$POD->getContent()

Returns one specific Content Object. This function can be used to load existing content from the database, or create a new piece of content.

Loading Content

To load an existing piece of content, pass in ONE of the following parameters:

• id - db id of the content
• stub - unique stub of the content

The vast majority of the time, you will load specific pieces of content by their stubs. For example, the following code will load the content with the stub name 'about'

$content = $POD->getContent(array(
  'stub'=>'about'
));

Creating Content

To create content, you can either load an empty content object and set values for its fields, or pass in default values to the constructor.

Create a brand new, empty content object:

$new_content = $POD->getContent();
$new_content->set('headline','This is a new piece of content!');
$new_content->set('type','post');
$new_content->save();

Or, pass in values:

$new_content = $POD->getContent(array(
  'headline' => 'This is the default headline',
  'type' => 'post'
));
$new_content->save();

Errors

Be sure to check for errors! In some instances, the content object may not be created properly, and will throw an error.

if (!$new_content->success()) {
  echo $new_content->error();
}

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