Add a relationship inside a relationship

So the problem is you need to specify you’re looking for parents of the institution:

<!-- show trainers info -->

{institution:parents channel="members" field="trainers"}
    <div class="show">
        <strong>{institution:parents:title}</strong>
        <div class="what">{institution:parents:trainer_city}</div>
        <div class="when">{institution:parents:trainer_state}</div>
    </div>
{/institution:parents}

I am a still a little confused to what field I need to reference here: field=”trainers”

Where field should I reference here?

Channel “events” field: institution (relationship, multi, with channel “training_institutions” )

Channel “training_institutions” Field: trainers (relationship, multi to members)

Channel: “members” Field: title, member_first_name, member_last_name

Severity: Warning

Message: array_merge() expects at least 1 parameter, 0 given

Filename: relationship_parser/Tree_builder.php

Line Number: 133

The field should specify the field name of the relationship that you want parents for. For instance, if your setup looked like this:

• Channel: Events
  • Field: institution
• Channel: Institutions
  • Field: trainers
• Channel: Members

Then, this would be what gets you to that level:

{exp:channel:entries channel="events"}
    {institution}
        {institution:parents field="trainers"}
            {institution:parents:title}
        {/institution:parents}
    {/institution}
{/exp:channel:entries}

oddly getting this error using your code above on a blank empty template.

ee. ver 2.10.1

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: array_merge() expects at least 1 parameter, 0 given

Filename: relationship_parser/Tree_builder.php

Line Number: 133

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/user/admin/codeigniter/system/core/Exceptions.php:170)

Filename: core/Common.php

Line Number: 479

for what it is worth my members channel is a zoo visitor channel

I think it’s worth updating to the latest 2.x as there were several relationship bugs fixed in 2.11

Updated to EE2.11. this code is a little different than the original. (different template) I got the institutions to display properly on the events template.

Still cannot get my relationship to my members channel to display anything

Channel: channel=”training_institutions”

Field: directors (multi relationship field, related to the members channel)

Field: trainers(multi relationship field, related to the members channel)

Field: assistants (multi relationship field, related to the members channel)

Channel: channel=”members”

Field: member_first_name, member_last_name

{exp:channel:entries channel="training_institutions" sort="asc" orderby"title" limit="1" disable="member_data" show_future_entries="yes" show_expired="no" dynamic="on" url_title="{segment_3}"}
{title}
{categories} {category_name} {/categories}

<div class="trainer-biography">
<span>Directors:</span>
{directors}{directors:title}{directors:member_first_name} {directors:member_last_name}{/directors}
</div>
<div class="trainer-biography">
<span>Trainers:</span>
{trainers}{trainers:title}  {trainers:member_first_name} {trainers:member_last_name}{/trainers}
</div>

<div class="trainer-biography">
<span>Assistants:</span>
{assistants}{assistants:title}  {assistants:member_first_name} {assistants:member_last_name}{/assistants}
</div>
{/exp:channel:entries}

That’s a pretty basic relationship setup, so I’d expect that to work. What is the status of the members in the member channel? I’m assuming they’re not future or expired entries.

members channel entries are “open” and not future with no expiry

I’m sorry to keep asking obvious questions, but the entry that you’re pulling up has relationships, right? Everything you’re doing looks right to me. Do relationships to other channels work? Is it just the members channel that’s causing problems?

Thanks for you help.

the channel=”training_institutions” has relationship fields (directors etc) that are related to the members fields.

Other relationships work in other channels it just seems this members channel is not working.

Then I’m guessing something funny is going on with Zoo Visitor. Have you tried contacting them to see if this is a known issue?