[SOLVED] Count and summarize pages in multiple languages

[asbjorn]

Say I have a blog with 50 blog posts in Norwegian, and 10 of them are also translated into English. How do I use $pages->count() (or another method) to count them and show the total in a template file?

I have only gotten as far as getting the number 50 when viewing the Norwegian version, and the number 10 when viewing the English version of the page.

[asbjorn]

I found no other simpler solution, so I went for a loop through of languages, and summarized the count.

// Save current language
$savedLanguage = $user->language; 

// Loop through languages
// Find the other language
// Code is only for two languages as of now
foreach($languages as $language) {
  if  ($language->id == $savedLanguage->id) continue; 
  if(!$page->viewable($language)) continue;
  $user->language = $language;
  $languageCount = $pages->count("template=post");
}

// Revert to saved language
$user->language = $savedLanguage;

// Total count
// Add up current language count and the other
$postCount = $pages->count("template=post") + $languageCount;

// Output number
echo $postCount;

 

[Zeka]

Hi @snobjorn Probably you can use status in your count selector like

$pages->find('template=post, status1023=1')->count()

Where  the 1023 is ID of your non-default langauge.  

[asbjorn]

Hi @Zeka. I tried this, and it worked when I was viewing the counted number on a page with my default language.

But when I switched to viewing it with my non-default language, I was not able to do the opposite. I could not get the "status1023" where the ID was of my default language to work. Any suggestions here?

[Zeka]

Hi @snobjorn

$currentLanguage = $this->wire()->user->language;
$languages = $this->wire()->languages;
$selector = new Selectors("template=some-template");

if($currentLanguage->id === $languages->getDefault()->id) {
	$selector->add(new Selectors("status=1"));
} elseif ($languages->findNonDefault()->has($currentLanguage)) {
	$selector->add(new Selectors("status{$currentLanguage->id}=1"));
}
bd($this->wire()->pages->find($selector)->count());