Return the output for a field.

If you want the raw value for use in PHP for custom manipulation, you will want to use field() instead. This function will automatically convert arrays into a list of text such as “Rick, John, and Gary”

Function Definition

public function display ( $name, $single = null )

Source File: /pods/classes/Pods.php

Since: 2.0

Parameters

PARAMETER	TYPE	DETAILS
$name	(string|array)	The field name, or an associative array of parameters
$single	(boolean)	(optional) For tableless fields, to return an array or the first

Additional Parameter Options

OPTION	TYPE	DEFAULT	DETAILS
name	(string)	$name	The field name
orderby	(string)	null	(optional) For tableless fields, you can choose to return an array of items in a specific order
single	(bool)	$single	(optional) For tableless fields, to return the whole array or the just the first item
in_form	(bool)	false	(optional) For internal use. If set to true, always return a full array of data

Returns

(string|null|false) The output from the field, null if the field doesn’t exist, false if no value returned for tableless fields

Examples

Example 1

    $params = array( 
        'where'   => 't.name LIKE "%rings%"', 
        'limit'   => -1  // Return all rows 
    ); 

    // Create and find in one shot 
    $books = pods( 'books', $params ); 

    if ( 0 < $books->total() ) { 
        while ( $books->fetch() ) { 
?> 
        <h2><?php echo $books->display( 'name' ); ?></h2> 
        <p>Author: <?php echo $books->display( 'the_author' ); ?></p> 
        <br /> 
        <p>Category: <?php echo $books->display( 'category' ); ?></p> 
        <br /> 
<?php 
        } // end of books loop 
    } // end of found books

The above example will output:

<h2>The Lord of the Rings</h2>
<p>Author: J. R. R. Tolkien</p>
<br />
<p>Category: Fiction</p>
<br />