Class Cell

Cell base.

Abstract
Namespace: Cake\View

Property Summary

$View public deprecated

Cake\View\View

Instance of the View created during rendering. Won't be set until after Cell::__toString() is called.
$_cache protected

array|bool

Caching setup.
$_eventClass protected

string

Default class name for new event objects.
$_eventManager protected

Cake\Event\EventManagerInterface|Cake\Event\EventManager

Instance of the Cake\Event\EventManager this object is using to dispatch inner events.
$_modelFactories protected

array

A list of overridden model factory functions.
$_modelType protected

string

The model type to use.
$_tableLocator protected

Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface

Table locator instance
$_validCellOptions protected

array

List of valid options (constructor's fourth arguments) Override this property in subclasses to whitelist which options you want set as properties in your Cell.
$_validViewOptions protected

array

These properties can be set directly on Cell and passed to the View as options.
$_viewBuilder protected

Cake\View\ViewBuilder

The view builder instance being used.
$action public

string

The cell's action to invoke.
$args public

array

Arguments to pass to cell's action.
$helpers public

array

The helpers this cell uses.
$modelClass public

string

This object's primary model class name. Should be a plural form. CakePHP will not inflect the name.
$plugin public

string

Automatically set to the name of a plugin.
$request public

Cake\Http\ServerRequest

An instance of a Cake\Http\ServerRequest object that contains information about the current request. This object contains all the information about a request and several methods for reading additional information about the request.
$response public

Cake\Http\Response

An instance of a Response object that contains information about the impending response
$template public

string

Name of the template that will be rendered. This property is inflected from the action name that was invoked.
$viewClass public deprecated

string|null

The name of default View class.
$viewVars public

array

Variables for the view

Method Summary

__construct() public

Constructor.
__debugInfo() public

Debug info.
__toString() public

Magic method.
_cacheConfig() protected

Generate the cache key to use for this cell.
_setModelClass() protected

Set the modelClass and modelKey properties based on conventions.
createView() public

Constructs the view class instance based on the current configuration.
dispatchEvent() public

Wrapper for creating and dispatching events.
eventManager() public deprecated

Returns the Cake\Event\EventManager manager instance for this object.
getEventManager() public

Returns the Cake\Event\EventManager manager instance for this object.
getModelType() public

Get the model type to be used by this class
getTableLocator() public

Gets the table locator.
initialize() public

Initialization hook method.
loadModel() public

Loads and constructs repository objects required by this object
modelFactory() public

Override a existing callable to generate repositories of a given type.
modelType() public deprecated

Set or get the model type to be used by this class
render() public

Render the cell.
set() public

Saves a variable or an associative array of variables for use inside a template.
setEventManager() public

Returns the Cake\Event\EventManager manager instance for this object.
setModelType() public

Set the model type to be used by this class
setTableLocator() public

Sets the table locator.
tableLocator() public deprecated

Sets the table locator. If no parameters are passed, it will return the currently used locator.
viewBuilder() public

Get the view builder being used.
viewOptions() public

Get/Set valid view options in the object's _validViewOptions property. The property is created as an empty array if it is not set. If called without any parameters it will return the current list of valid view options. See createView().

Method Detail

__construct() ¶ public

__construct(Cake\Http\ServerRequest|null $request = null, Cake\Http\Response|null $response = null, Cake\Event\EventManager|null $eventManager = null, array $cellOptions = [])

Constructor.

Parameters

Cake\Http\ServerRequest|null $request optional: The request to use in the cell.
Cake\Http\Response|null $response optional: The response to use in the cell.
Cake\Event\EventManager|null $eventManager optional: The eventManager to bind events to.
array $cellOptions optional: Cell options to apply.

__debugInfo() ¶ public

__debugInfo(): array

Debug info.

Returns

array

__toString() ¶ public

__toString(): string

Magic method.

Starts the rendering process when Cell is echoed.

Note This method will trigger an error when view rendering has a problem. This is because PHP will not allow a __toString() method to throw an exception.

Returns

string

Throws

Error
Include error details for PHP 7 fatal errors.

_cacheConfig() ¶ protected

_cacheConfig(string $action, string|null $template = null): array

Generate the cache key to use for this cell.

If the key is undefined, the cell class and action name will be used.

Parameters

string $action: The action invoked.
string|null $template optional: The name of the template to be rendered.

Returns

array

_setModelClass() ¶ protected

_setModelClass(string $name): void

Set the modelClass and modelKey properties based on conventions.

If the properties are already set they will not be overwritten

Parameters

string $name: Class name.

Returns

void

createView() ¶ public

createView(string|null $viewClass = null): Cake\View\View

Constructs the view class instance based on the current configuration.

Parameters

string|null $viewClass optional: Optional namespaced class name of the View class to instantiate.

Returns

Cake\View\View

Throws

Cake\View\Exception\MissingViewException
If view class was not found.

dispatchEvent() ¶ public

dispatchEvent(string $name, array|null $data = null, object|null $subject = null): Cake\Event\Event

Wrapper for creating and dispatching events.

Returns a dispatched event.

Parameters

string $name: Name of the event.
array|null $data optional: Any value you wish to be transported with this event to it can be read by listeners.
object|null $subject optional: The object that this event applies to ($this by default).

Returns

Cake\Event\Event

eventManager() ¶ public

eventManager(Cake\Event\EventManager|null $eventManager = null): Cake\Event\EventManager

Returns the Cake\Event\EventManager manager instance for this object.

You can use this instance to register any new listeners or callbacks to the object events, or create your own events and trigger them at will.

Parameters

Cake\Event\EventManager|null $eventManager optional: the eventManager to set

Returns

Cake\Event\EventManager

getEventManager() ¶ public

getEventManager(): Cake\Event\EventManager

Returns the Cake\Event\EventManager manager instance for this object.

You can use this instance to register any new listeners or callbacks to the object events, or create your own events and trigger them at will.

Returns

Cake\Event\EventManager

getModelType() ¶ public

getModelType(): string

Get the model type to be used by this class

Returns

string

getTableLocator() ¶ public

getTableLocator(): Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface

Gets the table locator.

Returns

Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface

initialize() ¶ public

initialize(): void

Initialization hook method.

Implement this method to avoid having to overwrite the constructor and calling parent::__construct().

Returns

void

loadModel() ¶ public

loadModel(string|null $modelClass = null, string|null $modelType = null): Cake\Datasource\RepositoryInterface

Loads and constructs repository objects required by this object

Typically used to load ORM Table objects as required. Can also be used to load other types of repository objects your application uses.

If a repository provider does not return an object a MissingModelException will be thrown.

Parameters

string|null $modelClass optional: Name of model class to load. Defaults to $this->modelClass
string|null $modelType optional: The type of repository to load. Defaults to the modelType() value.

Returns

Cake\Datasource\RepositoryInterface

Throws

Cake\Datasource\Exception\MissingModelException
If the model class cannot be found.
InvalidArgumentException
When using a type that has not been registered.
UnexpectedValueException
If no model type has been defined

modelFactory() ¶ public

modelFactory(string $type, callable $factory): void

Override a existing callable to generate repositories of a given type.

Parameters

string $type: The name of the repository type the factory function is for.
callable $factory: The factory function used to create instances.

Returns

void

modelType() ¶ public

modelType(string|null $modelType = null): string|$this

Set or get the model type to be used by this class

Parameters

string|null $modelType optional: The model type or null to retrieve the current

Returns

string|$this

render() ¶ public

render(string|null $template = null): string

Render the cell.

Parameters

string|null $template optional: Custom template name to render. If not provided (null), the last value will be used. This value is automatically set by CellTrait::cell().

Returns

string

Throws

Cake\View\Exception\MissingCellViewException
When a MissingTemplateException is raised during rendering.

set() ¶ public

set(string|array $name, mixed $value = null): $this

Saves a variable or an associative array of variables for use inside a template.

Parameters

string|array $name: A string or an array of data.
mixed $value optional: Value in case $name is a string (which then works as the key). Unused if $name is an associative array, otherwise serves as the values to $name's keys.

Returns

$this

setEventManager() ¶ public

setEventManager(Cake\Event\EventManager $eventManager): $this

Returns the Cake\Event\EventManager manager instance for this object.

You can use this instance to register any new listeners or callbacks to the object events, or create your own events and trigger them at will.

Parameters

Cake\Event\EventManager $eventManager: the eventManager to set

Returns

$this

setModelType() ¶ public

setModelType(string $modelType): $this

Set the model type to be used by this class

Parameters

string $modelType: The model type

Returns

$this

setTableLocator() ¶ public

setTableLocator(Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface $tableLocator): $this

Sets the table locator.

Parameters

Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface $tableLocator: LocatorInterface instance.

Returns

$this

tableLocator() ¶ public

tableLocator(Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface|null $tableLocator = null): Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface

Sets the table locator. If no parameters are passed, it will return the currently used locator.

Parameters

Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface|null $tableLocator optional: LocatorInterface instance.

Returns

Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface

viewBuilder() ¶ public

viewBuilder(): Cake\View\ViewBuilder

Get the view builder being used.

Returns

Cake\View\ViewBuilder

viewOptions() ¶ public

viewOptions(string|array|null $options = null, bool $merge = true): array

Get/Set valid view options in the object's _validViewOptions property. The property is created as an empty array if it is not set. If called without any parameters it will return the current list of valid view options. See createView().

Parameters

string|array|null $options optional: string or array of string to be appended to _validViewOptions.
bool $merge optional: Whether to merge with or override existing valid View options. Defaults to true.

Returns

array

Property Detail

`$View` ¶ public deprecated

Instance of the View created during rendering. Won't be set until after Cell::__toString() is called.

Type

Cake\View\View

`$_cache` ¶ protected

Caching setup.

Type

array|bool

`$_eventClass` ¶ protected

Default class name for new event objects.

Type

string

`$_eventManager` ¶ protected

Instance of the Cake\Event\EventManager this object is using to dispatch inner events.

Type

Cake\Event\EventManagerInterface|Cake\Event\EventManager

`$_modelFactories` ¶ protected

A list of overridden model factory functions.

Type

array

`$_modelType` ¶ protected

The model type to use.

Type

string

`$_tableLocator` ¶ protected

Table locator instance

Type

Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface

`$_validCellOptions` ¶ protected

List of valid options (constructor's fourth arguments) Override this property in subclasses to whitelist which options you want set as properties in your Cell.

Type

array

`$_validViewOptions` ¶ protected

These properties can be set directly on Cell and passed to the View as options.

Type

array

`$_viewBuilder` ¶ protected

The view builder instance being used.

Type

Cake\View\ViewBuilder

`$action` ¶ public

The cell's action to invoke.

Type

string

`$args` ¶ public

Arguments to pass to cell's action.

Type

array

`$helpers` ¶ public

The helpers this cell uses.

This property is copied automatically when using the CellTrait

Type

array

`$modelClass` ¶ public

This object's primary model class name. Should be a plural form. CakePHP will not inflect the name.

Example: For an object named 'Comments', the modelClass would be 'Comments'. Plugin classes should use Plugin.Comments style names to correctly load models from the correct plugin.

Type

string

`$plugin` ¶ public

Automatically set to the name of a plugin.

Type

string

`$request` ¶ public

An instance of a Cake\Http\ServerRequest object that contains information about the current request. This object contains all the information about a request and several methods for reading additional information about the request.

Type

Cake\Http\ServerRequest

`$response` ¶ public

An instance of a Response object that contains information about the impending response

Type

Cake\Http\Response

`$template` ¶ public

Name of the template that will be rendered. This property is inflected from the action name that was invoked.

Type

string

`$viewClass` ¶ public deprecated

The name of default View class.

Type

string|null

`$viewVars` ¶ public

Variables for the view

Type

array

Namespaces

Class Cell

Property Summary

Method Summary

__construct() public

__debugInfo() public

__toString() public

_cacheConfig() protected

_setModelClass() protected

createView() public

dispatchEvent() public

eventManager() public deprecated

getEventManager() public

getModelType() public

getTableLocator() public

initialize() public

loadModel() public

modelFactory() public

modelType() public deprecated

render() public

set() public

setEventManager() public

setModelType() public

setTableLocator() public

tableLocator() public deprecated

viewBuilder() public

viewOptions() public

Method Detail

__construct() ¶ public

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__debugInfo() ¶ public

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__toString() ¶ public

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_cacheConfig() ¶ protected

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_setModelClass() ¶ protected

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createView() ¶ public

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dispatchEvent() ¶ public

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eventManager() ¶ public

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getEventManager() ¶ public

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getModelType() ¶ public

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getTableLocator() ¶ public

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initialize() ¶ public

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loadModel() ¶ public

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modelFactory() ¶ public

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modelType() ¶ public

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render() ¶ public

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set() ¶ public

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setEventManager() ¶ public

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setModelType() ¶ public

`$View` ¶ public deprecated

`$_cache` ¶ protected

`$_eventClass` ¶ protected

`$_eventManager` ¶ protected

`$_modelFactories` ¶ protected

`$_modelType` ¶ protected

`$_tableLocator` ¶ protected

`$_validCellOptions` ¶ protected

`$_validViewOptions` ¶ protected

`$_viewBuilder` ¶ protected

`$action` ¶ public

`$args` ¶ public

`$helpers` ¶ public

`$modelClass` ¶ public

`$plugin` ¶ public

`$request` ¶ public

`$response` ¶ public

`$template` ¶ public

`$viewClass` ¶ public deprecated

`$viewVars` ¶ public