Using Dynamic Content in params for Looper Custom Hook doesn't work

[SimonDigitypesAPS]

Hi

I am trying to create a Custom Hook for my Looper which needs access to the current post id of the page

I have followed the instructions given in this post: Custom Looper params with dynamic content but it doesn’t seem to work as specified

Here is my hook

add_filter( 'cs_looper_custom_service_faq', function( $result, $params) {
		
$args = array(  
    'post_type' => 'faq',
    'post_status' => 'publish',
 );
	
$query = get_posts( $args );

return $query;
}, 10, 2);

And here is the JSON Supplied in the builder

{
    "postId":"{{dc:post:id}}"
}

If i try to var_dump the content of $params inside the code i get the following on page render

array(1) { ["postId"]=> string(14) "168" }

as seen it says that postId is a 14 char string, but the value is the post id. This seems to be that the postId inside the code actually holds the string value “{{dc:post:id}}” (as that is 14 chars) and not the post id.

So it seems like the value being sent to the hook isn’t evaluated before being executed or something similiar

I am running Pro Version: 5.1.5

[tristup]

Hi @Digixio,

Thanks for reaching out.
Instead of using the {{dc:post:id}} as a parameter, I would suggest you use the get_the_ID() method in the custom looper to get the current page/post ID. I would suggest you go through the following thread which helps you with this.

Display All Child Pages-Looper Provider

Hi Florin, Thanks for reaching out. What you are trying to is not possible with the Current Page Children option of Looper provider, but you can use the Custom option and call a custom function which will return the Child pages of the current page and you will have the option to specify the Offset, so it will show all the post after skipping the number of posts specified. I have added the following code into my child page functions.php and mentioned the offset in the Looper Provider, and it w…

NOTE: Even if the var_dump shows the postID as a string it can be used in the Query String.

Thanks