variables are echoing out

Hi @alienfactory,
Thanks for bringing this up.

Could you try using block_value() instead?

Like:

$image1 = block_value( ‘image-1’ );
...

Because block_field() echoes the value.

yes i tried thqt and it returns 56 not that actual value which is a image url

@alienfactory,
OK, could you please copy the entire template here?

If this needs to do something like:

$image1 = block_value( ‘image-1’ );
if ( $image1 ) {
        echo $image1;
}

…then maybe it could change the echo statement to use block_field():

$image1 = block_value( ‘image-1’ );
if ( $image1 ) {
        block_field( 'image-1' );
}

here is my full code i dont seem to have any issue with the videourl which is just a text input type. the image1 is a image field type which is giving me the problems

if i echo the variables i get this. the video urls look goos but image varialbes return number
564340http: //www.youtube.com/embed/cbdAOYfsY2ohttps://www.alienfactory.comhttps://goolge.com

<?php 
    $image1 = block_value( 'image-1' );
    $image2 = block_value( 'image-2' );
    $image3 = block_value( 'image-3' );
    $videourl1 = block_value( 'videourl1' );
    $videourl2 = block_value( 'videourl2' );
    $videourl3 = block_value( 'videourl3' );

if( $image1 && $image2 == true ){ 
?>

<!-- <p><?php  echo $image1.$image2.$image3.$videourl1   ?></p>  -->
<div id="carousel-example-generic" class="carousel slide" data-ride="carousel" data-interval="7000">
    <!-- Indicators -->
    <ol class="carousel-indicators">
        <li data-target="#carousel-example-generic" data-slide-to="0" class="active"></li>
        <li data-target="#carousel-example-generic" data-slide-to="1"></li>
        <li data-target="#carousel-example-generic" data-slide-to="2"></li>
    </ol>
    <!-- Wrapper for slides -->

    <div class="carousel-inner">
        <div class="item active">
            <img src="<?php echo $image1; ?>" alt="...">
            <div class="carousel-caption">
                <?php 
                if($videourl1){
                echo '<a href="'.$videourl1.'" class="linkbuttonplay" id="video">WATCH VIDEO</a>';
                }
                ?>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="item">
            <img src="<?php echo $image2; ?>" alt="...">
            <div class="carousel-caption">
            <?php 
                if($videourl2){
                echo '<a href="'.$videourl2.'" class="linkbuttonplay" id="video">WATCH VIDEO</a>';
                }
                ?>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="item">
            <img src="<?php echo $image3; ?>" alt="...">
            <div class="carousel-caption">
            <?php 
                if($videourl3){
                echo '<a href="'.$videourl2.'" class="linkbuttonplay" id="video">WATCH VIDEO</a>';
                }
                ?>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
  
</div>
<?php } else { ?>
    <div>showme a single image</div>

 <? } ?>

• This reply was modified 5 years ago by alienfactory.

Thanks for the template!

How about:

diff --git a/block-mock-image.php b/block-mock-image.php
index 0a695f3..d2152fb 100644
--- a/block-mock-image.php
+++ b/block-mock-image.php
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
-       $image1 = block_value( 'image-1' );
+       $image_1_attachment = wp_get_attachment_image_src( block_value( 'image-1' ), 'full' );
+       $image1 = ! empty( $image_1_attachment[0] ) ? $image_1_attachment[0] : '';

That’s essentially doing what block_field( 'image-1' ) does:
https://github.com/getblocklab/block-lab/blob/693c950aac4c7946be6efb1dae5d41af26f5d959/php/blocks/controls/class-image.php#L72-L73

Awesome that worked Thanks!

I am a bit confused how is it possible that a variable is echoing out with out any print or echo statement

Nice, glad that worked.

Yeah, block_field() both echoes and returns a value, it’s confusing.

I opened a PR for it:
https://github.com/getblocklab/block-lab/pull/517