Get a TV dropdown from a list of resources?

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Is it possible to use getResources to feed a template variable dropdown list?

The front end website has a list of staff profiles for visitors to view.

In a separate back-end section of the website (like blog posts, etc.), I want to be able to pick from a dropdown of those staff members and then have the TV insert their name, photo, and a link to that staff member’s profile.

Is there a way to do this?

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You can create your TV with an input type of listbox and define the getResources (or really any) snippet call in the input option values with an @EVAL Binding:

@EVAL return $modx->runSnippet('pdoResources',array('parents'=>'9','depth'=>'2','where'=>'{"template":"9"}','tpl'=>'tplsName','sortby'=>'{"pagetitle":"ASC"}','limit'=>'0','outputSeparator'=>'||'));

// notice I use pdoResources in this example
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Another way to go would be to have the drop-down list contain the user’s username, then use that username in a custom snippet that fills a Tpl chunk (userInfoChunk) with the data.

[[!UserInfo? &user_name=`[[TvName]]`  ]]

/* UserInfoSnippet */
$tpl = 'UserInfoChunk';
$username = $modx->getOption('user_name', $scriptProperties, "");

$user =  $modx->getObject('modUser', array('username' => $username));

if (! $user) {
   return 'User Not Found';
} 

$userFields = $user->toArray();

$profile = $user->getOne('Profile');

$userFields = array_merge($userFields, $profile->toArray());

return $modx->getChunk($tpl, $userFields);

The Tpl chunk (UserInfoChunk) would look just like the one you would create for pdoResources, with HTML surrounding placeholders named for the user fields.

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Or use the superboxselect extra.