Need help with pdf output

[ontarget]

Hi I have a fabrik list with a custom pdf template which echoes all the row data.
/components/com_fabrik/views/list/tmpl/listpdf/default.php
I am trying to grab the value of one element (The course title) {aed_reg_list2___course_title_raw} and echo it as a heading for the pdf. I don't need to repeat it in the table rows as shown in the attachment
Here is the pdf output so far see attachment. using the following code

<?php if ($this->params->get('show-title', 1)) {?>
    <?php echo "<img style='width:50%;' src='/images/assets/logo.png' />";?>
    <h1>
        <?php //echo $this->table->label;?>
        Attendance Roll - Blackrock Education Centre
       
    </h1>
    <hr />
    <p>Tutor Name:</p>
   
<?php }?>

<?php //echo $this->table->intro;?>
    <form class="fabrikForm" action="<?php echo $this->table->action;?>" method="post" id="<?php echo $this->formid;?>" name="fabrikList">

    <div class="fabrikDataContainer">
        <?php foreach ($this->pluginBeforeList as $c) {
            echo $c;
        }?>
        <div class="boxflex">
            <div class="fabrikList" id="list_<?php echo $this->table->renderid;?>" >
                <?php
                    $gCounter = 0;
                    foreach ($this->rows as $groupedby => $group) {
                        if ($this->isGrouped) {
                ?>
                <div class="fabrik_groupheading">
                    <a href="#" class="toggle">
                        <?php echo FabrikHelperHTML::image('orderasc.png', 'list', $this->tmpl, JText::_('COM_FABRIK_TOGGLE'));?>
                        <?php echo $this->grouptemplates[$groupedby]; ?> ( <?php echo count($group)?> )
                    </a>
                </div>
            <?php }?>
            <div class="fabrik_groupdata">
                <div class="groupdataMsg">
                    <div class="emptyDataMessage" style="<?php echo $this->emptyStyle?>">
                        <?php echo $this->emptyDataMessage; ?>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
            <?php
 

                       
        //User Details
             echo "<table style='width:100%;' border='1'>";
                    echo "<thead style='background:#ccc; padding:10px;'>";
                    echo "<tr>";
                    echo "<th>Course</th>";
                    echo "<th>Date</th>";
                        echo "<th>Name</th>";
                        echo "<th>Teaching Council Num</th>";
                        echo "<th>School Roll </th>";
                        echo "<th>School Name </th>";
                        echo "<th>Signature</th>";
                        echo "</tr>";
                        echo "</thead>";
                foreach ($group as $this->_row) {
                    //echo $this->loadTemplate('row');
                  
                      echo "<tr>";
                      echo "<td>".$this->_row->data->aed_reg_list2___course_title_raw. "</td>";
                      echo "<td>".$this->_row->data->aed_reg_list2___course_date. "</td>";
                      echo "<td>".$this->_row->data->aed_reg_list2___first_name_raw .$this->_row->data->aed_reg_list2___last_name_raw . "</td>";
                        echo "<td>". $this->_row->data->aed_reg_list2___school_tn_raw . "</td>";
                        echo "<td>". $this->_row->data->aed_reg_list2___school_roll_raw . "</td>";
                        echo "<td>". $this->_row->data->aed_reg_list2___school_name_raw . "</td>";
                        echo "<td width='20%'>"."</td>";
                       
                        echo "</tr>";
                       
                }
                echo "</table>";
                    
                   
           
            ?>
            <?php if ($this->hasCalculations) { ?>
                <ul class="fabrik_calculations">
                    <?php
                        foreach ($this->calculations as $cal) {
                            echo "<li class=\"fabrik_row___".$el."\">";
                            echo array_key_exists($groupedby, $cal->grouped ) ? $cal->grouped[$groupedby] : $cal->calc;
                            echo "</li>";
                        }
                    ?>
                </ul>
              <?php }
                  $gCounter++;
              }?>
          </div>
          <?php
              echo $this->nav;
              print_r($this->hiddenFields);
          ?>
      </div>
    </div>
</form>

I have another custom details pdf which works very well with the following code to output elements

<?php
$group_name = $this->groups['ED Reg List 2'];
$elements = $group_name->elements;
$coursename = $elements ['aed_reg_list2___course_title_raw']->element;
echo "<h3 style='margin-left:0; margin-top:36%;'> ". $coursename . "</h3>";
?>

but the same code doesnt work in the list template (default.php) file
Can anyone help point me in the right direction!!

 

[troester]

So each row has the same course name?
Just fetch it from one row (e.g. the first one in the first group)
$coursename = $this->rows[0][0]->data->aed_reg_list2___course_title_raw;

 

[ontarget]

Thanks a million Troester that works -
I was very close I was trying:
$coursename = $this->_row->data->aed_reg_list2___course_title_raw;

I'm self taught in php - is the [0][0] bit to do with the position of the data in the array?

All the best

 

[troester]

In a list you have multiple rows in (maybe multiple, if "grouped by") groups.

So $this_rows is a 2-dim array of groups and records in the groups.
You can see the two loops
foreach ($this->rows as $groupedBy => $group):
...
foreach ($group as $this->_row) :



$this->rows[0][0]->data is holding the data of the first record in the first (and maybe only) group.
For debugging you can always add
var_dump($some-variable);exit; //will show you a blank page with the dump infos
or (with jdump extension installed)
dump($some-variable,'some hint text'); //will open a popup