Programatically add a page: when is it ready?
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Hi,
I am trying to create an importer script that will actually add some new pages and content inside, using a certain logic. I am running all these inside a PHP Code block for now, probably will need to move everything in a single page or so.
I have followed the "Full Example" from here http://www.concrete5.org/documentation/developers/5.7/working-with-... and it works perfect in terms of creating a new page. Here is my code:
The new page appears instantly in the sitemap with the given title and description.
Then, inside the same script I'm trying to get a list of all available areas in this new page (and their handles) as I intend to use them further on to add content in each:
Well, the surprise is that the last line of code returns an empty array UNTIL I visit the new page in (another) browser once! So, somehow, the page gets created but is not "populated" (?)
Is this normal behaviour? If so, is there a way to trigger "populating" the page with whatever empty areas it should have according to its template/type, as to be able to see/access them immediately in the code?
Thank you all,
Lian
I am trying to create an importer script that will actually add some new pages and content inside, using a certain logic. I am running all these inside a PHP Code block for now, probably will need to move everything in a single page or so.
I have followed the "Full Example" from here http://www.concrete5.org/documentation/developers/5.7/working-with-... and it works perfect in terms of creating a new page. Here is my code:
//prepare for page add $parentPage = \Page::getByPath('/mummies'); $pageType = \PageType::getByHandle('imported_page'); $template = \PageTemplate::getByHandle('right_sidebar'); //do page add $newPage = $parentPage->add($pageType, array( 'cName' => 'Programmatic Page', 'cDescription' => 'A programmatic page.' ), $template);
The new page appears instantly in the sitemap with the given title and description.
Then, inside the same script I'm trying to get a list of all available areas in this new page (and their handles) as I intend to use them further on to add content in each:
var_dump ( \Area::getListOnPage($newPage) );
Well, the surprise is that the last line of code returns an empty array UNTIL I visit the new page in (another) browser once! So, somehow, the page gets created but is not "populated" (?)
Is this normal behaviour? If so, is there a way to trigger "populating" the page with whatever empty areas it should have according to its template/type, as to be able to see/access them immediately in the code?
Thank you all,
Lian
