Problem with $pages->find

[JoshoB]

I am rebuilding a website. Templates include a field "url_old" with a href to the page's URL on the old website. By surfing to the /redirect, the system should generate a list that can be copied and pasted into a .htaccess file. In order to find all of the pages that need to be redirected, I use the following in the template "redirect" (used by a single page located at home/redirect/):

$results = $pages->find("url_old!=''");

To the best of my knowledge, $results should contain ALL pages with a field "url_old" that isn't empty. However, when the data is generated, it includes only the home page and all of the home page's children that have children of their own.

Let me illustrate with an example:

Home
  |- Page 1
  |- Page 2
  |     |- Page A
  |     |- Page B
  |- Page 3
  |- Page 4

Let's assume that all of these pages have the "url_old" field filled in. You would expect the system to generate a list of ALL of these pages. Instead, it only lists "Home", "Page 2", "Page A", and "Page B". Somehow, it skips "Page 1" and the others. (When I do a count() of $results, it also lists just the pages that are shown, so 4 in this example, instead of 7.)

I get the idea that I'm missing something obvious, but I can't see what. Anyone care to help?

[JoshoB]

Suddenly had a bright idea. The missing pages were set to "hidden". I needed to use:

$results = $pages->find("url_old!='',include=hidden");

I'm leaving this page as a monument to my own stupidity.

[diogo]

We all have days like this

[adrian]

By surfing to the /redirect, the system should generate a list that can be copied and pasted into a .htaccess file. In order to find all of the pages that need to be redirected

You could also have these links added as entries to the Redirects module (http://modules.processwire.com/modules/process-redirects/).

[NooseLadder]

You could also have these links added as entries to the Redirects module (http://modules.processwire.com/modules/process-redirects/).

I highly recommend this module. I have used it quite a bit and it makes redirecting a breeze