Class Cell

__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

__get()source public

__get( string $name )

Magic accessor for removed properties.

Parameters

string $name

Property name

Returns

mixed

__set()source public

__set( string $name , mixed $value )

Magic setter for removed properties.

Parameters

string $name

Property name.

mixed $value

Value to set.

__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.

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

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

_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. The name can be an alias like 'Post' or FQCN like App\Model\Table\PostsTable::class.

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

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 deprecated

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().

Deprecated

3.7.0 Use ViewBuilder::setOptions() or any one of it's setter methods instead.

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.

false

[]

[
    'viewPath'
]

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