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Select Collection Attribute - How to programatically set the selected value?

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Hi,

I am having some trouble with categorising pages.

I have set up a Collection Attribute, it is a Select type. I have added five Values to it and can use Page::getCurrentPage()->getAttribute('category'); in order to retrieve the current value.

I am having trouble with setting this value and cannot find anything on the internet to help me with this.

I have been using the Page::setAttribute('category', 'value') successfully elsewhere and figured if I send the Value's ID or Value through it would deal with it for me but this has not been the case unless I am missing a step?

If anybody has any experience with this and could point me in the right direction it would be massively appreciated!

Thanks.
 
RobertJNL replied on at Permalink Best Answer Reply
RobertJNL
Hi Stephen,

I believe this should be;
$page = Page::getCurrentPage();
$page->setAttribute('category','value');


Robert
stephenbrown1990 replied on at Permalink Reply
Hi Robert,

Thank you. I have tried this and have not been having any luck. It works perfectly fine if the page attribute is a type other than select, but when it is a select nothing seems to happen!

I have tried passing the ID of the select value as well as the value.

Is there a different way to do this or is it simply a case of I must be doing something wrong here?
stephenbrown1990 replied on at Permalink Reply
Scratch that, I must have been sending the wrong data. It works perfectly now. Thanks for the help!