$pages->import() creates pagination

[Paul Greinke]

I have a strange behavior when I try to merge two PageArrays. The example below creates unwantedly a PaginatedArray. Could someone explain why? I need the result not to be a PaginatedArray but a normal PageArray.

<?php
    $pageArray = wire('pages')->find('template=release,name%=a');
    $pageArray->import(wire('pages')->find('template=release,name%=b'));

    // $pageArray is now a PaginatedArray
?>

I know I could do something like wire('pages')->find('template=release,name%=a|b') but my real case the two selectors are more complex. Why does ProcessWire create a PaginatedArray and is there a way to prevent that or at least to deconstruct the PaginatedArray back into a PageArray with all entries?

[Gideon So]

Hi @Paul Greinke

How about this?

<?php
    $pageArray_a = wire('pages')->find('template=release,name%=a');
	$pageArray_b = wire('pages')->find('template=release,name%=b');
    $pageArray_a = $pageArray_a->append($pageArray_b);

    
?>

Gideon

[Paul Greinke]

Thanks for the quick response @Gideon So. Unfortunately this does not solve the problem. I still get an PaginatedArray as the result.

[Gideon So]

Hi @Paul Greinke

All page array in ProcessWire is PaginatedArray. Is the following suit your need?

$array = $wireArray->getArray();

Get a PHP array of all the items in this WireArray with original keys maintained

https://processwire.com/api/ref/wire-array/get-array/

Gideon

[Paul Greinke]

37 minutes ago, Gideon So said:

$array = $wireArray->getArray();

Unfortunately getArray() only returns the items of the current page in the PaginatedArray.

I found out, that my code does actually work in ProcessWire 3.0.200. Only in 3.0.179 I get the behavior I described. So I'll just upgrade I guess.

I read in the docs that append() is just an alias to add(). Also they accept PageArrays as the argument. Do you know if import() does anything different?