If subpage exists?

Try using the get_posts() function, with the post_parent argument.

For example, from inside your Loop:

global $post;
$pagequeryargs = array( 'post_parent' => $post->ID );
$childpages = get_posts( $pagequeryargs );
if ( $childpages ) {
     // the current Page has Child pages; do something!
}

Cheers Chip
I need it to check for a particular child page though rather than if it has any child pages.
That’s what I seem to be having problems with

Well, you can do that, too. Inside of the if ( $childpages ) conditional, you can look for your specific Page. e.g.:

foreach ( $childpages as $childpage ) {
     if ( 'business1-employees' == $childpage->post_name ) {
          // This is the Page I'm looking for; do something!
     }
}

You could also match “Business1 Employees” to $childpage->post_title, or you could match by Page ID using $childpage->ID.

Ok Thanks Chip, I’ll give this a go and see if I can get it working!
Cheers

Hey Chip, Not sure how to implement this actually into my loop, can you help?

Hey Chip, Not sure how to implement this actually into my loop, can you help?

Without knowing exactly how/where you want your sub-page content to appear, it is difficult to give specific help.

But, for example, let’s say that you want to output the content of the current Page, followed by whatever you’re pulling from your Child Pages.

Inside your Loop, you call the_content(), which outputs the content of the current Page.

Anywhere after that call, but before your endwhile declaration, place your get_posts() code.

hmm ok thanks.
Basically I need to add a
<li> item if the page is present then add a section below with the content of the page
How does this look?

<?php
		 global $post;
$pagequeryargs = array( 'post_parent' => $post->ID );
$childpages = get_posts( $pagequeryargs );
foreach ( $childpages as $childpage ) {
     if ( 'business1-employees' == $childpage->post_name ) {
              echo '<li>Yes</li>';
     }
}

?>

Other than not being well-formed HTML (you’ve got list items, not wrapped in list container tags), that should work.

I’d do something like:

<?php
		 global $post;
$pagequeryargs = array( 'post_parent' => $post->ID );
$childpages = get_posts( $pagequeryargs );
foreach ( $childpages as $childpage ) {
     if ( 'business1-employees' == $childpage->post_name ) { ?>
              <div class="subpage-section">
              <?php echo $childpage->post_content; ?>
              </div>
     <?php }
}

?>

Cheers Chip.
I’ve tried this now (substituting business1-employees for the actual page title) and it doesn’t seem to work.

any clues?
Thanks

Try adding all appropriate arguments to your argument array:

$pagequeryargs = array(
     'post_parent' => $post->ID,
     'post_type' => 'page',
     'numberposts' => -1,
     'orderby' => 'menu_order',
     'order' => 'ASC',
     'post_status' => null
);

Ahh perfect!
Works a treat!
Big thanks Chip, much appreciated
Rich

Glad to help!

I’m trying to further this – basically I need to call the pages under the specified child page –

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This is what I’d use out of the loop but it’s duplicating content which is obviously not wanted.
I’ve tried to use get_posts but not sure how to do the ‘count’ I’d normally use with query_posts.
any help is appreciated!

haha typical, spend hours trying to solve this then as soon as I post this, I figure it out!
Sorry to bother anyone

I’ve tried to use get_posts but not sure how to do the ‘count’ I’d normally use with query_posts.

That would be the numberposts array key:

$pagequeryargs = array(
     'post_parent' => $post->ID,
     'post_type' => 'page',
     'numberposts' => -1, // this array key determines the number of posts
     'orderby' => 'menu_order',
     'order' => 'ASC',
     'post_status' => null
);

Like such:
'numberposts' => -1 = show all posts
'numberposts' => 10 = show 10 posts
etc.