Children of a page as a role even when not logged in

[nalply]

I am not sure whether this has been asked before. I tried googling, but got slightly different topics, so I post this as a new topic now. Sorry.

I have a «protected» page. The guest user is not allowed to view this page, only a few roles. Now the customer want this page to appear in the navigation even for guest users. When they click on the item they should be presented with the Processwire login then they should be able to view the protected page. This works if I give them the direct link, and if they are logged in, the protected page also appears in the navigation.

This is the code for the navigation. It's a two-level navigation. Sorry about the alternative syntax. I know it's controversial, but I like it for templating.

  <? foreach (top_pages() as $top): ?>
    <li id="nav_<?=$top->id?>" class="top">
      <a href="<?=$top->url?>"><?=$top->title?></a>
      <? if ($top->numChildren): ?>
        <ul>
          <? foreach ($top->children as $child): ?>
            <li class="sub"><a href="<?=$child->url?>"><?=$child->title?></a></li>
          <? endforeach ?>
        </ul>
      <? endif ?>
    </li>
  <? endforeach ?>

Now, how can I get the children of $top as a given role even when not logged in?

[adrian]

Try check_access=0 in your selector:

http://cheatsheet.processwire.com/selectors/built-in-page-selector-properties/check_access-0/

foreach ($top->children("check_access=0") as $child)

[nalply]

Try check_access=0 in your selector:

http://cheatsheet.processwire.com/selectors/built-in-page-selector-properties/check_access-0/

foreach ($top->children("check_access=0") as $child)

Thanks, that's what I have been looking for!

I just told my wife how fast you have been in helping me. That's awesome.

Edited May 5, 2016 by nalply

[szabesz]

Cheatsheet tip: sometimes its search feature can help too, when we can gess the right keyword, such as:

http://cheatsheet.processwire.com/search/?q=include

The answer is still one (or a a few) click(s) away though, but it is often worth a try.