Get the bunch of pages and children in one move

[Manaus]

Hello,

I need to grab the bunch of pages and their children, I wonder if I can do it in one shot, or do for each page "do you have children? if so, get them". My fear is in making too many db hits, and slow down the page load

Thanks!

[Manaus]

Ok got it, foreach page { if it has children print children } and so on...

[diogo]

$getTheseAndItsChildren = "1236|1244|1264|1768|1456";

$myPages = $pages->find("id={$getTheseAndItsChildren}, parent={$getTheseAndItsChildren}");

edit: I have to wake up before posting

$myPages = $pages->find("id=1236|1244|1264|1768|1456");

echo $myPages->import($pages->find("parent={$myPages}"));

[apeisa]

Diogo, wouldn't work with that logic. Either two queries or OR selectors (as simple as parenthesis there). On mobile now.

[diogo]

@appeisa, you're right of course. Already corrected it.

[diogo]

This is working for me in the latest dev!

$pages->find("id|parent=1236|1244|1264|1768|1456")

The pipe is working also on the left side of the operator. When did Ryan add this? I completely missed it!  :)

[DaveP]

@diogo Has that not (almost) always been possible? From http://processwire.com/api/selectors/ -

title|body~=sushi tobiko

- seems to have been there a long time if memory serves.

[diogo]

Well, damn it! I will refrain from posting for the rest of the day. Maybe tomorrow I will be awaken...

Anyway Manaus, there is your answer. Parent and children in one go.

[apeisa]

Of course, clever one Diogo! Rarely needed with page IDs, that's probably reason it looked like a new solution