addMany / getMany clarification

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bluehipy Reply #1, 15 years, 5 months ago

I wonder if the following behavior is nomal:

$parent = $modx->getOne('modDocument',$id); // parent with many Children already

$doc = $modx->newObject('modDocument');

$kids = array();
$kids[] = $doc;

$parent->addMany( $kids );

$parent->save();

$parent->getMany('Children');

echo count($parent->Children); //this will return 1 though there are much more children

If I do in a different session just:

$parent = $modx->getOne('modDocument',$id);
$parent->getMany('Children');
echo count($parent->Children); //this will return the expected number

So if I call getMany just before I did addMany, the count is 1. Is this a bug or it’s me not understanding what getMany should do?

Thanks,

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BobRay Reply #2, 15 years, 5 months ago
You need to get the original document with getObject() not getOne(). The getOne() method is for getting a related object of an object you already have and only in cases where there can be only one such related object -- e.g., $resource->getOne(’Parent’).

The $modx object doesn’t have any related objects, so you never call $modx->getOne() or $modx->getMany() -- those methods are only used with objects that represent tables in the DB (modResource, modUser, modTemplate, etc.).

I think your code will work with this instead of the first line.
```
$parent = $modx->getObject('modResource',$id); // parent with many Children already
```
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