Selector::get() method

Get a property

  • If the given $key is an object, it will cast it to a string.
  • If the given $key is a string with "|" pipe characters in it, it will try all till it finds a non-empty value.
  • If given an API variable name, it will return that API variable unless the class has direct access API variables disabled.

Example

// Retrieve the value of a property
$value = $item->get("some_property");

// Retrieve the value of the first non-empty property:
$value = $item->get("property1|property2|property2");

// Retrieve a value using array access
$value = $item["some_property"];

Usage

$array = $selector->get(string $key);

Arguments

NameType(s)Description
keystring

Property name

Return value

array mixed null string

Property value

See Also


Selector methods and properties

API reference based on ProcessWire core version 3.0.236

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