Would it be possible to access a block name from within a callback/template?

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September 22, 2019 at 1:58 AM #16222

Przemek
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We have an access to $attributes, $is_preview, and $post_id within the callback.

Couldn't we have an access to the block name as well? It would be helpful when we want to handle multiple block types with a single callback function.

Perhaps:
$attributes['name'] or $attributes['blockname']

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September 23, 2019 at 4:44 PM #16240

Anh Tran
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Hi Przemek,

That's a rare case. I didn't think about using a same callback function for different blocks.

Anyway, new version has just been pushed and you can access to the block name via $attributes['name'].

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June 24, 2020 at 10:48 PM #20473
badabingbreda
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Anh,

this isn't working. No matter what I do, can't get the $attributes['name'] because it's not in the attributes.

Using latest Meta Box AIO plugin.

had to make changes to vendor\meta-box\mb-blocks\src\MetaBox.php
```
 public function render( $attributes = [] ) {
        $this->set_block_data( $attributes );
        $attributes[ 'name' ] = $this->id;
        ob_start();
        $post_id = get_the_ID();
        $this->render_block( $attributes, false, $post_id );
        return ob_get_clean();
    }
```
to manually include name, then it worked.

Can you update the code so this works?

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June 24, 2020 at 10:56 PM #20474
badabingbreda
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Since I'm unable to edit the previous comment I'll just have to make an edit here:

The change wasn't enough, it was good for rendering frontend, but not in the backend. Reverted that change and simply adding it to the following part (same file) fixes it both front and backend:
```
 private function render_block( $attributes = [], $is_preview = false, $post_id = null ) {

        $attributes[ 'name' ] = $this->id;

        $this->enqueue_block_assests();

        if ( $this->render_callback ) {
            call_user_func( $this->render_callback, $attributes, $is_preview, $post_id );
            return;
        }

        if ( file_exists( $this->render_template ) ) {
            include $this->render_template;
        } else {
            locate_template( $this->render_template, true );
        }
    }
```
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June 25, 2020 at 8:59 AM #20484

Long Nguyen
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Hi,

I'm going to check it out and let you know later. Thank you.

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July 6, 2020 at 2:34 PM #20653

Long Nguyen
Moderator

Hi Didou,

Please update the new version of MB Blocks v1.2.1 or MB AIO v1.11.14 to access the block name via $attributes['name'].

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