$pages->clone() not working as expected with recursive parameter?

[bernhard]

Today I used this:

$clone = wire()->pages->clone($p, recursive: false);

And I wondered why it was still cloning my page "$p" recursively with all its children...

Then I tried this:

$clone = wire()->pages->clone($p, null, false);

Which worked as expected. I looked into the code but was not able to find an explanation. AI was also not helpful in this case.

Any ideas?

[elabx]

I think $parent is the second parameter not the recursive flag (which is true by default)? 🤔

[bernhard]

Hey @elabx thx for joining! Yes, but using named arguments it should not matter, so using "recursive: false" should set the "$recursive" parameter (which is the third) and the second should default to null either way. But something is not working as it should in my opinion, so something is wrong either in my head or in the core ^^

PS: Here are the links to the methods in the core:

Pages::___clone = https://github.com/processwire/processwire/blob/44fcf13ea2d7f14a04eed54c29afcc79eb46ec45/wire/core/Pages.php#L1047

PagesEditor::_clone = https://github.com/processwire/processwire/blob/44fcf13ea2d7f14a04eed54c29afcc79eb46ec45/wire/core/PagesEditor.php#L1324

[elabx]

  On 3/26/2025 at 4:07 PM, bernhard said:

so using "recursive: false" should set the "$recursive" parameter (which is the third) and the second should default to null either way.

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I completely missed this syntax! I am living in the PHP of the past 😭