Loading a (virtual) page model somewhere else in the code

Kirby 3
1

I’m trying to load a page model that was created virtually in a plugin like this:

	'routes' => [
		[
			'pattern' => 'newsletter/subscriber',
			'method' => 'GET|POST',
			'action' => function () {
				$kirby = kirby();
				if (!($user = $kirby->user())) {
					go(url('/login'));
				}

				return new SubscriberPage([
					'slug' => 'newsletter/subscriber',
					'template' => 'subscriber',
					'model' => 'subscriber',
					'parent' => page('members'),
					'controller' => 'subscriber',
					'content' => [
						
					]
				]);
			}
		],
	],

The SubscriberPage extends Page and has some methods I want to access somewhere else.

Normally, I would do something like this: page('newsletter/subscriber')->myMethod() or page('members/newsletter/subscriber')->myMethod(), but that just returns null.

Is there another way to load myMethod() through the page class?

Thanks for any hints.

2

Slashes are not allowed in slugs.

But that’s not the main problem. A virtual page created in a route is not part of the site inventory and cannot be found with the page helper.

3

That page is created only as a response to a route, so it doesn’t exist elsewhere.

I think you might want to switch strategy and create a model for the members page, overwriting the children function, instead of the route and add your subscriber page there.

<?php 

class MembersPage extends Page {
    public function children() {
        $children = parent::children();
        $subscriber = new SubscriberPage([
            'slug' => 'subscriber',
            'template' => 'subscriber',
            'parent' => $this,
         // 'model' => 'subscriber', // not necessary here
         // 'controller' => 'subscriber', // controller = template
            'content' => [

            ]
        ]);
        return $children->add($subscriber);
    }
}
4

Thank you for the suggestions, @texnixe and @rasteiner; I will look into it further.
I apparently had this issue in the past :smiley: How to add virtual pages to kirby's index - #13 by marcus-at-localhost
I will report back.

5

Is it necessary to include a content file in /content/members/default.de.txt in order for the ‘MembersPage’ model to be recognized?

6

For the model to work, the content file needs to have the file name of template/model. So MembersPage only works for members.txt. A content file default.txt would need a model DefaultPage

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