Get the six newest childen from a page

[Nico Knoll]

Hi,

how do I get the six newest children of a page in my template?

I thought the right code would be:

$news = $pages->get('parent=/news/, sort=date, limit=6');

But it always returns more than six pages...

Greets,

Nico

[Soma]

I'm not sure about your code, it wouldn't work for me...

Right approach would be

$news = $pages->get('/news/')->find('sort=-created, limit=6');

or

$news = $pages->get('/news/')->children('sort=-created, limit=6');

[ryan]

Consistent with jQuery syntax, $pages->get() returns one item, whereas $pages->find() returns multiple. So your original code would only ever return 1 page.

Soma is right on this, though just want to mention that you probably want the second one (using children), because like with jQuery, calling find() on a page will return not just children but anything in that branch of the tree. Whereas children() will just return direct children of that page.

Also, you can use your original syntax too if you prefer, but substitute $pages->get() with $pages->find(), so that you are aren't asking for just one item, i.e.

$news = $pages->find('parent=/news/, sort=date, limit=6');

[Nico Knoll]

Thanks, the first one worked for me