Class BreadcrumbsHelper

BreadcrumbsHelper to register and display a breadcrumb trail for your views

Namespace: Cake\View\Helper

Property Summary

$Url public @property

Cake\View\Helper\UrlHelper
$_View protected

Cake\View\View

The View instance this helper is attached to
$_config protected

array

Runtime config
$_configInitialized protected

bool

Whether the config property has already been configured with defaults
$_defaultConfig protected

array

Default config for the helper.
$_helperMap protected

array

A helper lookup table used to lazy load helper objects.
$_templater protected

Cake\View\StringTemplate

StringTemplate instance.
$crumbs protected

array

The crumb list.
$fieldset public

array

Holds the fields ['field_name' => ['type' => 'string', 'length' => 100]], primaryKey and validates ['field_name']
$helpers public

array

Other helpers used by BreadcrumbsHelper.
$plugin public

string

Plugin path
$request public

Cake\Http\ServerRequest

Request object
$tags public

array

Holds tag templates.
$theme public

string

The current theme name if any.

Method Summary

__call() public

Provide non fatal errors on missing method calls.
__construct() public

Default Constructor
__debugInfo() public

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

Lazy loads helpers.
_configDelete() protected

Deletes a single config key.
_configRead() protected

Reads a config key.
_configWrite() protected

Writes a config key.
_confirm() protected

Returns a string to be used as onclick handler for confirm dialogs.
add() public

Add a crumb to the end of the trail.
addClass() public

Adds the given class to the element options
config() public deprecated

Gets/Sets the config.
configShallow() public

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

Search a crumb in the current stack which title matches the one provided as argument. If found, the index of the matching crumb will be returned.
formatTemplate() public

Formats a template string with $data
getConfig() public

Returns the config.
getCrumbs() public

Returns the crumb list.
getTemplates() public

Gets templates to use or a specific template.
getView() public

Get the view instance this helper is bound to.
implementedEvents() public

Get the View callbacks this helper is interested in.
initialize() public

Constructor hook method.
insertAfter() public

Insert a crumb after the first matching crumb with the specified title.
insertAt() public

Insert a crumb at a specific index.
insertBefore() public

Insert a crumb before the first matching crumb with the specified title.
prepend() public

Prepend a crumb to the start of the queue.
render() public

Renders the breadcrumbs trail.
reset() public

Removes all existing crumbs.
setConfig() public

Sets the config.
setTemplates() public

Sets templates to use.
templater() public

Returns the templater instance.
templates() public deprecated

Gets/sets templates to use.

Method Detail

__call() ¶ public

__call(string $method, array $params): void

Provide non fatal errors on missing method calls.

Parameters

string $method: Method to invoke
array $params: Array of params for the method.

Returns

void

__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(): array

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

Returns

array

__get() ¶ public

__get(string $name): Cake\View\Helper|null

Lazy loads helpers.

Parameters

string $name: Name of the property being accessed.

Returns

Cake\View\Helper|null

_configDelete() ¶ protected

_configDelete(string $key): void

Deletes a single config key.

Parameters

string $key: Key to delete.

Returns

void

Throws

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

_configRead() ¶ protected

_configRead(string|null $key): mixed

Reads a config key.

Parameters

string|null $key: Key to read.

Returns

mixed

_configWrite() ¶ protected

_configWrite(string|array $key, mixed $value, bool|string $merge = false): void

Writes a config key.

Parameters

string|array $key: Key to write to.
mixed $value: Value to write.
bool|string $merge optional: True to merge recursively, 'shallow' for simple merge, false to overwrite, defaults to false.

Returns

void

Throws

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

_confirm() ¶ protected

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

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

add() ¶ public

add(string|array $title, string|array|null $url = null, array $options = []): $this

Add a crumb to the end of the trail.

Parameters

string|array $title

If provided as a string, it represents the title of the crumb. Alternatively, if you want to add multiple crumbs at once, you can provide an array, with each values being a single crumb. Arrays are expected to be of this form:

title The title of the crumb
link The link of the crumb. If not provided, no link will be made
options Options of the crumb. See description of params option of this method.

string|array|null $url optional

URL of the crumb. Either a string, an array of route params to pass to Url::build() or null / empty if the crumb does not have a link.

array $options optional

Array of options. These options will be used as attributes HTML attribute the crumb will be rendered in (a

tag by default). It accepts two special keys:

innerAttrs: An array that allows you to define attributes for the inner element of the crumb (by default, to the link)
templateVars: Specific template vars in case you override the templates provided.

Returns

$this

addClass() ¶ public

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

Adds the given class to the element options

Parameters

array $options optional: Array options/attributes to add a class to
string|null $class optional: The class name being added.
string $key optional: the key to use for class.

Returns

array

config() ¶ public

config(string|array|null $key = null, mixed|null $value = null, bool $merge = true): mixed

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']);

Parameters

string|array|null $key optional: The key to get/set, or a complete array of configs.
mixed|null $value optional: The value to set.
bool $merge optional: Whether to recursively merge or overwrite existing config, defaults to true.

Returns

mixed

Throws

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

configShallow() ¶ public

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

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: The value to set.

Returns

$this

findCrumb() ¶ protected

findCrumb(string $title): int|null

Search a crumb in the current stack which title matches the one provided as argument. If found, the index of the matching crumb will be returned.

Parameters

string $title: Title to find.

Returns

int|null

formatTemplate() ¶ public

formatTemplate(string $name, array $data): string

Formats a template string with $data

Parameters

string $name: The template name.
array $data: The data to insert.

Returns

string

getConfig() ¶ public

getConfig(string|null $key = null, mixed $default = null): mixed

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');

Reading with default value:

$this->getConfig('some-key', 'default-value');

Parameters

string|null $key optional: The key to get or null for the whole config.
mixed $default optional: The return value when the key does not exist.

Returns

mixed

getCrumbs() ¶ public

getCrumbs(): array

Returns the crumb list.

Returns

array

getTemplates() ¶ public

getTemplates(string|null $template = null): string|array

Gets templates to use or a specific template.

Parameters

string|null $template optional: String for reading a specific template, null for all.

Returns

string|array

getView() ¶ public

getView(): Cake\View\View

Get the view instance this helper is bound to.

Returns

Cake\View\View

implementedEvents() ¶ public

implementedEvents(): array

Get the View callbacks this helper is interested in.

By defining one of the callback methods a helper is assumed to be interested in the related event.

Override this method if you need to add non-conventional event listeners. Or if you want helpers to listen to non-standard events.

Returns

array

initialize() ¶ public

initialize(array $config): void

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.

Returns

void

insertAfter() ¶ public

insertAfter(string $matchingTitle, string $title, string|array|null $url = null, array $options = []): $this

Insert a crumb after the first matching crumb with the specified title.

Finds the index of the first crumb that matches the provided class, and inserts the supplied callable before it.

Parameters

string $matchingTitle

The title of the crumb you want to insert this one after.

string $title

Title of the crumb.

string|array|null $url optional

URL of the crumb. Either a string, an array of route params to pass to Url::build() or null / empty if the crumb does not have a link.

array $options optional

Array of options. These options will be used as attributes HTML attribute the crumb will be rendered in (a

tag by default). It accepts two special keys:

innerAttrs: An array that allows you to define attributes for the inner element of the crumb (by default, to the link)
templateVars: Specific template vars in case you override the templates provided.

Returns

$this

Throws

LogicException
In case the matching crumb can not be found.

insertAt() ¶ public

insertAt(int $index, string $title, string|array|null $url = null, array $options = []): $this

Insert a crumb at a specific index.

If the index already exists, the new crumb will be inserted, and the existing element will be shifted one index greater. If the index is out of bounds, it will throw an exception.

Parameters

int $index

The index to insert at.

string $title

Title of the crumb.

string|array|null $url optional

URL of the crumb. Either a string, an array of route params to pass to Url::build() or null / empty if the crumb does not have a link.

array $options optional

Array of options. These options will be used as attributes HTML attribute the crumb will be rendered in (a

tag by default). It accepts two special keys:

innerAttrs: An array that allows you to define attributes for the inner element of the crumb (by default, to the link)
templateVars: Specific template vars in case you override the templates provided.

Returns

$this

Throws

LogicException
In case the index is out of bound

insertBefore() ¶ public

insertBefore(string $matchingTitle, string $title, string|array|null $url = null, array $options = []): $this

Insert a crumb before the first matching crumb with the specified title.

Finds the index of the first crumb that matches the provided class, and inserts the supplied callable before it.

Parameters

string $matchingTitle

The title of the crumb you want to insert this one before.

string $title

Title of the crumb.

string|array|null $url optional

URL of the crumb. Either a string, an array of route params to pass to Url::build() or null / empty if the crumb does not have a link.

array $options optional

Array of options. These options will be used as attributes HTML attribute the crumb will be rendered in (a

tag by default). It accepts two special keys:

innerAttrs: An array that allows you to define attributes for the inner element of the crumb (by default, to the link)
templateVars: Specific template vars in case you override the templates provided.

Returns

$this

Throws

LogicException
In case the matching crumb can not be found

prepend() ¶ public

prepend(string $title, string|array|null $url = null, array $options = []): $this

Prepend a crumb to the start of the queue.

Parameters

string $title

title The title of the crumb
link The link of the crumb. If not provided, no link will be made
options Options of the crumb. See description of params option of this method.

string|array|null $url optional

URL of the crumb. Either a string, an array of route params to pass to Url::build() or null / empty if the crumb does not have a link.

array $options optional

Array of options. These options will be used as attributes HTML attribute the crumb will be rendered in (a

tag by default). It accepts two special keys:

innerAttrs: An array that allows you to define attributes for the inner element of the crumb (by default, to the link)
templateVars: Specific template vars in case you override the templates provided.

Returns

$this

render() ¶ public

render(array $attributes = [], array $separator = []): string

Renders the breadcrumbs trail.

Parameters

array $attributes optional

Array of attributes applied to the wrapper template. Accepts the templateVars key to allow the insertion of custom template variable in the template.

array $separator optional

Array of attributes for the separator template. Possible properties are :

separator The string to be displayed as a separator
templateVars Allows the insertion of custom template variable in the template
innerAttrs To provide attributes in case your separator is divided in two elements. All other properties will be converted as HTML attributes and will replace the attrs key in the template. If you use the default for this option (empty), it will not render a separator.

Returns

string

reset() ¶ public

reset(): $this

Removes all existing crumbs.

Returns

$this

setConfig() ¶ public

setConfig(string|array $key, mixed|null $value = null, bool $merge = true): $this

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: The value to set.
bool $merge optional: 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.

setTemplates() ¶ public

setTemplates(array $templates): $this

Sets templates to use.

Parameters

array $templates: Templates to be added.

Returns

$this

templater() ¶ public

templater(): Cake\View\StringTemplate

Returns the templater instance.

Returns

Cake\View\StringTemplate

templates() ¶ public

templates(string|null|array $templates = null): $this|string|array

Gets/sets templates to use.

Parameters

string|null|array $templates optional: null or string allow reading templates. An array allows templates to be added.

Type

string

Namespaces

Class BreadcrumbsHelper

Property Summary

Method Summary

__call() public

__construct() public

__debugInfo() public

__get() public

_configDelete() protected

_configRead() protected

_configWrite() protected

_confirm() protected

add() public

addClass() public

config() public deprecated

configShallow() public

findCrumb() protected

formatTemplate() public

getConfig() public

getCrumbs() public

getTemplates() public

getView() public

implementedEvents() public

initialize() public

insertAfter() public

insertAt() public

insertBefore() public

prepend() public

render() public

reset() public

setConfig() public

setTemplates() public

templater() public

templates() public deprecated

Method Detail

__call() ¶ public

Parameters

Returns

__construct() ¶ public

Parameters

__debugInfo() ¶ public

Returns

__get() ¶ public

Parameters

Returns

_configDelete() ¶ protected

Parameters

Returns

Throws

_configRead() ¶ protected

Parameters

Returns

_configWrite() ¶ protected

Parameters

Returns

Throws

_confirm() ¶ protected

Parameters

Returns

add() ¶ public

Parameters

Returns

addClass() ¶ public

Parameters

Returns

config() ¶ public

Usage

Parameters

Returns

Throws

configShallow() ¶ public

Parameters

Returns

findCrumb() ¶ protected

Parameters

Returns

formatTemplate() ¶ public

Parameters

Returns

getConfig() ¶ public

`$Url` ¶ public @property

`$_View` ¶ protected

`$_config` ¶ protected

`$_configInitialized` ¶ protected

`$_defaultConfig` ¶ protected

`$_helperMap` ¶ protected

`$_templater` ¶ protected

`$crumbs` ¶ protected

`$fieldset` ¶ public