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Retrieve P&T Assets from across many entries, and/or across many custom fields.

Simply pass a pipe- or comma-delimited list of entry ids, add parse=“inward”, and be on your way.

 
• Version 1.3.2 (consider beta until I say otherwise)

Features

 
1. Fetch Assets assigned to multiple entries
 
2. Fetch Assets assigned across multiple custom fields
 
3. Matrix-compatible
 
4. Easily fetch Assets outside of exp:channel:entries

Requirements

 
• PHP5
 
• EE 2.1.3 or later
 
• P&Ts; Assets 1.1 or later

Installation

 
1. Be sure Assets is installed and configured to your liking
 
2. Copy the many_assets folder to ./system/expressionengine/third_party/

Required Parameters

entry_ids=”...”

A pipe- or comma-delimited list of entry IDs.

parse=“inward”

This is required for the plugin to parse in the correct order.

Optional Parameters

Accepts all of Asset’s (http://pixelandtonic.com/assets/docs/templates), plus:

fields=”...”

A pipe- or comma-delimited list of fields that the lookup should be _limited_ to.

Prefix with not to exclude fields.

The format of each field is: channel_name:field_name, and in the case of a Matrix column, channel_name:field_name:column_name.

Usage Examples

Basic

{exp:many_assets entry_ids="420|1976|2011" parse="inward"}
 ...
{/exp:many_assets}

Exclude custom field

{exp:many_assets entry_ids="420|1976|2011" fields="not page:cf_leading_image" parse="inward"}
  ...
 {/exp:many_assets}

Limit to field name & matrix col

{exp:many_assets entry_ids="420|1976|2011" fields="page:cf_page_slideshow|page:cf_page_matrix:file" parse="inward"}
  ...
 {/exp:many_assets}

Combined with Playa and CE Img

{exp:many_assets entry_ids="{exp:playa:parent_ids entry_id='420'}" parse="inward" prefix="asset" limit="5" orderby="random"}

  {exp:ce_img:pair src="{asset:server_path}" width="450" height="320" crop="yes" allow_scale_larger="yes"}
   <figure>
    <img src="{made}" width="{width}" height="{height}" alt="" />
    {if asset:caption}<figcaption>{asset:caption}</figcaption>{/if}
   </figure>
  {/exp:ce_img:pair}
  
 {/exp:many_assets}

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This entry was created December 20, 2011, 10:30 am.
This entry was last updated January 1, 2012, 10:46 pm.

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