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Get a block's placement from it's ID
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I added a function to the blocks module userapi to get a blocks placement from it's id, as I didn't notice an existing way to do this...:
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/**
* get a specific block placement
* @author Mark West
* @param int $args['bid'] block id
* @return mixed item array, or false on failure
*/
function Blocks_userapi_getplacement($args)
{
// Argument check
if (!isset($args['bid']) || !is_numeric($args['bid'])) {
pnSessionSetVar('errormsg', _MODARGSERROR);
return false;
}
return DBUtil::selectObjectByID('block_placements', $args['bid'], 'bid');
}
Is there another way to do this? I am a little concerned at the all the DB hits I need to gather the block info, would it be better to use some type of JOIN to retrieve all the blocks data at once (ie blockinfo and placement)? It would be nice if this could be done like the Blocks_userapi_getall($args) function, but with the added placement info...
Thanks for any advice on this...
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Just wondering is this type of functionality going to be added to the core blocks userapi? I ask this because I will need the function for a module I am working on - I will add the function to my modules API if this functionality will not be included...
On another note I can't seem to use the DButil class with pn762, is this not present?
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Lobos,
I'd missed this thread initially but i'll add this API and review it for performence - there may be a better way.... It's best to post patches to the patch tracker so they don't get missed in the forums.
DBUtil is part of the Openstar object library and thus doesn't exist in .762.
-Mark
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