k2额外字段翻译问题

Question

i have an issue that is going to destroy my mind ... i am not a PHP developer so i can not find any way to solve it...

I am using K2 (v 2.6.2 updated from 2.5.7) for CCK (with alotof custom templates) and Joomfish (2.1.7) deployed on a Joomla 1.5.26 installation.

I was using the following code (in my templates) in order to fetch my individual k2 extra fields by name (K2 2.5.7):

$extraFld = array();
if ( $this->item->extra_fields ) {
  foreach ( $this->item->extra_fields as $key=>$extraField ) {
    $extraFld[ $extraField->name ] = $extraField->value;
   }
}

and then i was fetching it like this:

echo "<li class=\"dinning-cuisine\"><span>" . JText::_('Cuisine') . "</span><br />" . $extraFld['Cuisine'] . "</li>
";

But since version 2.6.2 there is the option to directly fetch an extra field name & val:

$this->item-extraFields->ALIASNAME->name $this->item-extraFields->ALIASNAME->value

as described in K2 2.6.2 What is new documentation.

The problem is the following:

I have a bi-lingual site in Greek (default) and English locales.

I create an extra field in Default locale "Πεδίο 1" with alias name 'field1'

If i try to translate it the only option i have is to translate its name to lets say 'Extra Field 1' (different than its alias) ...

Then in my custom template if i try to fetch it like:

$this->item->extraFields->field1->value 

only the Greek locale works. In English locale i receive a NULL value!

Any relevant experiences and solutions ?

Answer 1

After quite alot of tests i think that in a multilingual web site, retrieving individual extra field values using their alias name does not work. At least not for Joomla 1.5 ...

The code supposed to be working is:

$this->item-extraFields->ALIASNAME->value

I have a web site with default language 'Greek' and secondary language 'English'.

I have an extra field named in Greek 'Πεδίο 1' with Alias 'field1'.

I have translated this extra field (using Joomfish) in English to 'Field 1'...

If i try to fetch its value using:

$this->item-extraFields->field1->value

the code is working only for default language 'Greek' BUT NOT for English.