Adding several items to a PageArray

[Robin S]

I want to create a PageArray containing a number of pages that I will select by name (to use with the MarkupSimpleNavigation module).

I'm using the code below and it works fine...

$items = new PageArray();
$items->add( $pages->get("/page-1/") );
$items->add( $pages->get("/page-2/") );
$items->add( $pages->get("/page-3/") );
$items->add( $pages->get("/page-4/") );
$items->add( $pages->get("/page-5/") );

...but it seems a bit long-winded. Is there a way to add multiple pages to my PageArray in a single line? I'm not looking to create a PageArray via selector; I want to manually add pages by name.

[horst]

$a->import($items);

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or one of the other methods that are available with pagearrays / wirearrays.

Edited August 8, 2015 by horst

[sforsman]

I know you said you didn't want to use a selector, but I'm just wondering why on earth? You are effectively doing the same as

$items = $pages->find('name=page-1|page-2|page-3|page-4|page-5, parent=/');

But your code will just execute slower.

[Robin S]

@sforsman

Thanks - your suggestion is just what I need. I thought I wouldn't be able to use a selector because the pages I want to select don't share any common attribute (parent, template, etc). It didn't occur to me that I could just find a list of names.

@horst

Thanks for the reply - sforsman's suggestion is probably the solution I need but I'm interested to understand how the import method could be used. The import method accepts a PHP array or a WireArray - I take it you're suggesting a normal PHP array rather than a WireArray seeing as my question is how to get items into a PageArray (WireArray) in the first place.

I tried the import method and it worked with an array of page IDs...

$ids = array(1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045);
$items = new PageArray();
$items->import($ids);

...but it didn't work with an array of page names...

$names = array("/page-1/", "/page-2/", "/page-3/", "/page-4/", "/page-5/");
$items = new PageArray();
$items->import($names);

Is there a way to use import with page names?

[LostKobrakai]

The import methods does not search for pages. It does import either WireArrays of WireData objects (like Pages) or a simple php array of WireData objects. So it's not so important how those objects are group but the objects must be of the right type when importing.