How do I loop through and access all sections of returned entries?

Question

On my search results page I want to add a section filter depending on the different sections that are included in all of the returned entries.

I am getting all the sections like this:

{% set entries = craft.entries.section(['inspirationArticles', 'pages', 'pressArticles', 'products']).search(searchQuery).order('score') %}
{% set entrySections = entries.getAllSections() %}

And then loop through them:

{% for entrySection in entrySections %}
...
{% endfor %}

But when trying to access the sections’s names or handles via {{ entrySection.name }} or {{ entrySection.handle }}, I get a CException error:

Craft\EntryModel and its behaviors do not have a method or closure named "handle".

So it looks like it isn't actually accessing the SectionModel. Am I missing a step?

Answer 1

Entries to not have a getAllSections method. You can use the group filter to group your entries by their sections.

{% set entries = craft.entries.section(['inspirationArticles', 'pages', 'pressArticles', 'products']).search(searchQuery).order('score') %}
{% set grouped = entries|group('section') %}

{% for section, entriesInGroup in grouped %}
    <h2>Section: {{ section }}</h2>

    <ul>
        {% for entry in entriesInGroup %}
            <li>{{entry}}</li>
        {% endfor %}
    </ul>
{% endfor %}

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