{init_sections}

Sections are objects which form website's hierarchial structure. Function {init_sections} retrieves a list of sections from given level of hierarchy or under given parent object.

Usage

{init_sections [parameter = value ..]}

Returns

Array of objects stored in variable which is defined by parameter "name".

Parameters

Attributes

 General tags

Examples

Display titles of each 1st level sections.

{init_sections name="section_list" level="1"}
{foreach from=$section_list item="section"}
    {$section->title}<br>
{/foreach}

Previous example with context menu buttons and linking titles. Also add button for creating new section if none exist.

{init_sections name="section_list" level="1"}
{foreach from=$section_list item="section"}
    {$section->buttons}<a href="{$section->href}">{$section->title}</a><br>
{foreachelse}
    {$section_list_newbutton}
{/foreach}

Display a bulleted list of 1st and 2nd level sections. Second level is only displayed under selected first level section.

{init_sections name="section_list_1" level="1"}
{if $section_list_1_count}
    <ul>
    {foreach from=$section_list_1 item="section_1"}
        <li>{$section_1->buttons}<a href="{$section_1->href}">{$section_1->title}</a>
        {if $section_1->is_selected}

            {init_sections name="section_list_2" parent=$section_1->id}
            {if $section_list_2_count}
                <ul>
                {foreach from=$section_list_2 item="section_2"}
                    <li>{$section_2->buttons}<a href="{$section_2->href}">{$section_2->title}</a></li>
                {/foreach}
                </ul>
            {else}
                <ul><li>{$section_list_2_newbutton}</li></ul>
            {/if}       
       
        {/if}
        </li>
    {/foreach}
    </ul>
{else}
    <ul><li>{$section_list_1_newbutton}</li></ul>
{/if}