$page->numParents() method

Return number of parents (depth relative to homepage) that this page has, optionally filtered by a selector

For example, homepage has 0 parents and root level pages have 1 parent (which is the homepage), and the number increases the deeper the page is in the pages structure.

Usage

// basic usage
$int = $page->numParents();

// usage with all arguments
$int = $page->numParents(string $selector = '');

Arguments

NameType(s)Description
selector (optional)string

Optional selector to filter by (default='')

Return value

int

Number of parents


$page methods and properties

API reference based on ProcessWire core version 3.0.236

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