function tripal_get_term_children

3.x tripal.terms.api.inc tripal_get_term_children($vocabulary, $accession)

Retrieves the immediate children of the given term.

Parameters

$vocabulary: The vocabulary of the vocabulary in which the term is found.

$accession: The unique identifier (accession) for this term.

Return value

Returns an array of terms where each term is compatible with the array returned by the tripal_get_term_details() function.

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Tripal provides an application programming interface (API) for working with controlled vocaublary terms. Tripal v3 is highly dependent on controlled vocabularies for identifying all content types and fields attached to those content types. However,…
2 calls to tripal_get_term_children()
tripal_vocabulary_lookup_term_children_ajax in tripal/includes/tripal.term_lookup.inc
An ajax callback to get the children of a term.
tripal_vocabulary_lookup_term_children_format in tripal/includes/tripal.term_lookup.inc
A helper function to format an array of terms into a list for the web page.

File

tripal/api/tripal.terms.api.inc, line 444
Provides an application programming interface (API) for working with controlled vocaublary terms.

Code

function tripal_get_term_children($vocabulary, $accession) {
  if (empty($vocabulary) OR empty($accession)) {
    tripal_report_error('tripal_term', TRIPAL_ERROR, 'Unable to retrieve details for term due to missing vocabulary and/or accession.');
  }

  $stores = module_invoke_all('vocab_storage_info');
  if (is_array($stores) and count($stores) > 0) {
    $keys = array_keys($stores);
    $module = $stores[$keys[0]]['module'];
    $function = $module . '_vocab_get_term_children';
    if (function_exists($function)) {
      return $function($vocabulary, $accession);
    }
  }
}