Conditional Statements - adding an icon when attachment pres

[filzfun]

I'd like to add an icon to the left of an attachment but make sure there is no icon when no attachment is present. Has anyone tried to do this?

If I code this way, I have an icon on my page even if no attachment has been uploaded:

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<img src="/images/elements/icons/pdficon_small.gif"><?php webyep_attachment("attachment"); ?>

What I'd like to do is something like this:

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<?php 
$var = webyep_attachment("attachment"); 
if (empty($var)) {
   echo "<img src='/images/elements/icons/pdficon_small.gif'>" . $var;
}
?>

but that doesn't work. Any suggestions?

[johannes]

The webyep_attachment() function call has no return value - it directly ouputs the HTML code.

You would have to use somehting like this:

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<?php $o =& new WYAttachmentElement("attachment", false);
      if ($o->sDisplay() != "") { ?>
  Attachment present!
<?php } ?>

But one of the next releases of WebYep will include an enhanced Attachment Element, that will offer a configurable download icon.

[filzfun]

Thank you, Johannes. Awesome as always.

For the record, this is how my code now looks. The pdf icon for the attachment appears to the left of the attachment link and only when said attachment exists.

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<?php webyep_shortText("attachment-description", false); ?>    

<?php $o =& new WYAttachmentElement("attachment", false);
   if ($o->sDisplay() != "") { ?>
<img src="/images/icons/pdficon_small.gif">
<?php } ?>

<?php webyep_attachment("attachment");?>

[johannes]

Thank you for contributing your code!

The icon won't serve as a download link - that's what the new Attachment Element (we're targeting 1.3.1) will do. But until then, your code is a valuable substitution!

[johannes]

The current version of WebYep (1.4.0) lets you define your own download icon.

Currently this can only be done when adding the Attachment Element's PHP code by hand. The new signature of the Attachment Element's PHP function is:

webyep_attachment($sFieldName, $bGlobal = false, $sCustomIcon = "")

so a new parameter for the URL of the custom icon was added - e.g.:

<?php webyep_attachment("Resume", false, "/images/download.gif") ?>

[Dave Camenisch]

Attention:

If you are using PHP5, you have to remove the "&" ($o = new WYAttachmentElement...).

Just in case you are using the syntax from above.

-- Dave