Class ViewBlock
ViewBlock implements the concept of Blocks or Slots in the View layer. Slots or blocks are combined with extending views and layouts to afford slots of content that are present in a layout or parent view, but are defined by the child view or elements used in the view.
Copyright: Copyright (c) Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
License: MIT License
Location: Cake/View/ViewBlock.php
Properties summary
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$_activeprotectedarrayThe active blocks being captured. -
$_blocksprotectedarrayBlock content. An array of blocks indexed by name. -
$_discardActiveBufferOnEndprotectedbooleanShould the currently captured content be discarded on ViewBlock::end()
Method Summary
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active() public
Get the name of the currently open block. -
append() public deprecated
Append to an existing or new block. Appending to a new block will create the block.
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concat() public
Concat content to an existing or new block. Concating to a new block will create the block.
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end() public
End a capturing block. The compliment to ViewBlock::start() -
exists() public
Check if a block exists -
get() public
Get the content for a block. -
keys() public
Get the names of all the existing blocks. -
set() public
Set the content for a block. This will overwrite any existing content.
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start() public
Start capturing output for a 'block' -
startIfEmpty() public
Start capturing output for a 'block' if it is empty -
unclosed() public
Get the names of the unclosed/active blocks.
Method Detail
active() public ¶
active( )
Get the name of the currently open block.
Returns
Either null or the name of the last open block.
append() public deprecated ¶
append( string $name , string $value = null )
Append to an existing or new block. Appending to a new block will create the block.
Calling append() without a value will create a new capturing block that needs to be finished with View::end(). The content of the new capturing context will be added to the existing block context.
Deprecated
Parameters
- string $name
- Name of the block
- string $value optional null
- The content for the block.
concat() public ¶
concat( string $name , mixed $value = null , string $mode = ViewBlock::APPEND )
Concat content to an existing or new block. Concating to a new block will create the block.
Calling concat() without a value will create a new capturing block that needs to be finished with View::end(). The content of the new capturing context will be added to the existing block context.
Parameters
- string $name
- Name of the block
- mixed $value optional null
- The content for the block
- string $mode optional ViewBlock::APPEND
If ViewBlock::APPEND content will be appended to existing content. If ViewBlock::PREPEND it will be prepended.
end() public ¶
end( )
End a capturing block. The compliment to ViewBlock::start()
See
exists() public ¶
exists( string $name )
Check if a block exists
Parameters
- string $name
- Name of the block
Returns
get() public ¶
get( string $name , string $default = '' )
Get the content for a block.
Parameters
- string $name
- Name of the block
- string $default optional ''
- Default string
Returns
The block content or $default if the block does not exist.
keys() public ¶
keys( )
Get the names of all the existing blocks.
Returns
An array containing the blocks.
set() public ¶
set( string $name , mixed $value )
Set the content for a block. This will overwrite any existing content.
Parameters
- string $name
- Name of the block
- mixed $value
- The content for the block.
start() public ¶
start( string $name )
Start capturing output for a 'block'
Blocks allow you to create slots or blocks of dynamic content in the layout. view files can implement some or all of a layout's slots.
You can end capturing blocks using View::end(). Blocks can be output using View::get();
Parameters
- string $name
- The name of the block to capture for.
Throws
startIfEmpty() public ¶
startIfEmpty( string $name )
Start capturing output for a 'block' if it is empty
Blocks allow you to create slots or blocks of dynamic content in the layout. view files can implement some or all of a layout's slots.
You can end capturing blocks using View::end(). Blocks can be output using View::get();
Parameters
- string $name
- The name of the block to capture for.
unclosed() public ¶
unclosed( )
Get the names of the unclosed/active blocks.
Returns
An array of unclosed blocks.
Properties detail
$_discardActiveBufferOnEnd ¶
Should the currently captured content be discarded on ViewBlock::end()
See
ViewBlock::startIfEmpty()
false