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Are Low Reorder 2 sets "aware" of reverse related entries in Playa (parents)?

Greg Harmelink 17 May 2012 15:04 question, complete

Does Low Reorder 2 work with Playa when a Low Reorder set contains a exp:playa:parents call within it? This functionality worked previously but it doesn't appear to work after the upgrade and code change required for Low Reorder.

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1. Low 17 May 2012 15:14

   It does require a workaround, yes. Can you give me a code example of this, perhaps?

2. Greg Harmelink 17 May 2012 15:46

   Here is a stripped down code example where tour_seasons_sort was the old low reorder field:
   
{exp:channel:entries channel="alumni_tours_season" orderby="tour_seasons_sort" sort="asc"}
{title}
{exp:playa:parents channel="alumni_tours" orderby="alumni_tours_sort" sort="asc" }
{embed="tours/inc_travel_partners_new" entry_id="{entry_id}"}
{/exp:playa:parents}
{/exp:channel:entries}


3. Low 18 May 2012 07:29

   Hi Greg,
   
   You can work around it by outputting the playa parent ids to the embed, like AJ did here.
   
   So, basically, that means having a template like this:
   
   

   {exp:low_reorder:entries set="1"} 
      {title} 
      {embed="tours/my_embed" entry_ids="{exp:playa:parent_ids}"} 
    {/exp:low_reorder:entries}

   
   
   And the embed would look something like:
   
   

   {exp:low_reorder:entries set="2" entry_id="{embed:entry_ids}"} 
      {title} 
    {/exp:low_reorder:entries}

4. Greg Harmelink 18 May 2012 15:58

   Thanks. The workaround worked on a few pages. There were a couple of pages that include PHP that this workaround doesn't work for. I build a PHP array through the whole template and splitting it in embeds wouldn't work. I think most of these pages I will just handle using the fields the previously managed the sort for Low Reorder as their order does not change much.
   
   If I run into more issues like the one I mention above, is there rollback path to a previous version of Low Reorder?

5. Low 18 May 2012 22:55

   I'm afraid there isn't an easy rollback path, since the deprecated settings table has been removed. You can only rollback using a DB backup. However, if you do run into other issues, I'd be more than willing to help you find a different workaround. Just show me the template code for the previous version and I'll see what I can do to make sure it keeps working with LR2.