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Description

Method to rebuild the node's path field from the alias values of the nodes from the current node to the root node of the tree.

Syntax

rebuildPath($pk=null)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$pk	null	Primary key of the node for which to get the path.

Returns

boolean True on success.

Defined in

libraries/joomla/database/tablenested.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.database.tablenested' );

Source Body

public function rebuildPath($pk = null)
{
        // If there is no alias or path field, just return true.
        if (!property_exists($this, 'alias') || !property_exists($this, 'path')) {
                return true;
        }

        // Initialise variables.
        $k = $this->_tbl_key;
        $pk = (is_null($pk)) ? $this->$k : $pk;

        // Get the aliases for the path from the node to the root node.
        $this->_db->setQuery(
                'SELECT p.alias' .
                ' FROM '.$this->_tbl.' AS n, '.$this->_tbl.' AS p' .
                ' WHERE n.lft BETWEEN p.lft AND p.rgt' .
                ' AND n.'.$this->_tbl_key.' = '. (int) $pk .
                ' ORDER BY p.lft'
        );
        $segments = $this->_db->loadResultArray();

        // Make sure to remove the root path if it exists in the list.
        if ($segments[0] == 'root') {
                array_shift($segments);
        }

        // Build the path.
        $path = trim(implode('/', $segments), ' /\\');

        // Update the path field for the node.
        $this->_db->setQuery(
                'UPDATE `'.$this->_tbl.'`' .
                ' SET `path` = '.$this->_db->quote($path) .
                ' WHERE `'.$this->_tbl_key.'` = '.(int) $pk
        );
        $this->_db->query();

        // Check for a database error.
        if ($this->_db->getErrorNum()) {
                $this->setError($this->_db->getErrorMsg());
                return false;
        }

        return true;
}