Hi Ian,

could you possibly turn on MetaMod advanced debug mode, then do a search in the front-end, and post the results from the MetaMod debug text? I think that might help me understand what you're trying to achieve.

Cheers,
Stephen

Hi Ian,

first up, the error you are getting is because you're missing a closing ")". Try it this way:

if ($option == "com_sobi2" and JRequest::getVar('sobi2Task') == 'search' and ($catid = JRequest::getVar('catid') != '' )){
  if ( $catid == 14 ) return 34; /* replace 34 with module to show for category 14 */
  if ( $catid == 38 ) return 91; /* replace 91 with module to show for category 38 */
}

However, that only fixes the syntax. Judging by the debug code you sent, there's no "catid" parameter in the request, so that part of it is not going to work.

When I tested out the searching on my test site, the results are done in Ajax, so there's no page refresh, and therefore the modules don't get a chance to regenerate. Perhaps yours is set up differently to mine though.

I took a look at the category dropdown in the search and see that it has a form name of "SobiCatSelected_0", so perhaps try this variant of your recipe:

if ($option == "com_sobi2" and JRequest::getVar('sobi2Task') == 'search' and ($catid = JRequest::getVar('SobiCatSelected_0') != '' )){
  if ( $catid == 14 ) return 34; /* replace 34 with module to show for category 14 */
  if ( $catid == 38 ) return 91; /* replace 91 with module to show for category 38 */
}

Cheers,
Stephen

Hi Ian,

do you my any chance have 34 in the "Quick module id include" box? If so, you need to remove it (and anything else from that box).

This is because module ids in that box get included automatically, whether or not the PHP box returns anything. And judging by the debug output from above, and the PHP code you were using, there's no way that the PHP code could have returned "34".

I also note that the search function is sending through category ids on SobiCatSelected_0 and SobiCatSelected_1 -- therefore you need to check for both.

e.g.

if ( $option == "com_sobi2"
  and JRequest::getVar('sobi2Task') == 'search'
  and ( $catid0 = JRequest::getVar('SobiCatSelected_0') ) != '' ) {
  $catid1 = JRequest::getVar('SobiCatSelected_1');
  if ( $catid0 == 14 or $catid1 == 14) return 34;
  if ( $catid0 == 38 or $catid1 == 38) return 91;
}

Going only on the example you just posted, and based on the PHP that I last sent (which you may have changed), it's showing expected behaviour: the search appears to be for category 3, and that's not one of the categories you were testing for.

If you're using exactly the snippet that I sent, can you try searching on category 14 or 38, and see what it comes up with?

Cheers,
Stephen

Here's the first and second sets of debugs. The only change made is that I've hit the 'search' but (with the same categories selected) a second time.

1.
if (
$option == 'com_sobi2'
and $Itemid == '64'
and JRequest::getVar('sobiCid') == '14'
and JRequest::getVar('sobi2Task') == 'search'
and JRequest::getVar('sobi2Search') == 'Search ...'
and JRequest::getVar('searchphrase') == 'any'
and JRequest::getVar('search') == 'Search'
and JRequest::getVar('reset') == '2'
and JRequest::getVar('lang') == 'en'
and JRequest::getVar('SobiCatSelected_0') == '3'
) return XXX; /* replace XXX with the module ID or position to display */
MetaMod debug info:
Module ID: 95
$option: com_sobi2
$view:
$id:
$Itemid: 64
$timezone: Etc/GMT+0
$language: en-gb
$language_code: en
$language_region: gb
Including modules:

2.
if (
$option == 'com_sobi2'
and $Itemid == '64'
and JRequest::getVar('sobiCid') == '14'
and JRequest::getVar('sobi2Task') == 'search'
and JRequest::getVar('sobi2Search') == 'Search ...'
and JRequest::getVar('searchphrase') == 'any'
and JRequest::getVar('search') == 'Search'
and JRequest::getVar('reset') == '2'
and JRequest::getVar('lang') == 'en'
and JRequest::getVar('SobiCatSelected_1') == '14'
and JRequest::getVar('SobiCatSelected_0') == '3'
) return XXX; /* replace XXX with the module ID or position to display */
MetaMod debug info:
Module ID: 95
$option: com_sobi2
$view:
$id:
$Itemid: 64
$timezone: Etc/GMT+0
$language: en-gb
$language_code: en
$language_region: gb
Including modules: 34

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'SobiCid' seems to make it through both attempts so that make be a way forward. weird.

Ian