Class Component
Base class for an individual Component. Components provide reusable bits of controller logic that can be composed into a controller. Components also provide request life-cycle callbacks for injecting logic at specific points.
Initialize hook
Like Controller and Table, this class has an initialize() hook that you can use to add custom 'constructor' logic. It is important to remember that each request (and sub-request) will only make one instance of any given component.
Life cycle callbacks
Components can provide several callbacks that are fired at various stages of the request cycle. The available callbacks are:
beforeFilter(Event $event)Called before the controller's beforeFilter method by default.startup(Event $event)Called after the controller's beforeFilter method, and before the controller action is called.beforeRender(Event $event)Called before the Controller beforeRender, and before the view class is loaded.shutdown(Event $event)Called after the action is complete and the view has been rendered but before Controller::afterFilter().beforeRedirect(Event $event $url, Response $response)Called before a redirect is done. Allows you to change the URL that will be redirected to by returning a Response instance with new URL set using Response::location(). Redirection can be prevented by stopping the event propagation.
While the controller is not an explicit argument for the callback methods it is the subject of each event and can be fetched using Event::getSubject().
See: \Cake\Controller\Controller::$components
Link: https://book.cakephp.org/3/en/controllers/components.html
Property Summary
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$_componentMap protected
arrayA component lookup table used to lazy load component objects.
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$_config protected
arrayRuntime config
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$_configInitialized protected
boolWhether the config property has already been configured with defaults
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$_defaultConfig protected
arrayDefault config
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$_registry protected
Cake\Controller\ComponentRegistryComponent registry class used to lazy load components.
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$components public
arrayOther Components this component uses.
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$request public deprecated
Cake\Http\ServerRequestRequest object
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$response public deprecated
Cake\Http\ResponseResponse object
Method Summary
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__construct() public
Constructor
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__debugInfo() public
Returns an array that can be used to describe the internal state of this object.
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__get() public
Magic method for lazy loading $components.
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_configDelete() protected
Deletes a single config key.
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_configRead() protected
Reads a config key.
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_configWrite() protected
Writes a config key.
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config() public deprecated
Gets/Sets the config.
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configShallow() public
Merge provided config with existing config. Unlike
config()which does a recursive merge for nested keys, this method does a simple merge. -
getConfig() public
Returns the config.
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getController() public
Get the controller this component is bound to.
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implementedEvents() public
Get the Controller callbacks this Component is interested in.
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initialize() public
Constructor hook method.
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log() public
Convenience method to write a message to Log. See Log::write() for more information on writing to logs.
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setConfig() public
Sets the config.
Method Detail
__construct() ¶ public
__construct(Cake\Controller\ComponentRegistry $registry, array $config = [])Constructor
Parameters
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Cake\Controller\ComponentRegistry$registry A ComponentRegistry this component can use to lazy load its components
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array$config optional Array of configuration settings.
__debugInfo() ¶ public
__debugInfo(): arrayReturns an array that can be used to describe the internal state of this object.
Returns
array__get() ¶ public
__get(string $name): Cake\Controller\Component|nullMagic method for lazy loading $components.
Parameters
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string$name Name of component to get.
Returns
Cake\Controller\Component|null_configDelete() ¶ protected
_configDelete(string $key): voidDeletes a single config key.
Parameters
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string$key Key to delete.
Returns
voidThrows
Cake\Core\Exception\Exceptionif attempting to clobber existing config
_configRead() ¶ protected
_configRead(string|null $key): mixedReads a config key.
Parameters
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string|null$key Key to read.
Returns
mixed_configWrite() ¶ protected
_configWrite(string|array $key, mixed $value, bool|string $merge = false): voidWrites a config key.
Parameters
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string|array$key Key to write to.
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mixed$value Value to write.
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bool|string$merge optional True to merge recursively, 'shallow' for simple merge, false to overwrite, defaults to false.
Returns
voidThrows
Cake\Core\Exception\Exceptionif attempting to clobber existing config
config() ¶ public
config(string|array|null $key = null, mixed|null $value = null, bool $merge = true): mixedGets/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:
$this->config(['one' => 'value', 'another' => 'value']);Parameters
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string|array|null$key optional The key to get/set, or a complete array of configs.
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mixed|null$value optional The value to set.
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bool$merge optional Whether to recursively merge or overwrite existing config, defaults to true.
Returns
mixedThrows
Cake\Core\Exception\ExceptionWhen trying to set a key that is invalid.
configShallow() ¶ public
configShallow(string|array $key, mixed|null $value = null): $thisMerge 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:
$this->configShallow(['one' => 'value', 'another' => 'value']);Parameters
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string|array$key The key to set, or a complete array of configs.
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mixed|null$value optional The value to set.
Returns
$thisgetConfig() ¶ public
getConfig(string|null $key = null, mixed $default = null): mixedReturns 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:
$this->getConfig('some-key', 'default-value');Parameters
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string|null$key optional The key to get or null for the whole config.
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mixed$default optional The return value when the key does not exist.
Returns
mixedgetController() ¶ public
getController(): Cake\Controller\ControllerGet the controller this component is bound to.
Returns
Cake\Controller\ControllerimplementedEvents() ¶ public
implementedEvents(): arrayGet the Controller callbacks this Component is interested in.
Uses Conventions to map controller events to standard component callback method names. By defining one of the callback methods a component 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 components to listen to non-standard events.
Returns
arrayinitialize() ¶ public
initialize(array $config): voidConstructor hook method.
Implement this method to avoid having to overwrite the constructor and call parent.
Parameters
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array$config The configuration settings provided to this component.
Returns
voidlog() ¶ public
log(mixed $message, int|string $level = LogLevel::ERROR, string|array $context = []): boolConvenience method to write a message to Log. See Log::write() for more information on writing to logs.
Parameters
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mixed$message Log message.
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int|string$level optional Error level.
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string|array$context optional Additional log data relevant to this message.
Returns
boolsetConfig() ¶ public
setConfig(string|array $key, mixed|null $value = null, bool $merge = true): $thisSets 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:
$this->setConfig(['one' => 'value', 'another' => 'value']);Parameters
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string|array$key The key to set, or a complete array of configs.
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mixed|null$value optional The value to set.
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bool$merge optional Whether to recursively merge or overwrite existing config, defaults to true.
Returns
$thisThrows
Cake\Core\Exception\ExceptionWhen trying to set a key that is invalid.
Property Detail
$_configInitialized ¶ protected
Whether the config property has already been configured with defaults
Type
bool$_defaultConfig ¶ protected
Default config
These are merged with user-provided config when the component is used.
Type
array$_registry ¶ protected
Component registry class used to lazy load components.
Type
Cake\Controller\ComponentRegistry