Class Cell

Cell base.

Cake\View\Cell uses Cake\Event\EventDispatcherTrait , Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorAwareTrait , Cake\Datasource\ModelAwareTrait , Cake\View\ViewVarsTrait
Abstract
Namespace: Cake\View
Location: View/Cell.php

Properties summary

  • $View public

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

  • $_cache protected
    array|boolean
    Caching setup.
  • $_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.
  • $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.
  • $plugin public
    string
    Automatically set to the name of a plugin.
  • $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.

  • $response public
    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.

Inherited Magic Properties

Inherited Properties

Method Summary

Method Detail

__construct()source public

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

Constructor.

Parameters

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

__debugInfo()source public

__debugInfo( )

Debug info.

Returns

array

__toString()source public

__toString( )

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
Rendered cell

Throws

Error
Include error details for PHP 7 fatal errors.

_cacheConfig()source protected

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

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 null
The name of the template to be rendered.

Returns

array
The cache configuration.

initialize()source public

initialize( )

Initialization hook method.

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

render()source public

render( string|null $template = null )

Render the cell.

Parameters

string|null $template optional null

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
The rendered cell.

Throws

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

Methods used from Cake\Event\EventDispatcherTrait

dispatchEvent()source public

dispatchEvent( string $name , array|null $data = null , object|null $subject = null )

Wrapper for creating and dispatching events.

Returns a dispatched event.

Parameters

string $name
Name of the event.
array|null $data optional null

Any value you wish to be transported with this event to it can be read by listeners.

object|null $subject optional null

The object that this event applies to ($this by default).

Returns

Cake\Event\Event

eventManager()source public deprecated

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

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.

Deprecated

3.5.0 Use getEventManager()/setEventManager() instead.

Parameters

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

Returns

Cake\Event\EventManager

getEventManager()source public

getEventManager( )

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

setEventManager()source public

setEventManager( Cake\Event\EventManager $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 $eventManager
the eventManager to set

Returns


$this

Methods used from Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorAwareTrait

getTableLocator()source public

getTableLocator( )

Gets the table locator.

Returns

Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface

setTableLocator()source public

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

Sets the table locator.

Parameters

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

Returns


$this

tableLocator()source public deprecated

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

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

Deprecated

3.5.0 Use getTableLocator()/setTableLocator() instead.

Parameters

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

Returns

Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface

Methods used from Cake\Datasource\ModelAwareTrait

_setModelClass()source protected

_setModelClass( string $name )

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.

getModelType()source public

getModelType( )

Get the model type to be used by this class

Returns

string

loadModel()source public

loadModel( string|null $modelClass = null , string|null $modelType = null )

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

Returns

Cake\Datasource\RepositoryInterface
The model instance created.

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()source public

modelFactory( string $type , callable $factory )

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.

modelType()source public deprecated

modelType( string|null $modelType = null )

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

Deprecated

3.5.0 Use getModelType()/setModelType() instead.

Parameters

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

Returns

string|Cake\Datasource\ModelAwareTrait
$this

setModelType()source public

setModelType( string $modelType )

Set the model type to be used by this class

Parameters

string $modelType
The model type

Returns


$this

Methods used from Cake\View\ViewVarsTrait

createView()source public

createView( string|null $viewClass = null )

Constructs the view class instance based on the current configuration.

Parameters

string|null $viewClass optional null
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.

set()source public

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

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 null

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

viewBuilder()source public

viewBuilder( )

Get the view builder being used.

Returns

Cake\View\ViewBuilder

viewOptions()source public

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

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 null
string or array of string to be appended to _validViewOptions.
boolean $merge optional true

Whether to merge with or override existing valid View options. Defaults to true.

Returns

array
The updated view options as an array.

Properties detail

$Viewsource

public Cake\View\View

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

Deprecated

3.1.0 Use createView() instead.

$_cachesource

protected array|boolean

Caching setup.

false

$_validCellOptionssource

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.

[]

$_validViewOptionssource

protected array

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

See

Cake\View\View
[
    'viewPath'
]

$actionsource

public string

The cell's action to invoke.

$argssource

public array

Arguments to pass to cell's action.

[]

$helperssource

public array

The helpers this cell uses.

This property is copied automatically when using the CellTrait

[]

$pluginsource

public string

Automatically set to the name of a plugin.

$requestsource

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.

$responsesource

public Cake\Http\Response

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

$templatesource

public string

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

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