PagesRequest::request method

Get closest matching page when getPage() returns an error/NullPage

This is useful for a 404 page to suggest if maybe the user intended a different page and give them a link to it. For instance, you might have the following code in the template file used by your 404 page:

Example

echo "<h1>404 Page Not Found</h1>";
$p = $pages->request()->getClosestPage();
if($p->id) {
  echo "<p>Are you looking for <a href='$p->url'>$p->title</a>?</p>";
}

Usage

$page = $pages->request->getClosestPage();

Return value

Page NullPage

Hooking $pages→request→getClosestPage()

You can add your own hook events that are executed either before or after the $pages->request->getClosestPage() method is executed. Examples of both are included below. A good place for hook code such as this is in your /site/ready.php file.

Hooking before

The 'before' hooks are called immediately before each $pages->request->getClosestPage() method call is executed. This type of hook is especially useful for modifying arguments before they are sent to the method.

$this->addHookBefore('PagesRequest::getClosestPage', function(HookEvent $event) {
  // Get the object the event occurred on, if needed
  $PagesRequest = $event->object;

  /* Your code here, perhaps modifying arguments */

  // Populate back arguments (if you have modified them)
});

Hooking after

The 'after' hooks are called immediately after each $pages->request->getClosestPage() method call is executed. This type of hook is especially useful for modifying the value that was returned by the method call.

$this->addHookAfter('PagesRequest::getClosestPage', function(HookEvent $event) {
  // Get the object the event occurred on, if needed
  $PagesRequest = $event->object;

  // An 'after' hook can retrieve and/or modify the return value
  $return = $event->return;

  /* Your code here, perhaps modifying the return value */

  // Populate back return value, if you have modified it
  $event->return = $return;
});

$pages->request methods and properties

API reference based on ProcessWire core version 3.0.253