/**
* Smarty {blog_articles} block plugin
*
* Type: block<br>
* Name: blog_articles<br>
* Purpose: Loads in a blog articles from the database<br>
* Useage:
* {blog_articles varname='myblog' category='test'}
* {$myblog.title}<br/>
* {$myblog.article}<br/>
* {/blog_articles}
* @author Nathan Gardner <*****@*****.**>
*/
function smarty_block_blog_articles(&$params, $content, &$smarty, &$repeat)
{
if ($repeat) {
$objBlog = new BlogModel();
if (!empty($params['identifier'])) {
// pull just one article
$filters = array();
$filters['id'] = $objBlog->getArticleId($params['identifier']);
} else {
$filters = array();
$filters['status'] = 'published';
// limit to category
if (!empty($params['category'])) {
$filters['category_id'] = $objBlog->getCategoryId($params['category']);
}
// limit amount returned
if (!empty($params['limit'])) {
$filters['limit'] = intval($params['limit']);
}
// preview flag
if (!empty($params['preview'])) {
$filters['preview'] = true;
}
}
$params['articles'] = $objBlog->getArticles($filters);
$repeat = $params['articles'];
}
if (is_array($params['articles'])) {
if ($article = array_shift($params['articles'])) {
$smarty->assign($params['varname'], $article);
}
}
if (empty($article)) {
$repeat = false;
} else {
$repeat = true;
}
return $content;
}
