Trying to get Node id of REFERENCING node.
tpainton - July 9, 2009 - 19:01
I see everywhere ways to get the id and field data of REFERENCED nodes. Nowhere can I find information on getting the node id or any other data for that matter from the REFERENCING node.
The situation I have is I have a referenced node that has a flag. When the flag is set, I want the node the node's title to change (that's easy) then I want to redirect the user back to the REFERENCING node.
To make matters worse, I can't even find a way to place a backlink on the referenced node. Can't use backlinks module as I am in D6, nodereferrer module wont work because the referenced node is created using node-auto-create!
This seems like such a logical need and yet, I can't figure out a simple way to do it!
All help appreciated!
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I use nodereferrer for this all the time-- why doesn't it work?
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using auto node create.
I make the node reference using auto-node create. Does nodereferrer create the referenced node if it doesn't already exist? I got the impression it did not. If it does, GREAT, my problem is solved.
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Nodereferrer doesn't create anything-- it's simply a read only field that lists all the nodes that reference the node it appears on.
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So, back to step 1. Would be
So, back to step 1. Would be great to be able to get node id if REFERENCING node. I don't really understand why the importance of REFERENCED node. The link already exists in the node body.
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I always get confused with references and referrers. I think we're just talking past each other, lol.
Ok, content type A has a nodereference field to content B. Content type A refers to content type B -- no problem, you can just print the value of the nodeference field on content type A to get the nid of content type B.
The problem is, on content type B you don't have any clue which content type A nodes reference it. By adding a nodereferrer field to content type B, you now get a read only list of all the content type A nodes that reference that content type B node (something you didn't have before, and which is quite a pain to obtain without a nodereferrer field). It's the other 1/2 of the relationship so to speak.
whew... does that clear it up or confuse it more?
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AHHHHHHHH
Okay. I get it. I THOUGHT that nodereferrer was an alternative node reference cck field for node A that automagically created a backlink on Node B. Therefore, since I use node-autocreate, I thought I was screwed.
Now I understand that nodereferrer is actually a read only field on Node B that references all the nodes that point to it! What a great module!
Perfect. Just what I need.