Why page vs. $page

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1

I’m not clear on why the following

$items = page('somepage')->children()->visible();

works and

$items = $page('somepage')->children()->visible();

does not. where in the docs does it mention page (without the $)?

Any insight would be helpful. Thanks.

2

I don’t know if you can find this anywhere in the docs. However, $page always refers to the current page, unless set otherwise in your templates/controllers.

3

In fact $page('somepage') wouldn’t work at all. You probably meant $page as @texnixe already pointed out.

The page() method is a shortcut to find any other page of the site. So whenever you want to work with any other page object than the current page, you can use the page() method.

4

Thanks for the quick response guys.

So is this page() method a shortcut for $pages->find()?

I don’t see any reference to this page() method and wonder what other gems are out there that I could use.

5

You can find all the helper methods like page() here: https://getkirby.com/docs/cheatsheet#helpers

6

Great. Thanks for the resource. I should have dug a little further down that page.