Custom records loop · Legacy Forums

Lukeeast October 16, 2015

Hi, I'm having a lot of trouble with getting a custom records loop to work on the browse.php page. I've tried all the things from these instructions, but no luck.

https://omeka.org/codex/Create_a_Custom_Loop_of_Items

patrickmj October 16, 2015

Could you post up the code that you currently have, and which browse.php file (e.g., items, collections, etc)?

Lukeeast October 16, 2015

Sure, here it is:
<?php set_items_for_loop(get_items(array('featured' => true),50)); ?> <?php if(has_items_for_loop()): ?>


   <!-- Loop for items -->

    <?php while(loop_items()): ?>

    <div class="item">

        <h2><?php echo link_to_item(); ?></h2>

        <p><?php echo item('Dublin Core', 'Creator'); ?></p>

    </div>

    <?php endwhile; ?>
<?php else: ?>
    <!-- Message if there are no items -->

    <p>No items</p>

<?php endif; ?>

patrickmj October 16, 2015

ah, sorry. I should've looked more closely at the link.

That's for Omeka 1.x. Guessing that you are using Omeka 2.x, you'll want to refer to the Omeka 2 documentation

Lukeeast October 16, 2015

Thanks, I just worked that out. Are there any examples showing how to do a custom loop for omeka 2.x versions?

patrickmj October 16, 2015

This updating guide will help show the changes from your code to the Omeka 2 code.

Lukeeast October 16, 2015

Ok, so I have translated some things to omeka 2.x. But I can't work out how to load a custom list of items into the loop.

<?php set_loop_records('items', get_records('items',array('featured' => true ),20)); ?>

Lukeeast October 16, 2015

Ok, so the get_records function needs 'Item' as the type not 'items'. This seems to work:

<?php $items = get_records('Item', array(), 25); set_loop_records('items', $items) ?>