FieldtypeTextarea::findLinks() method

Find abstracted HTML/href attribute Textarea links to given $page

Usage

// basic usage
$items = $fieldtypeTextarea->findLinks(Page $page);

// usage with all arguments
$items = $fieldtypeTextarea->findLinks(Page $page, $selector = '', $field = '', array $options = []);

Arguments

NameType(s)Description
pagePage

Find links to this page

selector (optional)string, bool

Optionally filter by selector or specify boolean true to assume "include=all".

field (optional)string, Field

Optionally limit to searching given field name/instance.

options (optional)array

Options to modify return value:

  • getIDs (bool): Return array of page IDs rather than Page instances. (default=false)
  • getCount (bool): Return a total count (int) of found pages rather than Page instances. (default=false)
  • confirm (bool): Confirm that the links are present by looking at the actual page field data. (default=true) You can specify false for this option to make it perform faster, but with a potentially less accurate result.

Return value

PageArray array int


FieldtypeTextarea methods and properties

API reference based on ProcessWire core version 3.0.244

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