Class UrlHelper

UrlHelper class for generating URLs.

Cake\View\Helper implements Cake\Event\EventListenerInterface uses Cake\Core\InstanceConfigTrait

Cake\View\Helper\UrlHelper

Namespace: Cake\View\Helper
Location: View/Helper/UrlHelper.php

Inherited Properties

_View, _defaultConfig, _helperMap, fieldset, helpers, plugin, request, tags, theme _config, _configInitialized

Method Summary

_encodeUrl() protected

Encodes a URL for use in HTML attributes.
_inflectThemeName() protected

Inflect the theme name to its underscored version.
assetTimestamp() public

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.
assetUrl() public

Generates URL for given asset file.
build() public

Returns a URL based on provided parameters.
css() public

Generates URL for given CSS file.
image() public

Generates URL for given image file.
implementedEvents() public

Event listeners.
script() public

Generates URL for given javascript file.
webroot() public

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

Method Detail

_encodeUrl() 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() 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() 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() 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() 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() 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() 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() public ¶

implementedEvents( )

Event listeners.

Returns

array

Overrides

Cake\View\Helper::implementedEvents()

script() 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() 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.

Methods inherited from Cake\View\Helper

__call() 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() 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() public ¶

__debugInfo( )

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

Returns

array

__get() 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() 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() 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() public ¶

getView( )

Get the view instance this helper is bound to.

Returns

Cake\View\View
The bound view instance.

initialize() 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.

Methods used from Cake\Core\InstanceConfigTrait

_configDelete() 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() protected ¶

_configRead( string|null $key )

Reads a config key.

Parameters

string|null $key: Key to read.

Returns

mixed

_configWrite() 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() 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() 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->configShallow('key', $value);

Setting a nested value:

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

Updating multiple config settings at the same time:

$this->configShallow(['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() 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() 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.

Namespaces

Classes

Traits

Class UrlHelper

Inherited Properties

Method Summary

_encodeUrl() protected

_inflectThemeName() protected

assetTimestamp() public

assetUrl() public

build() public

css() public

image() public

implementedEvents() public

script() public

webroot() public

Method Detail

_encodeUrl() protected ¶

Parameters

Returns

_inflectThemeName() protected ¶

Parameters

Returns

assetTimestamp() public ¶

Parameters

Returns

assetUrl() public ¶

Parameters

Returns

build() public ¶

Options:

Parameters

Returns

css() public ¶

Parameters

Returns

image() public ¶

Parameters

Returns

implementedEvents() public ¶

Returns

Overrides

script() public ¶

Parameters

Returns

webroot() public ¶

Parameters

Returns

Methods inherited from Cake\View\Helper

__call() public ¶

Parameters

__construct() public ¶

Parameters

__debugInfo() public ¶

Returns

__get() public ¶

Parameters

Returns

_confirm() protected ¶

Parameters

Returns

addClass() public ¶

Parameters

Returns

getView() public ¶

Returns

initialize() public ¶

Parameters

Methods used from Cake\Core\InstanceConfigTrait

_configDelete() protected ¶

Parameters

Throws

_configRead() protected ¶

Parameters

Returns

_configWrite() protected ¶

Parameters

Throws

config() public ¶

Usage