouble getting skip-template to work in perch_custom. When I add "skip-template" => true, nothing is returned. Is there as example somewhere that I could see of proper usage? I'm sure I'm just leaving out something simple. Thanks!
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

6 years ago

Show us your code and we can help.
Jared Medley

Jared Medley 0 points

6 years ago

This is inside an include file that checks if the page is a property listing, then will add the listing title. I commented out the skip template line that causes it to break. The page is here: https://hometeaminvestors.com/homes/homeListing.php?item=emerald-estates

<title>
        <?php if( $_PAGE_TYPE == 'listing') {
            perch_content_custom("Home Listings", array(
                "page" => "/homes/index.php",
                "template" => "homeListingName.html",
                "filter"   => "slug",
                "match"    => "eq",
                "value"    => perch_get('item'),
                //"slip-template" => true,
                ));
        } else { perch_pages_title(); }
        ?>
         | 
        <?php perch_content_custom('Large Footer', array(
            'template'=>'companyName.html',
            )); 
            ?>
  </title>
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

6 years ago

You have a typo - it's skip-template not slip-template.

You also need to assign it somewhere.

$result = perch_content_custom("Home Listings", array(
                "page" => "/homes/index.php",
                "filter"   => "slug",
                "match"    => "eq",
                "value"    => perch_get('item'),
                "skip-template" => true,
                ));