# What does the last argument \`false\` mean in \`collections.find.after?\`

**URL:** <https://discourse.getcockpit.com/t/what-does-the-last-argument-false-mean-in-collections-find-after/1107>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [December 2, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://discourse.getcockpit.com/t/what-does-the-last-argument-false-mean-in-collections-find-after/1107 "2019-12-02T15:45:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![raffaelj](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.getcockpit.com/raffaelj/32/331_2.png) [@raffaelj](https://discourse.getcockpit.com/u/raffaelj)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://discourse.getcockpit.com/t/what-does-the-last-argument-false-mean-in-collections-find-after/1107/1 "2019-12-02T15:45:51Z")

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I don’t understand it. Is it a relict from the old legacy branch or to provide some info for an addon? Can it be removed?

> <https://github.com/agentejo/cockpit/blob/next/modules/Collections/bootstrap.php#L237-L238>

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**Author:** ![artur](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.getcockpit.com/artur/32/4_2.png) [@artur](https://discourse.getcockpit.com/u/artur)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 9:18pm UTC](https://discourse.getcockpit.com/t/what-does-the-last-argument-false-mean-in-collections-find-after/1107/2 "2019-12-02T21:18:15Z")

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Good question 🤔 need to investigate. Thanks for pointing at it!

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**Author:** ![raffaelj](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.getcockpit.com/raffaelj/32/331_2.png) [@raffaelj](https://discourse.getcockpit.com/u/raffaelj)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://discourse.getcockpit.com/t/what-does-the-last-argument-false-mean-in-collections-find-after/1107/3 "2019-12-02T21:34:08Z")

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It looks like the `$isUpdate` variable from the save event… That’s all, I could imagine.