getTVValue add a backslash in a path

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1

Hello,

OS : MacOs Sonoma 14.3.1
Modx : 3.0.
TV name : photo
TV input type : image
TV output Type : default
MAMP Pro : 6.9

I’m using getTVValue to get the path of a photo. Example :
The path for a photo is: "assets/images/photos/banana-cake.jpg
$modResource->getTVValue(‘photo’)
Here is what I get:
assets/images/photos/banana-cake.jpg

How do you get rid of backslashes?

Thanks for your help.

2

So where are these backslashes that get added?
What am I missing?

3

Can you give us an example of how you’d like it to look?

4

Sorry, I should have used the preformatted text, here is what I get:

assets\/images\/vignettes\/banana-cake.jpg
5

Is the value already stored like this (with the backslashes) in the database?
(Database table modx_site_tmplvar_contentvalues column value)

6

No, the value is stored with no backslashes like this :

assets/images/photos/banana-cake.jpg

Thanks

7

Could there be a php.ini file loaded by MAMP Pro, or something in your .htaccess that is causing forward slashes to be escaped?

Something like addslashes. (Although I understand this particular feature does not escape forward slashes).

It may be helpful to provide your php version number to the spec in your post.

9

So when you read the value directly from the database with code like this, the value is correct?

<?php
use MODX\Revolution\modTemplateVarResource;

$tvID = 17; // <-- change this to the ID of the TV 'photo'
$tplVarResource = $modx->getObject(modTemplateVarResource::class, ['tmplvarid' => $tvID, 'contentid' => $modx->resource->get('id')]);
$tvValue = '';
if ($tplVarResource) {
    $tvValue = $tplVarResource->get('value');
}
return $tvValue;

The function getTVValue() does some additional stuff (like prepending the path if a media source is used and rendering the output if a TV Output Type is used), but I don’t see where or how those backslashes could be added.

10

I carried out tests with the following versions of PHP available on MAMP PRO:

7.3.33
7.4.33
8.1.13
8.2.0

and I got the same result.

THANKS

11

Do you have any custom Plugins (under Elements) that could be causing this behaviour?

12

Bonjour,

First of all thanks, when I use only your code I get the path without backslah. This allowed me to identify where my problem really came from.

The path that I obtained with getTVVAlue was added as an element to an array, to then transform this array into JSON format with the following function:

json_encode($myArr, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);

when I should have used

json_encode($myArr, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES);

Thank you all for your generous help and have a nice day.

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