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Written by Balazs Halasy, 02/06/2004 Updated 08/09/2010 by Geir Arne Waaler Maintainers: Balazs Halasy, Ester Heylen, Geir Arne Waaler

Summary

Fetches a section.

Usage

fetch( 'section', 'object', hash( 'section_id', section_id, 'identifier', identifier ) )

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required
section_id	integer	The ID number of the section that should be fetched.	No.
identifier	string	The identifier of the section that should be fetched. This parameter was added in Exponential 4.4.	No.

Returns

An ezsection object or FALSE.

Description

This function fetches an object that represents a section. A parameter is required but there should be one and only one parameter in this function. If no parameter is provided or both "section_id" and "identifier" are specified, you will get a FALSE return. The "section_id" parameter must be a valid section ID number. The "identifier" parameter must be a valid section identifier string. The function returns an ezsection object. If an invalid ID number or invalid identifier string is specified, the function will return FALSE.

Examples

Example 1

{def $section=fetch( 'section', 'object', hash( 'section_id', 13 ) )}
{$section.name|wash}

Outputs the name of section number 13.

Example 2

{def  $section=fetch( 'section', 'object', hash( 'identifier',  'standard' ) )}{$section.name|wash}