Collection Field Type

A field type for selecting Collection keys - Perch Runway only.

Installation

• Download the field type
• Unzip the download
• Place the collection folder in perch/addons/fieldtypes.

Requirements

• Perch Runway 3.0 or higher

Usage

<perch:content id="collections" type="collection" label="Collections">

Limit number collection that can be selected with the max attribute:

<perch:content id="collections" type="collection" label="Collections" max="1">

If multiple collections are selected, the keys are rendered in the template as a comma-separated string:

Key 1,Key 2,Key 3

Examples:

An example of how you might use it is to allow an editor to select a single collection to be displayed on a page:

<perch:content id="collections" type="collection" label="Collections" max="1">

$collection_key = perch_content('Collection', true);

if($collection_key) {
    perch_collection($collection_key, [
        'template' => 'list.html'
    ]);
}

An example of how you can allow the editor to select multiple collections to be displayed on a page:

<perch:content id="collections" type="collection" label="Collections">

$collection_keys = perch_content('Collections', true);
$collection_keys = explode(',', $collection_keys);

foreach($collection_keys as $collection_key) {
    perch_collection($collection_key, [
        'template' => 'list.html'
    ]);
}