Loading the helper

$nh = Loader::helper('navigation');

Methods

getCollectionURL

Returns the URL of a collection

string getCollectionURL (Page $cObj)

$page = Page::getByPath('/path_to_page');
$nh = Loader::helper('navigation');
echo $nh->getCollectionURL($page);

Example returns: http://your-site.com/site_root/index.php/path_to_page/

 

getLinkToCollection

Returns a link to a page

string getLinkToCollection ( &$cObj, [ $appendBaseURL = false], [ $ignoreUrlRewriting = false], Page $cObj)

$page = Page::getCurrentPage();
$nh = Loader::helper('navigation');
echo $nh->getLinkToCollection($page);

Example returns: /site_root/index.php/about/  

Arguments

$appendBaseURL

Includes BASE_URL at beginning of returned path

$ignoreUrlRewriting

Inserts index.php in returned path, even if Pretty URLs turned on

 

getTrailToCollection

Returns an array of collections as a breadcrumb to the current page

array getTrailToCollection (Page $c)

$nh = Loader::helper('navigation');
$breadcrumb = $nh->getTrailToCollection($c); 
krsort($breadcrumb); 
foreach ($breadcrumb as $bcpage) { 
     echo '' . $bcpage->getCollectionName() . ' > '; 
     } 
echo $c->getCollectionName();

Example returns breadcrumb links: Home > Previous Page > Current Page