Description
Retrieves a column value from the AA Constants/Categories table for the constant identified by the given field's value. Used to look up metadata about a category option — for example, to get its name, value, or class.
Syntax: {const_column:field_id}
The column suffix determines which column is retrieved from the constants table. Valid suffixes:
- {const_name:field_id} — returns the constant's display name
- {const_value:field_id} — returns the constant's value
- {const_short_id:field_id} — returns the short ID
- {const_id:field_id} — returns the numeric ID
- {const_pri:field_id} — returns the priority/order
- {const_group:field_id} — returns the group
- {const_class:field_id} — returns the CSS class
- {const_description:field_id} — returns the description
- {const_level:field_id} — returns the level in hierarchy
Example: {const_name:category.......1} returns the name of the category constant stored in field category.......1.
The field_id is a dot-padded 16-character identifier of a category/select field in the current item. The value of that field is used to look up the matching constant record.
Useful when displaying the human-readable label of a select/category field instead of the raw constant ID.
Implementation: class AA_Stringexpand_Const in stringexpand.php.
Status: Active — not deprecated.