$page object performance questions

The CMS Questions
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1. How many times does it go through the content?

Does it cache the query the first time, or does it go through the files every time?

$children1 = $page->children();
$children2 = $page->children();
$children3 = $page->children();

2. Same as the first question

$children1 = page()->children();
$children2 = page()->children();
$children3 = page()->children();

3. Why using $page instead of page()?

4. If I ask the same about $site / site(), do I get the same answers?

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Yes, it does.

The result of page() is cached as well.

Regarding performance: Less methods need to be called if you use $page, as that variable is already defined. page() is more for use in functions with different variable scopes.
In the end it shouldn’t matter which one you use, but $page also worked in Kirby 1 and is used in examples and themes a lot.

Yes.

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Awesome! I use page() when $page is not defined, for example in plugin functions, called from the template.

Sidenote
My first bet who would answer this question was you @lukasbestle. How correct I was! My second bet would be @texnixe.

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Me too. :smile:
That’s exactly why page() exists in Kirby 2.

Haha. :smiley:
Yes, we moderators basically live in this forum. :stuck_out_tongue:

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There is some truth in that :laughing:

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@lukasbestle @texnixe I love you both so much for living here :slight_smile: