Class BreadcrumbsHelper

add()source public

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

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 null

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

findCrumb()source protected

findCrumb( string $title )

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

integer|null
Index of the crumb found, or null if it can not be found.

getCrumbs()source public

getCrumbs( )

Returns the crumb list.

Returns

array

insertAfter()source public

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

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 null

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()source public

insertAt( integer $index , string $title , string|array|null $url null , array $options [] )

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

integer $index

The index to insert at.

string $title

Title of the crumb.

string|array|null $url optional null

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()source public

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

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 null

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()source public

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

Prepend a crumb to the start of the queue.

Parameters

string $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 null

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()source public

render( array $attributes [] , array $separator [] )

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
The breadcrumbs trail

__call()source 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()source 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()source public

__debugInfo( )

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

Returns

array

__get()source 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()source 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()source 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.

implementedEvents()source public

implementedEvents( )

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

Implementation of

Cake\Event\EventListenerInterface::implementedEvents()

initialize()source 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.

formatTemplate()source public

formatTemplate( string $name , array $data )

Format a template string with $data

Parameters

string $name

The template name.

array $data

The data to insert.

Returns

string

templater()source public

templater( )

templater

Returns

Cake\View\StringTemplate

templates()source public

templates( string|null|array $templates null )

Get/set templates to use.

Parameters

string|null|array $templates optional null

null or string allow reading templates. An array allows templates to be added.

Returns

$this|string|array

_configDelete()source protected

_configDelete( string $key )

Delete a single config key

Parameters

string $key

Key to delete.

Throws

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

_configRead()source protected

_configRead( string|null $key )

Read a config variable

Parameters

string|null $key

Key to read.

Returns

mixed

_configWrite()source protected

_configWrite( string|array $key , mixed $value , boolean|string $merge false )

Write a config variable

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()source public

config( string|array|null $key null , mixed|null $value null , boolean $merge true )

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 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()source 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->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 $key

The key to set, or a complete array of configs.

mixed|null $value optional null

The value to set.

Returns

$this The object itself.

[
    'templates' => [
        'wrapper' => '<ul{{attrs}}>{{content}}</ul>',
        'item' => '<li{{attrs}}><a href="{{url}}"{{innerAttrs}}>{{title}}</a></li>{{separator}}',
        'itemWithoutLink' => '<li{{attrs}}><span{{innerAttrs}}>{{title}}</span></li>{{separator}}',
        'separator' => '<li{{attrs}}><span{{innerAttrs}}>{{separator}}</span></li>'
    ]
]

[]

['Url']