node

Summary

Fetches a node (identified by either an ID number or a path).

Usage

fetch( 'content', 'node', hash( [ 'node_id',     node_id,  ]
                                [ 'node_path',   node_path, ]
                                [ 'language_code',  language_code,  ]
                                [ 'remote_id',    remote_id  ] ) )

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required
node_id	integer	The ID number of the node that should be fetched.	No.
node_path	string	The path of the node that should be fetched.	No.
language_code	string	A new parameter since eZ Publish 4.1. This enables you to fetch a node in a given language.	No.
remote_id	string	A new parameter since eZ Publish 4.1. This enables you to fetch a node by its remote ID number.	No.

Returns

An ezcontentobjecttreenode object of FALSE.

Description

This function fetches a single node and returns it as a ezcontentobjecttreenode. The target node must be specified using either the "node_id" or the "node_path" parameter. If no node can be found, or if an error occurs, the function will return FALSE.

Examples

Example 1

{def $my_node=fetch( 'content', 'node', hash( 'node_id', 96 ) )}
{$my_node.name|wash}

Fetches node number 96 and outputs the name of the object that is encapsulated by that node.

Example 2

{def $my_node=fetch( 'content', 'node', hash( 'node_path', 'news/article_test' ) )}
{$my_node.name|wash}

Fetches the node by the specified path and outputs the name of the object that is encapsulated by that node.

Example 3

{def $my_node=fetch( 'content', 'node', hash( 'node_path', 'news/article_test' ) )}
Views: {$my_node.view_count}

Fetches the node by the specified path and outputs the number of times this node has been viewed. (The "updateviewcount.php" cronjob must be run periodically.)

Example 4

fetch('content', 'node', hash('node_id', 66, 'language_code', 'pol-PL'))

This parameter is especially useful when you need to grab content or a URL in a different language than the one users are viewing a siteaccess in.

Example 5

fetch('content', 'node', hash('remote_id', '1b26c0454b09bb49dfb1b9190ffd67cb' ))