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How to make page list ignore the latest article

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Hi,

I'm looking for a way to make the first item of my page list to appear differently.
This is easy using the built-in $isFirst variable.
However, it targets the first element of each page whereas I would like to target the first element globally.

Alternatively (actually I would prefer this method), I would like my page_list to display every page except the newest. Again, I would like to apply this condition globally and not on a per-page basis.

I am attaching my code below, minus the pagination part, which is the default one.

<?php  
   defined('C5_EXECUTE') or die("Access Denied.");
   $textHelper = Loader::helper("text");
   $imgHelper = Loader::Helper('image');
   // now that we're in the specialized content file for this block type, 
   // we'll include this block type's class, and pass the block to it, and get
   // the content
   $isFirst = true;
   if (count($cArray) > 0) { ?>
   <?php  
   for ($i = 0; $i < count($cArray); $i++ ) {
      $cobj = $cArray[$i]; 
      $target = $cobj->getAttribute('nav_target');
      $title = $cobj->getCollectionName();
      $date = $cobj->getCollectionDatePublic('M j, Y');
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VPenkov
 
VPenkov replied on at Permalink Reply
VPenkov
In /concrete/core/helpers/pagination.php there is a function getPreviousURL().
If I find a way to use it, I can check if it returns something. If yes, $isFirst = true, otherwise set it to false.

Ideas, anyone?
VPenkov replied on at Permalink Best Answer Reply
VPenkov
Ok, I dropped $isFirst completely and found out a very simple solution.

After I count the results which pagelist returns, I get the latest child page's id like so:

if (count($cArray) > 0) { 
   $getLatest = Page::getByID(1)->getCollectionChildrenArray(1);
   $latestId = end($getLatest);


After that, inside the for cycle, I just skip it:
if ($childId == $latestId) {
         continue;
      }



So in the end my code looks like this:
<?php  
   defined('C5_EXECUTE') or die("Access Denied.");
   $textHelper = Loader::helper("text");
   $imgHelper = Loader::Helper('image');
   // now that we're in the specialized content file for this block type, 
   // we'll include this block type's class, and pass the block to it, and get
   // the content
   if (count($cArray) > 0) { 
   $getLatest = Page::getByID(1)->getCollectionChildrenArray(1);
   $latestId = end($getLatest);
   ?>
   <?php  
   for ($i = 0; $i < count($cArray); $i++ ) {
      $cobj = $cArray[$i]; 
      $target = $cobj->getAttribute('nav_target');
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Finally, I just created another block to display my latest article and I'm good to go.