function node_get_recent

Finds the most recently changed nodes that are available to the current user.

Parameters

$number: (optional) The maximum number of nodes to find. Defaults to 10.

Return value

An array of node entities or an empty array if there are no recent nodes visible to the current user.

2 calls to node_get_recent()
hook_block_view in drupal/core/modules/block/block.api.php
Return a rendered or renderable view of a block.
node_block_view in drupal/core/modules/node/node.module
Implements hook_block_view().

File

drupal/core/modules/node/node.module, line 1951
The core module that allows content to be submitted to the site.

Code

function node_get_recent($number = 10) {
  $query = db_select('node', 'n');
  if (!user_access('bypass node access')) {

    // If the user is able to view their own unpublished nodes, allow them
    // to see these in addition to published nodes. Check that they actually
    // have some unpublished nodes to view before adding the condition.
    if (user_access('view own unpublished content') && ($own_unpublished = db_query('SELECT nid FROM {node} WHERE uid = :uid AND status = :status', array(
      ':uid' => $GLOBALS['user']->uid,
      ':status' => NODE_NOT_PUBLISHED,
    ))
      ->fetchCol())) {
      $query
        ->condition(db_or()
        ->condition('n.status', NODE_PUBLISHED)
        ->condition('n.nid', $own_unpublished, 'IN'));
    }
    else {

      // If not, restrict the query to published nodes.
      $query
        ->condition('n.status', NODE_PUBLISHED);
    }
  }
  $nids = $query
    ->fields('n', array(
    'nid',
  ))
    ->orderBy('n.changed', 'DESC')
    ->range(0, $number)
    ->addTag('node_access')
    ->execute()
    ->fetchCol();
  $nodes = node_load_multiple($nids);
  return $nodes ? $nodes : array();
}