Summary

Usage

fetch_alias( alias_name [,hash( param_name1, param_value1
               [, param_name2, param_value2] ) ] )

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required
alias_name	string	Name of the fetch alias	yes
param_name1	string	Name of parameter 1	no
param_value1	string	Value of parameter 1	no
param_name2	string	Value of parameter 2	no
param_value2	string	Value of parameter 2	no

Returns

Result of fetch

Description

Fetch alias is an ini based version of the fetch function (

Data fetching

) . The fetch is defined in settings/fetchalias.ini

General structure:

[fetch_alias_name]

Module=module_name

FunctionName=function_name

Parameter[parameter_name1]=fetch_alias_name1

Parameter[parameter_name2]=fetch_alias_name2

...

Constant[parameter_name3]=<any value>

Constant[parameter_name4]=<any value>

Each fetch alias must have a unique name.
Ini parameters:

• Module - name of the module.
• FunctionName - function name.
• Parameter - the parameters specify variables which can be set in the templates. The parameter_name maps to the parameter name used in normal fetch functions. fetch_alias_name is the parameter name used in the templates.
• Constant - Parameters in the regular fetch functions which is defined as constants.

Examples

Fetch object :
Ini setting

[object]

Module=content

FunctionName=object

Parameter[object_id]=id

Template code

{let object=fetch_alias( object, hash( id, 1 ) )}

Fetch comments from article:
Ini setting

[comments]

Module=content

FunctionName=list

Constant[sort_by]=published;0

Parameter[parent_node_id]=parent_node_id

Constant[class_filter_type]=include

Constant[class_filter_array]=comment

Template code

{let comments=fetch_alias( comments, hash( parent_node_id, 42 ) ) }

Fetch news list:
Ini setting

[news_list]

Module=content

FunctionName=tree

Constant[sort_by]=published;0

Constant[class_id]=2

Constant[parent_node_id]=2

Constant[class_filter_type]=include

Constant[limit]=10

Constant[class_filter_array]=2

Template code

{section loop=news_list=fetch_alias( news_list )}

  {node_view_gui node=$:item}

{/section}

Will display 10 last news articles in full.