Button/Link t personnel file on forum profile?

[Michaelis]

Hey there, i'm trying to figure out how I can create an button linked to a members personnel file.
I have the button but now i need to figure out how to link <a href= to the personnel file, the following code is not working and returns with an error on the profile page:
 

<li>
  <a href='{$soldier->url()}' class="ipsButton ipsButton_primary"><i class="fa fa-id-card"></i><span class="ipsResponsive_showDesktop ipsResponsive_inline">&nbsp; Personnel file</span></a>
</li>

 

[Jon Erickson]

Calling url() returns a URL object. You must convert it to a string by adding url()->__toString().

Also, where is this code located? Is the $soldier variable available for consumption?

[O.Ellis]

One way to achieve this outside of the soldier profile is 

 

{{$soldiers = \IPS\perscom\Personnel\Soldier::roots();}} 
  {{foreach $soldiers as $soldier}} <!-- Loops through every soldier-->
    {{if $soldier->member_id === $member->member_id}} <!-- Locates the Soldier who has the same ID as the profile-->
      <li>
        <a href='{$soldier->url()}' class="ipsButton ipsButton_primary"><i class="fa fa-id-card"></i><span class="ipsResponsive_showDesktop ipsResponsive_inline">&nbsp; Personnel file</span></a>
      </li>
    {{endif}}
  {{endforeach}}

 

[Jon Erickson]

Just now, O.Ellis said:

One way to achieve this outside of the soldier profile is 

 

{{$soldiers = \IPS\perscom\Personnel\Soldier::roots();}} 
  {{foreach $soldiers as $soldier}} <!-- Loops through every soldier-->
    {{if $soldier->member_id === $member->member_id}} <!-- Locates the Soldier who has the same ID as the profile-->
      <li>
        <a href='{$soldier->url()}' class="ipsButton ipsButton_primary"><i class="fa fa-id-card"></i><span class="ipsResponsive_showDesktop ipsResponsive_inline">&nbsp; Personnel file</span></a>
      </li>
    {{endif}}
  {{endforeach}}

 

Instead of looping through every soldier every time, you can find a soldier by using the member_id. 

\IPS\perscom\Personnel\Soldier::load($member->member_id, ‘member_id’);

or calling isSoldier()

$member->isSoldier();

That will return the soldier object as well if it exists or null if not. 

[O.Ellis]

2 minutes ago, Jon Erickson said:

Instead of looping through every soldier every time, you can find a soldier by using the member_id. 

\IPS\perscom\Personnel\Soldier::load($member->member_id, ‘member_id’);

or calling isSoldier()

$member->isSoldier();

That will return the soldier object as well if it exists or null if not. 

This is a much simplified way of doing it, and will save a lot of time 😄

[Michaelis]

17 minutes ago, Jon Erickson said:

Calling url() returns a URL object. You must convert it to a string by adding url()->__toString().

Also, where is this code located? Is the $soldier variable available for consumption?

The code would be on the invision profile, not of the perscom profile, so therefore i think it can't call $soldier

 

[O.Ellis]

47 minutes ago, Michaelis said:

The code would be on the invision profile, not of the perscom profile, so therefore i think it can't call $soldier

 

You can call $soldier using this
 

{{$soldier = \IPS\perscom\Personnel\Soldier::load($member->member_id, 'personnel_member_id');}}

This will search and compare all your soldiers' personnel_member_id against the ID displayed in the profile url, once it identifies the matching soldier, it'll then call $soldier for that soldier.

[Michaelis]

Got it working by adding
 

{{$soldier = \IPS\perscom\Personnel\Soldier::load($member->member_id, 'personnel_member_id');}}

to the ProfileHeader!

Thanks!