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I wish to generate a link to a block from within the dashboard.

I am developing a block and a dashboard to manage it. From within the dashboard page I can retrieve a Block ID (bID) for any and all instances of my block but how do I create a link to the page (using the block ID) where a particular block is being used.

What I want to do is list in the dashboard all instances of my block and link to the pages where they are used. I can do everything except generate the link.
JimboJetset
 
Mnkras replied on at Permalink Reply
Mnkras
you will need to use the cID
ScottC replied on at Permalink Reply
ScottC
easiest way is to set up a join through a few tables, probably a bID->cID relation through collection versions, haven't traced it, but that is the general idea to map a cID to a bID
ScottC replied on at Permalink Best Answer Reply
ScottC
so assuming you found a cID you pass that into the navigation helper using Page::getByID($mysqlcID); then $nh->getLinkToCollection($thatPage);
JimboJetset replied on at Permalink Reply
JimboJetset
Thank you both for the answers...

This was my solution...

$block = Block::getByID($data[bID]);
if(isset($block)){
   $col = $block->getBlockCollectionObject();
   $parentPage = Page::getByID($col->cID);
   $linkURL = View::url( $parentPage->getCollectionPath() );
   }