Pages->get() works on every page except the page with the field

[bbb]

$footer_items = $pages->get("/")->nav_footer;
foreach($footer_items as $footer_item){
	echo "<li><a class='menu-item' href='$footer_item->url'>$footer_item->title</a></li> ";
}

I have this code in my footer which is an included php file. On my homepage template I have a page field with multiple pages selected which I use to create a row of links. This works on every single page/template except on the homepage itself where I get a Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach().

I've also tried using

$footer_items = $page->nav_footer;

 That also gives me an error. What am I missing?

[kongondo]

Works fine here. What does debug and/or Tracy tell you is the value of $footer_items when viewing the home page? Maybe there's some template level restriction?

[bbb]

8 minutes ago, kongondo said:

Works fine here. What does debug and/or Tracy tell you is the value of $footer_items when viewing the home page? Maybe there's some template level restriction?

NULL

[bbb]

Tried renaming the field.

Tried creating a whole new field.

[abdus]

Some debugging ideas:

// check which fields are added to the page
dump($page->fields->explode('name'));
dump($pages(1)->fields->explode('name'));

// get the first page reference field of the page
$pageFieldName = $page->fields->findOne('type=FieldtypePage')->name;
dump($page->$pageFieldName);

 

[kongondo]

1 hour ago, Barry said:

NULL

Strange one. I am wondering if some code is overriding $page when viewing the home page. Do other fields on 'Home' work fine?

[bbb]

48 minutes ago, kongondo said:

Strange one. I am wondering if some code is overriding $page when viewing the home page. Do other fields on 'Home' work fine?

I've tested this and $page->name and title and url all work fine. My homepage template doesn't have any other custom fields besides the already mentioned footer_nav

[kongondo]

Only thing left to look at is your relevant template files code, the code in the include file as well as the settings of your page field (just in case). Any restrictions on who can view home page?

[bbb]

embarrassed to admit that after some thorough digging, I found 

if($page->template = 'pageGeo'){

instead of with == which was messing up everything.

 

[adrian]

6 minutes ago, Barry said:

embarrassed to admit that after some thorough digging, I found 

if($page->template = 'pageGeo'){

instead of with == which was messing up everything.

 

You're in good company - we've all done that one

[kongondo]

8 minutes ago, Barry said:

if($page->template = 'pageGeo')

One trick is to do this instead...

if('pageGeo' == $page->template)

If you mistyped that as:

if('pageGeo' = $page->template)// syntax error
// OR even
if(1 = $page->id)// syntax error

PHP will throw a Parse Error: syntax error, unexpected '=' , immediately alerting you of your mistake .

[szabesz]

8 hours ago, kongondo said:

If you mistyped that as:

if('pageGeo' = $page->template)// syntax error
// OR even
if(1 = $page->id)// syntax error

I have never thought of it but it is so obvious. We are simply trained to do it the other way round. 

Anyway, my NetBeans marks such an issue on the fly which is hard to miss, and that is why I do not make this mistake these days, otherwise...