Merging content sources

In this example, let us look at how we can combine "virtual" content with content from the file system.

We will extend the Content from a spreadsheet example with content we actually add in the content folder, let's say because we want to add an image to each animal and some additional content.

To this end, we add new subpages to the /animals parent page, using the same slugs that we generated in the animals.php model.

Your content structure should then look something like this.

content
- animals
  - animals.txt
  - animals.csv
  - 0_potus-flavus
    animal.txt
    potus-flavus.jpg
  - 0_sauromalus-obesus
    animal.txt
    sauromalus-obesus.jpg

Make sure to prepend the folder number, because we also use the number in our model.

However, if we now try to fetch these newly added images in the animal.php template, this will have no effect. We first have to extend our model.

/site/models/animals.php

<?php

class AnimalsPage extends Page
{

    public function subpages()
    {
        return Pages::factory($this->inventory()['children'], $this);
    }

    public function children()
    {
        $csv      = csv($this->root() . '/animals.csv', ';');
        $children = array_map(function ($animal) {

            $slug = Str::slug($animal['Scientific Name']);
            $page = $this->subpages()->find($slug);

            return [
                'slug'     => $slug,
                'template' => 'animal',
                'model'    => 'animal',
                'num'      => 0,
                'files'    => $page ? $page->files()->toArray() : null,
                'content'  => [
                    'title'       => $animal['Scientific Name'],
                    'commonName'  => $animal['Common Name'],
                    'description' => $animal['Description'],
                    'somefield'   => $page ? $page->somefield()->value() : null
                ]
            ];
        }, $csv);

        return Pages::factory($children, $this);
    }

}

First, we add a new subpages method that creates a new Pages object from the page's inventory array:

public function subpages()
    {
        return Pages::factory($this->inventory()['children'], $this);
    }

This method will fetch all pages that actually exist in the filesystem.

Within the closure of the array_map method, we now try to find a page with each slug:

$slug = Str::slug($animal['Scientific Name']);
$page = $this->subpages()->find($slug);

In the return array, we add the files and additional content if the page exists:

return [
    'slug'     => $slug,
    'template' => 'animal',
    'model'    => 'animal',
    'num'      => 0,
    // add files
    'files'    => $page ? $page->files()->toArray() : null,
    'content'  => [
        'title'       => $animal['Scientific Name'],
        'commonName'  => $animal['Common Name'],
        'description' => $animal['Description'],
        // add additional fields
        'habitat'     => $page ? $page->habitat()->value() : null,
        'diet'        => $page ? $page->diet()->value() : null,
    ]
];

And finally, we modify our subpage template to fetch the additonal content:

/site/templates/animal.php

<?php snippet('header') ?>

<article class="animal">
  <h1 class="animal-scientific-name"><?= $page->title() ?></h1>
  <p class="animal-common-name">Common name: <?= $page->commonName() ?></p>
  <?php if ($image = $page->image()): ?>
    <div class="animal-picture">
        <?= $image ?>
    </div>
  <?php endif ?>  
  <div class="animal-description">
    <?= $page->description()->kt() ?>
    <?= $page->habitat()->kt() ?>
    <?= $page->diet()->kt() ?>
  </div>
</article>

<?php snippet('footer') ?>