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I have successfully associated a custom "event_image" attribute to events to the built in Calendar in Concrete5.8.3. From my research, I should be able to access the image using code like:

$img = $event->getAttribute('event_image');


However $img is never set. It seems that no custom attributes are set in the resulting $event object in the /concrete/blocks/event_list/view.php file (which I'm overriding via a template).

The documentation in this area is sparse - would any one have any clues? Do I need to "refresh" the attributes somehow with "Express"?

Many thanks in advance!
Cheers,

Alex
alexaalto
 
studio108 replied on at Permalink Reply
studio108
Does this answer your question?

https://www.concrete5.org/community/forums/customizing_c5/how-to-out...
alexaalto replied on at Permalink Reply
alexaalto
Thanks for the response Studio108.

As I mention below, it seems to be slightly buggy behaviour in the attributes: I theorize that adding a single attribute (file/image) without a set, which I then went back and added to a set, may have caused this. When I added a second attribute (text), both attributes suddenly appeared.

In any event, everything is working now and I manage to accomplish making a custom template.

Cheers,

Alex
alexaalto replied on at Permalink Reply
alexaalto
So this was sort of a false alarm. I went back and added a new attribute and suddenly all the attributes started to appear so I could accomplish my goal.

While there is some buggy behaviour (i.e. the first attribute was not coming through in the $event object), it's now working. If anyone is curious, I am thinking this happened because I initially added the the attribute without a set.

Cheers,

Alex