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Display model data on a cms page

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by OFFLINE, last modified on August 7th, 2019

There are many ways to display a model's data on a cms page. This trick describes two:

Via page execution lifecycle

url = "/blog/:slug"
==
use Acme\Blog\Models\Post;

function onStart()
{
  $this['post'] = Post::where('slug', $this->param('slug'))->first();
}
==
<h2>{{ post.title }}</h2>

<div>{{ post.content }}</div>

Via a custom component

Register your custom component in your Plugin.php.

// Plugin.php
public function registerComponents()
{
    return [
        Acme\Blog\Components\BlogDetail::class => 'blogDetail',
    ];
}

Create the blogDetail component as components/BlogDetail.php

namespace Acme\Blog\Components;

use Cms\Classes\ComponentBase;

class BlogDetail extends ComponentBase
{
    public $blog;

    public function defineProperties()
    {
        return [
            'slug' => [
                'type'  => 'string',
                'title' => 'Slug',
            ]
        ];
    }

    public function onRun()
    {
        $this->blog = $this->page['blog'] = Post::where('slug', $this->property('slug'))->first();
    }
}

Finally, place the component on your CMS page.

url = "/blog/:slug"

[blogDetail]
slug = "{{ :slug }}"
==

<h2>{{ blogDetail.post.title }}</h2>

<div>{{ blogDetail.post.content }}</div>

{#  Since we set $this->page['blog'] the post is also available
    via the {{ post }} variable directly.

    @see https://octobertricks.com/tricks/access-component-properties-page-or-partial
#}

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