_encodeUrl()source protected

_encodeUrl( string $url )

Encodes a URL for use in HTML attributes.

Parameters

string $url

The URL to encode.

Returns

string
The URL encoded for both URL & HTML contexts.

_inflectThemeName()source protected

_inflectThemeName( string $name )

Inflect the theme name to its underscored version.

Parameters

string $name

Name of the theme which should be inflected.

Returns

string
Inflected name of the theme

assetTimestamp()source public

assetTimestamp( string $path )

Adds a timestamp to a file based resource based on the value of Asset.timestamp in Configure. If Asset.timestamp is true and debug is true, or Asset.timestamp === 'force' a timestamp will be added.

Parameters

string $path

The file path to timestamp, the path must be inside WWW_ROOT

Returns

string
Path with a timestamp added, or not.

assetUrl()source public

assetUrl( string|array $path , array $options [] )

Generates URL for given asset file.

Depending on options passed provides full URL with domain name. Also calls Helper::assetTimestamp() to add timestamp to local files.

Parameters

string|array $path

Path string or URL array

array $options optional []

Options array. Possible keys: fullBase Return full URL with domain name pathPrefix Path prefix for relative URLs ext Asset extension to append plugin False value will prevent parsing path as a plugin

Returns

string
Generated URL

build()source public

build( string|array|null $url null , array|boolean $options false )

Returns a URL based on provided parameters.

Options:

• escape: If false, the URL will be returned unescaped, do only use if it is manually escaped afterwards before being displayed.
• fullBase: If true, the full base URL will be prepended to the result

Parameters

string|array|null $url optional null

Either a relative string URL like /products/view/23 or an array of URL parameters. Using an array for URLs will allow you to leverage the reverse routing features of CakePHP.

array|boolean $options optional false

Array of options; bool full for BC reasons.

Returns

string
Full translated URL with base path.

css()source public

css( string|array $path , array $options [] )

Generates URL for given CSS file.

Depending on options passed provides full URL with domain name. Also calls Helper::assetTimestamp() to add timestamp to local files.

Parameters

string|array $path

Path string or URL array

array $options optional []

Options array. Possible keys: fullBase Return full URL with domain name pathPrefix Path prefix for relative URLs ext Asset extension to append plugin False value will prevent parsing path as a plugin

Returns

string
Generated URL

image()source public

image( string|array $path , array $options [] )

Generates URL for given image file.

Depending on options passed provides full URL with domain name. Also calls Helper::assetTimestamp() to add timestamp to local files.

Parameters

string|array $path

Path string or URL array

array $options optional []

Options array. Possible keys: fullBase Return full URL with domain name pathPrefix Path prefix for relative URLs plugin False value will prevent parsing path as a plugin

Returns

string
Generated URL

implementedEvents()source public

implementedEvents( )

Event listeners.

Returns

array

Overrides

Cake\View\Helper::implementedEvents()

script()source public

script( string|array $path , array $options [] )

Generates URL for given javascript file.

Depending on options passed provides full URL with domain name. Also calls Helper::assetTimestamp() to add timestamp to local files.

Parameters

string|array $path

Path string or URL array

array $options optional []

Options array. Possible keys: fullBase Return full URL with domain name pathPrefix Path prefix for relative URLs ext Asset extension to append plugin False value will prevent parsing path as a plugin

Returns

string
Generated URL

webroot()source public

webroot( string $file )

Checks if a file exists when theme is used, if no file is found default location is returned

Parameters

string $file

The file to create a webroot path to.

Returns

string
Web accessible path to file.

__call()source public

__call( string $method , array $params )

Provide non fatal errors on missing method calls.

Parameters

string $method

Method to invoke

array $params

Array of params for the method.

__construct()source public

__construct( Cake\View\View $View , array $config [] )

Default Constructor

Parameters

Cake\View\View $View

The View this helper is being attached to.

array $config optional []

Configuration settings for the helper.

__debugInfo()source public

__debugInfo( )

Returns an array that can be used to describe the internal state of this object.

Returns

array

__get()source public

__get( string $name )

Lazy loads helpers.

Parameters

string $name

Name of the property being accessed.

Returns

Cake\View\Helper|null
Helper instance if helper with provided name exists

_confirm()source protected

_confirm( string $message , string $okCode , string $cancelCode '' , array $options [] )

Returns a string to be used as onclick handler for confirm dialogs.

Parameters

string $message

Message to be displayed

string $okCode

Code to be executed after user chose 'OK'

string $cancelCode optional ''

Code to be executed after user chose 'Cancel'

array $options optional []

Array of options

Returns

string
onclick JS code

addClass()source public

addClass( array $options [] , string|null $class null , string $key 'class' )

Adds the given class to the element options

Parameters

array $options optional []

Array options/attributes to add a class to

string|null $class optional null

The class name being added.

string $key optional 'class'

the key to use for class.

Returns

array
Array of options with $key set.

getView()source public

getView( )

Get the view instance this helper is bound to.

Returns

Cake\View\View
The bound view instance.

initialize()source public

initialize( array $config )

Constructor hook method.

Implement this method to avoid having to overwrite the constructor and call parent.

Parameters

array $config

The configuration settings provided to this helper.

_configDelete()source protected

_configDelete( string $key )

Deletes a single config key.

Parameters

string $key

Key to delete.

Throws

Cake\Core\Exception\Exception
if attempting to clobber existing config

_configRead()source protected

_configRead( string|null $key )

Reads a config key.

Parameters

string|null $key

Key to read.

Returns

mixed

_configWrite()source protected

_configWrite( string|array $key , mixed $value , boolean|string $merge false )

Writes a config key.

Parameters

string|array $key

Key to write to.

mixed $value

Value to write.

boolean|string $merge optional false

True to merge recursively, 'shallow' for simple merge, false to overwrite, defaults to false.

Throws

Cake\Core\Exception\Exception
if attempting to clobber existing config

config()source public

config( string|array|null $key null , mixed|null $value null , boolean $merge true )

Gets/Sets the config.

Usage

Reading the whole config:

$this->config();

Reading a specific value:

$this->config('key');

Reading a nested value:

$this->config('some.nested.key');

Setting a specific value:

$this->config('key', $value);

Setting a nested value:

$this->config('some.nested.key', $value);

Updating multiple config settings at the same time:

$this->config(['one' => 'value', 'another' => 'value']);

Deprecated

3.4.0 use setConfig()/getConfig() instead.

Parameters

string|array|null $key optional null

The key to get/set, or a complete array of configs.

mixed|null $value optional null

The value to set.

boolean $merge optional true

Whether to recursively merge or overwrite existing config, defaults to true.

Returns

mixed
Config value being read, or the object itself on write operations.

Throws

Cake\Core\Exception\Exception
When trying to set a key that is invalid.

configShallow()source public

configShallow( string|array $key , mixed|null $value null )

Merge provided config with existing config. Unlike config() which does a recursive merge for nested keys, this method does a simple merge.

Setting a specific value:

$this->config('key', $value);

Setting a nested value:

$this->config('some.nested.key', $value);

Updating multiple config settings at the same time:

$this->config(['one' => 'value', 'another' => 'value']);

Parameters

string|array $key

The key to set, or a complete array of configs.

mixed|null $value optional null

The value to set.

Returns

$this

getConfig()source public

getConfig( string|null $key null )

Returns the config.

Usage

Reading the whole config:

$this->getConfig();

Reading a specific value:

$this->getConfig('key');

Reading a nested value:

$this->getConfig('some.nested.key');

Parameters

string|null $key optional null

The key to get or null for the whole config.

Returns

mixed
Config value being read.

setConfig()source public

setConfig( string|array $key , mixed|null $value null , boolean $merge true )

Sets the config.

Usage

Setting a specific value:

$this->setConfig('key', $value);

Setting a nested value:

$this->setConfig('some.nested.key', $value);

Updating multiple config settings at the same time:

$this->setConfig(['one' => 'value', 'another' => 'value']);

Parameters

string|array $key

The key to set, or a complete array of configs.

mixed|null $value optional null

The value to set.

boolean $merge optional true

Whether to recursively merge or overwrite existing config, defaults to true.

Returns

$this

Throws

Cake\Core\Exception\Exception
When trying to set a key that is invalid.