Accessing a field in action code with php

I wrote code in view action to get some data.

I can easily get a field with the brackets notation:

{Start.email}

What I would like to do is to check if there is data in the field and if not I don't want to show the field.

How can I get Start.email in php to use it in if statement?

<?php
if(!empty($start_email))
?>

Thanks!

Great thanks. It works and I can take it from here.

I am trying to do the same thing. However, the solution above does not answer the question for me. Perhaps for the OP, but I cannot figure out how to do this. I have a field that may contain a URL. If there is no URL in the field, the listing should be blank. If there is a URL, I will display a hyperlink. I cannot figure out how to pull the field value into PHP.

I have tried:

$geturl = $row->data['venues']['venue_url'];

What am I missing?

Hi Rick,

That's in the "Action" code ? or in the listing ?

Regards,
Max

In the listing. I am lost on how to do this, so I'm sure I am WAY off!!

In the listing you will have to do it using the PHP functions box OR the HTML box:

HTML:

Model.field:array('' => '', '*' => '{Model.field}');

PHP functions:

Model.field:return (empty($cell) ? "" : $cell);

I would like to use the PHP functions box, but I am not able to get it to do what I need. If there is a URL in the field, I need the listing to use:

<a href="{venues.venue_url}" target="_blank"  class="uk-button uk-button-primary">WEB</a>

If there is nothing in the cell, it should be blank. Do I somehow insert that whole code in the PHP function you show above?

Yes, in your case the code should be:

Model.field:return (empty($cell) ? "" : '<a href="'.$row['venues']['venue_url'].'" target="_blank"  class="uk-button uk-button-primary">WEB</a>');

Bingo!! That did it!

Thanks so much for the help!!!

Rick