$page->parents() method

Return this page’s parent pages, or the parent pages matching the given selector.

This method returns all parents of this page, in order. If a selector is specified, they will be filtered by the selector. By default, parents are returned in breadcrumb order. In 3.0.158+ if you specify boolean true for selector argument, then it will return parents in reverse order (closest to furthest).

Examples

// Render breadcrumbs 
foreach($page->parents() as $parent) {
  echo "<li><a href='$parent->url'>$parent->title</a></li>";
}
// Return all parents, excluding the homepage
$parents = $page->parents("template!=home"); 
// Return parents in reverse order (closest to furthest, 3.0.158+)
$parents = $page->parents(true); 

Usage

// basic usage
$items = $page->parents();

// usage with all arguments
$items = $page->parents($selector = '');

Arguments

NameType(s)Description
selector (optional)string, array, bool

Optional selector string to filter parents by or boolean true for reverse order

Return value

PageArray

All parent pages, or those matching the given selector.


$page methods and properties

API reference based on ProcessWire core version 3.0.236

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