Display a custom built attribute in listing view

[acham]

I have reference the following post to display a custom built attribute in listing view:

Creating an attribute with a PHP snippet

Thank you for waiting Please check this example if you want to create a custom attribute with the code. For your case, please check these instructions. The editable parameter is required to make attributes editable in forms. The filterable parameter is required if you want to show attributes in the filter form of some model (listing, vendor, etc.). Also, there can be sortable or searchable parameters to set to sort or search forms for some models. edit_field parameters are required if you w…

I have set the display areas to view_page_primary and view_block_ternary. The output however, is %value% not the actual value (see screenshot).

Here is the code for your reference:

add_filter( 'hivepress/v1/models/listing/attributes', function( $attributes ) {
    
	$category_ids = [ 37 ]; // Restrict to specified categories
    
	$attributes['repeater_date_time'] = [
        'editable'   => true,
		'display_areas' => [
				'view_page_primary',
				'view_block_ternary',
			],
        'categories' => $category_ids,
        'edit_field' => [
            'label'       => 'Additional Dates and Times ',
            //'description' => 'Add multiple dates and times using the Add Item button.',
            'type'        => 'repeater',
            'fields'      => [
                
				'repeat_start_date_time' => [
                    'placeholder'    => 'Start date and time',
                    'type'           => 'date',
                    'format'         => 'Y-m-d H:i:s',
                    'display_format' => get_option( 'date_format' ) . ' ' . get_option( 'time_format' ),
                    'required'       => false,
                    '_order'         => 0,
                    'time'           => true,
					'_external' => true,
                ],
				
				'repeat_end_date_time' => [
                    'placeholder'    => 'End date and time',
                    'type'           => 'date',
                    'format'         => 'Y-m-d H:i:s',
                    'display_format' => get_option( 'date_format' ) . ' ' . get_option( 'time_format' ),
                    'required'       => false,
                    '_order'         => 1,
                    'time'           => true,
					'_external' => true,
                ],
            ],
        ],
    ];
    return $attributes;
}, 1000 );

What do I need to do to display the actual attribute value?

[ihor]

Yes, the Repeater field type has no specific output method yet since it can be used for many different use-cases and it’s array may require different output format. That’s why this field type is not available for selection yet as the attribute type in Listings/Attributes.

If you’re familiar with coding, please try to create a custom template part instead, or you can insert a custom block to the listing template (with the custom content), get the Repeater value there (e.g. $listing->get_repeater_date_time()), iterate over it and output each array item in the required format.

Hope this helps

[acham]

I have two questions:

1. Where can I find the template parts for page primary and block ternary?

I have followed the instruction in the Customizing Templates video to copy the part and modify it. I can see in the video that there is a listing_attributes_primary.php file and a listing_attributes_secondary.php file available under listing>view>block. However, they don’t exist in my installation under wp-content/plugins/hivepress/templates/listing/view/block and they are not available in the hivepress/templates at master · hivepress/hivepress · GitHub either.

2. How can I add content to the listing_attributes_primary section of the page using the hivepress/v1/templates/listing_view_page/ hook?

I am referencing the Github code to Add vendor email link to the listing page. The code adds the link in the listing_actions_primary section. I have modified it to display the repeater value in the listing_attributes_primary section and although the logs show that repeater values are being correctly retrieved and formatted, the values are not displayed on the page. I am able to inject the values in the listing_details_primary and listing_attributes_secondary, but not in listing_attributes_primary or listing_attributes_ternary. Below is a simple code that I used for testing:

add_filter(
    'hivepress/v1/templates/listing_view_page/blocks',
    function( $blocks, $template ) {
 	   $test_content = '<p>Test Output for Section Identification</p>';

 	   $blocks = hivepress()->helper->merge_trees(
 		   [ 'blocks' => $blocks ],
 		   [
 			   'blocks' => [
 				   'listing_details_primary' => [
 					   'blocks' => [
 						   'test_output_details' => [
 							   'type'    => 'content',
 							   'content' => $test_content . ' (Details Primary)',
 							   '_order'  => 10,
 						   ],
 					   ],
 				   ],
 				   'listing_attributes_primary' => [
 					   'blocks' => [
 						   'test_output_attributes_primary' => [
 							   'type'    => 'content',
 							   'content' => $test_content . ' (Attributes Primary)',
 							   '_order'  => 10,
 						   ],
 					   ],
 				   ],
 				   'listing_attributes_secondary' => [
 					   'blocks' => [
 						   'test_output_attributes_secondary' => [
 							   'type'    => 'content',
 							   'content' => $test_content . ' (Attributes Secondary)',
 							   '_order'  => 10,
 						   ],
 					   ],
 				   ],
 				   'listing_attributes_ternary' => [
 					   'blocks' => [
 						   'test_output_attributes_ternary' => [
 							   'type'    => 'content',
 							   'content' => $test_content . ' (Attributes Ternary)',
 							   '_order'  => 10,
 						   ],
 					   ],
 				   ],
 			   ]
 		   ]
 	   )['blocks'];

 	   return $blocks;
    },
    1000,
    2
);

[ihor]

1. Some blocks have no corresponding plain HTML template parts and they are rendered directly, e.g. Attributes, but they are inserted into the template block array in any case, you can check the initial array here hivepress/includes/templates/class-listing-view-block.php at master · hivepress/hivepress · GitHub

2. Please try using one of the samples here Search · user:hivepress template · GitHub and start with it, if you choose a container block and use it’s array key you can insert any custom content into it.

[acham]

How can I include the repeater Start Date and Time fields in the filter form?

I’ve already added a Start Date and Time field as an attribute, and it appears correctly in the filter form. However, I also have additional Start Date and Time fields within a repeater that are coded (see above). I would like these repeater fields to be included in the filter so that if an event has multiple dates and times, filtering by a date range that includes any of those dates will display the event.

[ihor]

Unfortunately there’s no simple way to do this because the Repeater saves its rows with fields as a single serialized array, within a single field, and search queries based on such arrays are not possible or too complex (editing or inserting raw SQL would be needed). We solve this in the Opening Hours extension by adding a callback for the listing update action, and save multiple post meta fields based on the repeater fields (from/to times per day of the week), for example “monday_from”, “monday_to” for the first row, and so on. Then the “Open Now” filter we add to the search form has a function which checks which day of the week is it and (if it’s Monday for example) searches listings based on the “current_time>monday_from and current_time<monday_to” condition in the meta_query of the search results WP_Query.

Hope this helps

[acham]

Thank you for the information!