modxdbapi-example.php

<?php
/*
  This is a simple example.
  
  I use h2o for all of my modx templating needs, because the php is kind of verbose. And h2o is as simple as [++] placeholders.
  ( http://wiki.github.com/speedmax/h2o-php/ )
  
  Twig is also a nice option. ( http://www.twig-project.org/ )
*/

$parent   = isset($parent) ? $parent : $modx->documentIdentifier;
$results  = $modx->getDocumentChildrenTVarOutput($parent, '*');

/* The following would be included like so:
  $template = isset($template) ? $template : false;
  
  if( is_readable($template) || $template !== false)
  {
    include_once $modx->config['base_path'] . '/'.$template;
  } else {
    echo 'File not found';
  }
  
*/

?>

<?php if( ! $results): ?>
  No results were found
<?php else: ?>
  
<div class="this-is-my-wrapper">
  <h2>Woohoo! We got results... below</h2>

  <?php foreach($results as $document): ?>
  
  <div class="item">
    <h3><?php echo $document['pagetitle'] ?></h3>
    <div class="item-content">
      <?php echo $document['content']; ?>
    </div>
  </div>
  
  <?php endforeach; ?>
</div>  
<?php endif; ?>