Channel Files Question

Question

I've got a situation where I'm pulling a list of channel entries, each of which link to a page with more details. The channel is called "audio", and it contains a Channel Files field that can hold multiple audio files.

What I would like to do is this:

• If the entry contains just one audio file, do ABC.
• If the entry contains more than one audio file, do XYZ

Here is my "dumbed-down" code

{exp:channel:entries channel="teleconferences"}
    {exp:channel_files:files entry_id="{entry_id}" limit="1"}
        <p><a href="/{segment_1}/{url_title}">Full Details</a></p>
    {/exp:channel_files:files}
{/exp:channel_files:files}

If I don't put a limit on the {exp:channel:entries" tag, then it prints a link for the total number of files in the entry. So if there were 5 files in Entry A, and 1 in Entry B, it would look like this:

• Entry A
• Entry A
• Entry A
• Entry A
• Entry A
• Entry B

If I do put a limit, then I get that number per page, with pagination.

If I add a limit to the {exp:channel_files:files} tag, then I only get one entry, but I'm unable to do ABC or XYZ on it. Basically, what I'd like to do is put a play button if there is only one audio file, or a link to the page if there are multiple audio files.

Perhaps this isn't doable but I thought I would ask the experts!!

Answer 1

Try this.

{exp:channel:entries channel="teleconferences"}
    {exp:channel_files:files entry_id="{entry_id}"}
        {if file:count==1}
           /// do ABC ///
        {if:else}
           /// do XYZ ///
        {/if}
    {/exp:channel_files:files}
{/exp:channel:entries}

Don't forget to remove the limit from {exp:channel_files:files}

Oh. And your closing tag should read {/exp:channel:entries}

Answer 2

OK, I had made it way more complicated than it needed to be, and I really wasn't coding it right. Here is what I ended up doing:

    {exp:channel:entries channel="teleconferences"}
    <tr>
      <td>
        {exp:channel_files:files entry_id="{entry_id}"}
            {if file:total == 1}
            --- Put a play button here ---
            {/if}
        {/exp:channel_files:files}
      </td>
      <td>The rest of my code</td>
   </tr>
   {/exp:channel:entries}

This works exactly as I had hoped!