Update page modification time to now (or the given modification time)
This behaves essentially the same as the unix touch command, but for ProcessWire pages.
Available since version 3.0.0.
Example
// Touch the current $page to current date/time
$pages->touch($page);
// Touch the current $page and set modification date to 2016/10/24
$pages->touch($page, "2016-10-24 00:00");
// Touch all "skyscraper" pages in "Atlanta" to current date/time
$skyscrapers = $pages->find("template=skyscraper, parent=/cities/atlanta/");
$pages->touch($skyscrapers); Usage
// basic usage
$bool = $pages->touch($pages);
// usage with all arguments
$bool = $pages->touch($pages, $options = null, string $type = 'modified');Arguments
| Name | Type(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|
pages | Page, PageArray, array | May be Page, PageArray or array of page IDs (integers) |
options (optional) | null, int, string, array | Omit (null) to update to now, or unix timestamp or strtotime() recognized time string, or if you do not need this argument, you may optionally substitute the $type argument here, or in 3.0.183+ you can also specify array of options here instead:
|
type (optional) | string | Date type to update, one of 'modified', 'created' or 'published' (default='modified') Added 3.0.147 Skip this argument if using options array for previous argument or if using the default type 'modified'. |
Return value
boolTrue on success, false on fail
Exceptions
Method can throw exceptions on error:
WireExceptionor\PDOException- if given invalid format for $modified argument or failed database query
Hooking $pages->touch(…)
You can add your own hook events that are executed either before or after the $pages 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 method call is executed. This type of hook is especially useful for modifying arguments before they are sent to the method.
$this->addHookBefore('Pages::touch', function(HookEvent $event) {
// Get the object the event occurred on, if needed
$pages = $event->object;
// Get values of arguments sent to hook (and optionally modify them)
$pages = $event->arguments(0);
$options = $event->arguments(1);
$type = $event->arguments(2);
/* Your code here, perhaps modifying arguments */
// Populate back arguments (if you have modified them)
$event->arguments(0, $pages);
$event->arguments(1, $options);
$event->arguments(2, $type);
});Hooking after
The 'after' hooks are called immediately after each $pages method call is executed. This type of hook is especially useful for modifying the value that was returned by the method call.
$this->addHookAfter('Pages::touch', function(HookEvent $event) {
// Get the object the event occurred on, if needed
$pages = $event->object;
// An 'after' hook can retrieve and/or modify the return value
$return = $event->return;
// Get values of arguments sent to hook (if needed)
$pages = $event->arguments(0);
$options = $event->arguments(1);
$type = $event->arguments(2);
/* Your code here, perhaps modifying the return value */
// Populate back return value, if you have modified it
$event->return = $return;
});API reference based on ProcessWire core version 3.0.236