Matrix Playa MSM limit playa children to once per loop

Question

I am running

• EE 2.5.2
• Playa 4.3.3
• Matrix 2.4.3

I have a matrix field inside channel entries pair tag. The first column in that matrix is a playa field type. That playa field relates to a matrix on another site that is run by MSM.

This is all generating a table in my template.

what i have so far

I have successfully pulled the playa children using the following:

{matrix_field} <tr> {if plhotel} <!--playa column--> <td> {exp:playa:children site="mysite" field="hotels" limit="1"} {hotel-name} <!--desired playa value--> {/exp:playa:children} </td> {/if} <td>{other matrix value}</td> <td>{other matrix value}</td> </tr> {/matrix_field}

my issue

I need for the playa tag to pull one child per row. This is almost certainly an issue with how I've constructed the loop, I'm openly admitting this. I can't seem to prevent the playa loop from displaying all children in the first row. As you'll see I've even tried setting limit="1" in the tag which I almost knew would fail. This produced the same child in all rows of the table (still not correct).

Any advice is appreciated.

Answer 1

Not sure if this will create any parse issues, but here's a restructure for you:

{matrix_field}
{if plhotel} <!--playa column-->
{exp:playa:children site="mysite" field="hotels"}     
<tr>
    <td>
        {hotel-name} <!--desired playa value-->
    </td>
    <td>
        {other matrix value}
    </td>
    <td>
        {other matrix value}
    </td>
</tr>
{/exp:playa:children}
{/if}

{!-- and if you still need to output something even if not plhotel, just use an if:else and repeat your structure --}

{/matrix_field}

I don't have a particular playa/matrix set up in mind I can test the possible parse issues in, so give it a whirl.