Answers.Body: <p>The <code>relatedTo</code> parameter requires one of the following as an argument:
  - AssetFileModel
  - CategoryModel
  - EntryModel
  - UserModel
  - TagModel
  - An element’s ID
  - An array of element objects and/or IDs</p>
  
  <p>Passing in a string from the URL will not work. If you are not on a template that is the result of a category route, you need to fetch the category first.</p>
  
  <pre><code>{% set thisCategory = craft.categories.handle(lastSeg).first() %}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>You can then use <code>thisCategory</code> as your argument in the <code>relatedTo</code> parameter.</p>
  
  <pre><code>{% set meubels = craft.entries.section(‘meubels’).relatedTo(thisCategory) %}
  </code></pre>
  
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Answers.Text: Thanks a lot! I was not aware of the required first line.
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Answers.Text: Although it first did not work as expected (it returned all entries that had any category connected to it). I changed `{% set thisCategory = craft.categories.handle(lastSeg).first() %}` to `{% set thisCategory = craft.categories.title(lastSeg) %}` and now it works! :)
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Body: <p>It's a pretty basic question, but for some reason all of the possible solutions do not work for me. </p>
  
  <p>I tried this: <a href="https://craftcms.com/docs/relations#the-relatedTo-param" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://craftcms.com/docs/relations#the-relatedTo-param</a>
  And also this (which I really expected to solve my problem): <a href="https://craftcms.com/support/entries-related-to-category" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://craftcms.com/support/entries-related-to-category</a></p>
  
  <p>I'm pretty sure I may have overlooked something, but I can't see what.</p>
  
  <p>I made this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{% set lastSeg = craft.request.lastSegment %}
  {% set meubels = craft.entries.section('meubels').relatedTo(lastSeg) %}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And use this as a test:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{% for meub in meubels %}
  test&lt;br&gt;
  {{ meub.title }}&lt;br&gt;
  {% endfor %}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>According to every answer to related questions this should work, but unfortunately it returns nothing. But <code>lastSegment</code> does return the required string from the URL. (At least, I'm assuming this must be a string)</p>
  
  <p>I made a list of categories which all seem to route just fine, no problems there.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Are you trying to do this from a url that is a category route?
Comments.UserDisplayName: Aaron Berkowitz
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Comments.CreationDate: 2015-10-16T07:20:17.920Z
Comments.Text: Yes, I try to get the last segment from the url and the url is analysed through a category route with a wildcard.
Comments.UserDisplayName: GeirrBenayahu
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Comments.Text: If the URL is routed form your category, you have access to a variable `category` in your template. `category` is the category model for whatever category you were routed to, so you might be able to skip the first step in my answer!
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Comments.Text: Ah, indeed, you're right. This saves some lines of code. Thanks once more! :)
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Tags: <templating><entries><categories>
Title: How can I use categories to filter entries?
ThreadText: # How can I use categories to filter entries?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-10-15)
  
  It's a pretty basic question, but for some reason all of the possible solutions do not work for me.
  
  I tried this: <https://craftcms.com/docs/relations#the-relatedTo-param>
  And also this (which I really expected to solve my problem): <https://craftcms.com/support/entries-related-to-category>
  
  I'm pretty sure I may have overlooked something, but I can't see what.
  
  I made this:
  
  ```
  {% set lastSeg = craft.request.lastSegment %}
  {% set meubels = craft.entries.section('meubels').relatedTo(lastSeg) %}
  
  ```
  
  And use this as a test:
  
  ```
  {% for meub in meubels %}
  test<br>
  {{ meub.title }}<br>
  {% endfor %}
  
  ```
  
  According to every answer to related questions this should work, but unfortunately it returns nothing. But `lastSegment` does return the required string from the URL. (At least, I'm assuming this must be a string)
  
  I made a list of categories which all seem to route just fine, no problems there.
  
  **Tags:** templating, entries, categories
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Are you trying to do this from a url that is a category route?  
  > **username_0**: Yes, I try to get the last segment from the url and the url is analysed through a category route with a wildcard.  
  > **username_1**: If the URL is routed form your category, you have access to a variable `category` in your template. `category` is the category model for whatever category you were routed to, so you might be able to skip the first step in my answer!  
  > **username_0**: Ah, indeed, you're right. This saves some lines of code. Thanks once more! :)  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2015-10-15. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  The `relatedTo` parameter requires one of the following as an argument:
  - AssetFileModel
  - CategoryModel
  - EntryModel
  - UserModel
  - TagModel
  - An element’s ID
  - An array of element objects and/or IDs
  
  Passing in a string from the URL will not work. If you are not on a template that is the result of a category route, you need to fetch the category first.
  
  ```
  {% set thisCategory = craft.categories.handle(lastSeg).first() %}
  
  ```
  
  You can then use `thisCategory` as your argument in the `relatedTo` parameter.
  
  ```
  {% set meubels = craft.entries.section(‘meubels’).relatedTo(thisCategory) %}
  
  ```
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Thanks a lot! I was not aware of the required first line.  
  > **username_0**: Although it first did not work as expected (it returned all entries that had any category connected to it). I changed `{% set thisCategory = craft.categories.handle(lastSeg).first() %}` to `{% set thisCategory = craft.categories.title(lastSeg) %}` and now it works! :)  
  
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