Class
RssHelper

RSS Helper class for easy output RSS structures.

Namespace: Cake\View\Helper
Deprecated: 3.5.0 RssHelper is deprecated and will be removed in 4.0.0
Link: https://book.cakephp.org/3/en/views/helpers/rss.html

Property Summary

$Time public @property

Cake\View\Helper\TimeHelper
$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 this helper.
$_helperMap protected

array

A helper lookup table used to lazy load helper objects.
$action public

string

Current action.
$base public

string

Base URL
$data public

array

POSTed model data
$field public

string

Name of the current field
$fieldset public deprecated

array

Unused.
$helpers public

array

Helpers used by RSS Helper
$here public

string

URL to current action.
$model public

string

Name of the current model
$params public

array

Parameter array.
$tags public deprecated

array

Unused.
$version public

string

Default spec version of generated RSS

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.
__set() public

Magic setter for removed properties.
_cleanConfirmMessage() protected

Returns a string read to be used in confirm()
_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.
addClass() public

Adds the given class to the element options
channel() public

Returns an RSS <channel /> element
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.
document() public

Returns an RSS document wrapped in <rss /> tags
elem() public

Generates an XML element
getConfig() public

Returns the config.
getConfigOrFail() public

Returns the config for this specific key.
getView() public

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

Event listeners.
initialize() public

Constructor hook method.
item() public

Converts an array into an <item /> element and its contents
items() public

Transforms an array of data using an optional callback, and maps it to a set of <item /> tags
setConfig() public

Sets the config.
time() public

Converts a time in any format to an RSS time

Method Detail

__call() ¶ public

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

Provide non fatal errors on missing method calls.

Parameters

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

Returns

mixed|void

__construct() ¶ public

__construct(Cake\View\View $View, array $config = [])

Default Constructor

Parameters

Cake\View\View $View
array $config optional

__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

__set() ¶ public

__set(string $name, mixed $value): void

Magic setter for removed properties.

Parameters

string $name: Property name.
mixed $value: Value to set.

Returns

void

_cleanConfirmMessage() ¶ protected

_cleanConfirmMessage(string $message): mixed

Returns a string read to be used in confirm()

Parameters

string $message: The message to clean

Returns

mixed

_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

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. Defaults to 'class'.

Returns

array

channel() ¶ public

channel(array $attrib = [], array $elements = [], string|null $content = null): string

Returns an RSS <channel /> element

Parameters

array $attrib optional: <channel /> tag attributes
array $elements optional: Named array elements which are converted to tags
string|null $content optional: Content (<item />'s belonging to this channel

Returns

string

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

document() ¶ public

document(array $attrib = [], string|null $content = null): string

Returns an RSS document wrapped in <rss /> tags

Parameters

array $attrib optional: <rss /> tag attributes
string|null $content optional: Tag content.

Returns

string

elem() ¶ public

elem(string $name, array $attrib = [], string|array|null $content = null, bool $endTag = true): string

Generates an XML element

Parameters

string $name: The name of the XML element
array $attrib optional: The attributes of the XML element
string|array|null $content optional: XML element content
bool $endTag optional: Whether the end tag of the element should be printed

Returns

string

getConfig() ¶ public

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

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|null $default optional: The return value when the key does not exist.

Returns

mixed|null

getConfigOrFail() ¶ public

getConfigOrFail(string|null $key): mixed

Returns the config for this specific key.

The config value for this key must exist, it can never be null.

Parameters

string|null $key: The key to get.

Returns

mixed

Throws

InvalidArgumentException

getView() ¶ public

getView(): Cake\View\View

Get the view instance this helper is bound to.

Returns

Cake\View\View

implementedEvents() ¶ public

implementedEvents(): array

Event listeners.

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

item() ¶ public

item(array $att = [], array $elements = []): string

Converts an array into an <item /> element and its contents

Parameters

array $att optional: The attributes of the <item /> element
array $elements optional: The list of elements contained in this <item />

Returns

string

items() ¶ public

items(array $items, string|array|null $callback = null): string

Transforms an array of data using an optional callback, and maps it to a set of <item /> tags

Parameters

array $items: The list of items to be mapped
string|array|null $callback optional: A string function name, or array containing an object and a string method name

Returns

string

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.

time() ¶ public

time(int|string|DateTime $time): string

Converts a time in any format to an RSS time

Parameters

int|string|DateTime $time: UNIX timestamp or valid time string or DateTime object.

Returns

string

Property Detail

`$Time` ¶ public @property

Type

Cake\View\Helper\TimeHelper

Default spec version of generated RSS

Type

string

Namespaces

Class RssHelper

Property Summary

Method Summary

__call() public

__construct() public

__debugInfo() public

__get() public

__set() public

_cleanConfirmMessage() protected

_configDelete() protected

_configRead() protected

_configWrite() protected

_confirm() protected

addClass() public

channel() public

config() public deprecated

configShallow() public

document() public

elem() public

getConfig() public

getConfigOrFail() public

getView() public

implementedEvents() public

initialize() public

item() public

items() public

setConfig() public

time() public

Method Detail

__call() ¶ public

Parameters

Returns

__construct() ¶ public

Parameters

__debugInfo() ¶ public

Returns

__get() ¶ public

Parameters

Returns

__set() ¶ public

Parameters

Returns

_cleanConfirmMessage() ¶ protected

Parameters

Returns

_configDelete() ¶ protected

Parameters

Returns

Throws

_configRead() ¶ protected

Parameters

Returns

_configWrite() ¶ protected

Parameters

Returns

Throws

_confirm() ¶ protected

Parameters

Returns

addClass() ¶ public

Parameters

Returns

channel() ¶ public

Parameters

Returns

config() ¶ public

Usage

Parameters

Returns

Throws

configShallow() ¶ public

Parameters

Returns

document() ¶ public

Parameters

Returns

elem() ¶ public

Parameters

Returns

Class
RssHelper

`$Time` ¶ public @property

`$Url` ¶ public @property

`$_View` ¶ protected

`$_config` ¶ protected

`$_configInitialized` ¶ protected

`$_defaultConfig` ¶ protected

`$_helperMap` ¶ protected

`$action` ¶ public

`$base` ¶ public

`$data` ¶ public

`$field` ¶ public

`$fieldset` ¶ public deprecated

`$helpers` ¶ public

`$here` ¶ public

`$model` ¶ public

`$params` ¶ public

`$tags` ¶ public deprecated

`$version` ¶ public