Class View

View, the V in the MVC triad. View interacts with Helpers and view variables passed in from the controller to render the results of the controller action. Often this is HTML, but can also take the form of JSON, XML, PDF's or streaming files.

CakePHP uses a two-step-view pattern. This means that the template content is rendered first, and then inserted into the selected layout. This also means you can pass data from the template to the layout using $this->set()

View class supports using plugins as themes. You can set

public function beforeRender(\Cake\Event\EventInterface $event)
{
     $this->viewBuilder()->setTheme('SuperHot');
}

in your Controller to use plugin SuperHot as a theme. Eg. If current action is PostsController::index() then View class will look for template file plugins/SuperHot/templates/Posts/index.php. If a theme template is not found for the current action the default app template file is used.

Namespace: Cake\View

Constants summary

string

NAME_TEMPLATE

'templates'
string

PLUGIN_TEMPLATE_FOLDER

'plugin'
string

TYPE_ELEMENT

'element'
string

TYPE_LAYOUT

'layout'
string

TYPE_TEMPLATE

'template'

Properties summary

$Blocks protected

\Cake\View\ViewBlock

ViewBlock instance.
$Breadcrumbs public

\Cake\View\Helper\BreadcrumbsHelper
$Flash public

\Cake\View\Helper\FlashHelper
$Form public

\Cake\View\Helper\FormHelper
$Html public

\Cake\View\Helper\HtmlHelper
$Number public

\Cake\View\Helper\NumberHelper
$Paginator public

\Cake\View\Helper\PaginatorHelper
$Text public

\Cake\View\Helper\TextHelper
$Time public

\Cake\View\Helper\TimeHelper
$Url public

\Cake\View\Helper\UrlHelper
$_config protected

array

Runtime config
$_configInitialized protected

bool

Whether the config property has already been configured with defaults
$_current protected

string

The currently rendering view file. Used for resolving parent files.
$_currentType protected

string

Currently rendering an element. Used for finding parent fragments for elements.
$_defaultConfig protected

string[]

Default custom config options.
$_eventClass protected

string

Default class name for new event objects.
$_eventManager protected

\Cake\Event\EventManagerInterface

Instance of the Cake\Event\EventManager this object is using to dispatch inner events.
$_ext protected

string

File extension. Defaults to ".php".
$_helpers protected

\Cake\View\HelperRegistry

Helpers collection
$_parents protected

string[]

The names of views and their parents used with View::extend();
$_passedVars protected

string[]

List of variables to collect from the associated controller.
$_paths protected

string[]

Holds an array of paths.
$_pathsForPlugin protected

string[][]

Holds an array of plugin paths.
$_stack protected

string[]

Content stack, used for nested templates that all use View::extend();
$_viewBlockClass protected

string

ViewBlock class.
$autoLayout protected

bool

Turns on or off CakePHP's conventional mode of applying layout files. On by default.
$elementCache protected

string

The Cache configuration View will use to store cached elements. Changing this will change the default configuration elements are stored under. You can also choose a cache config per element.
$helpers protected

array

An array of names of built-in helpers to include.
$layout protected

string

The name of the layout file to render the template inside of. The name specified is the filename of the layout in templates/layout/ without the .php extension.
$layoutPath protected

string

The name of the layouts subfolder containing layouts for this View.
$name protected

string

Name of the controller that created the View if any.
$plugin protected

string|null

The name of the plugin.
$request protected

\Cake\Http\ServerRequest

An instance of a \Cake\Http\ServerRequest object that contains information about the current request.
$response protected

\Cake\Http\Response

Reference to the Response object
$subDir protected

string

Sub-directory for this template file. This is often used for extension based routing.
$template protected

string

The name of the template file to render. The name specified is the filename in templates/<SubFolder>/ without the .php extension.
$templatePath protected

string

The name of the subfolder containing templates for this View.
$theme protected

string|null

The view theme to use.
$viewVars protected

array

An array of variables

Method Summary

__construct() public

Constructor
__get() public

Magic accessor for helpers.
_checkFilePath() protected

Check that a view file path does not go outside of the defined template paths.
_configDelete() protected

Deletes a single config key.
_configRead() protected

Reads a config key.
_configWrite() protected

Writes a config key.
_createCell() protected

Create and configure the cell instance.
_elementCache() protected

Generate the cache configuration options for an element.
_evaluate() protected

Sandbox method to evaluate a template / view script in.
_getElementFileName() protected

Finds an element filename, returns false on failure.
_getLayoutFileName() protected

Returns layout filename for this template as a string.
_getSubPaths() protected

Find all sub templates path, based on $basePath If a prefix is defined in the current request, this method will prepend the prefixed template path to the $basePath, cascading up in case the prefix is nested.
_getTemplateFileName() protected

Returns filename of given action's template file as a string.
_inflectTemplateFileName() protected

Change the name of a view template file into underscored format.
_paths() protected

Return all possible paths to find view files in order
_render() protected

Renders and returns output for given template filename with its array of data. Handles parent/extended templates.
_renderElement() protected

Renders an element and fires the before and afterRender callbacks for it and writes to the cache if a cache is used
append() public

Append to an existing or new block.
assign() public

Set the content for a block. This will overwrite any existing content.
blocks() public

Get the names of all the existing blocks.
cache() public

Create a cached block of view logic.
cell() protected

Renders the given cell.
configShallow() public

Merge provided config with existing config. Unlike config() which does a recursive merge for nested keys, this method does a simple merge.
disableAutoLayout() public

Turns off CakePHP's conventional mode of applying layout files.
dispatchEvent() public

Wrapper for creating and dispatching events.
element() public

Renders a piece of PHP with provided parameters and returns HTML, XML, or any other string.
elementExists() public

Checks if an element exists
enableAutoLayout() public

Turns on or off CakePHP's conventional mode of applying layout files.
end() public

End a capturing block. The compliment to View::start()
exists() public

Check if a block exists
extend() public

Provides template or element extension/inheritance. Templates can extends a parent template and populate blocks in the parent template.
fetch() public

Fetch the content for a block. If a block is empty or undefined '' will be returned.
get() public

Returns the contents of the given View variable.
getConfig() public

Get config value.
getConfigOrFail() public

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

Retrieve the current template type
getElementPaths() protected

Get an iterator for element paths.
getEventManager() public

Returns the Cake\Event\EventManager manager instance for this object.
getLayout() public

Get the name of the layout file to render the template inside of.
getLayoutPath() public

Get path for layout files.
getLayoutPaths() protected

Get an iterator for layout paths.
getName() public

Returns the View's controller name.
getPlugin() public

Returns the plugin name.
getRequest() public

Gets the request instance.
getResponse() public

Gets the response instance.
getSubDir() public

Get sub-directory for this template files.
getTemplate() public

Get the name of the template file to render. The name specified is the filename in templates/<SubFolder>/ without the .php extension.
getTemplatePath() public

Get path for templates files.
getTheme() public

Get the current view theme.
getVars() public

Returns a list of variables available in the current View context
helpers() public

Get the helper registry in use by this View class.
initialize() public

Initialization hook method.
isAutoLayoutEnabled() public

Returns if CakePHP's conventional mode of applying layout files is enabled.
loadHelper() public

Loads a helper. Delegates to the HelperRegistry::load() to load the helper
loadHelpers() public

Interact with the HelperRegistry to load all the helpers.
log() public

Convenience method to write a message to Log. See Log::write() for more information on writing to logs.
pluginSplit() public

Splits a dot syntax plugin name into its plugin and filename.
prepend() public

Prepend to an existing or new block.
render() public

Renders view for given template file and layout.
renderLayout() public

Renders a layout. Returns output from _render().
reset() public

Reset the content for a block. This will overwrite any existing content.
set() public

Saves a variable or an associative array of variables for use inside a template.
setConfig() public

Sets the config.
setElementCache() public

Set The cache configuration View will use to store cached elements
setEventManager() public

Returns the Cake\Event\EventManagerInterface instance for this object.
setLayout() public

Set the name of the layout file to render the template inside of.
setLayoutPath() public

Set path for layout files.
setPlugin() public

Sets the plugin name.
setRequest() public

Sets the request objects and configures a number of controller properties based on the contents of the request. The properties that get set are:
setResponse() public

Sets the response instance.
setSubDir() public

Set sub-directory for this template files.
setTemplate() public

Set the name of the template file to render. The name specified is the filename in templates/<SubFolder>/ without the .php extension.
setTemplatePath() public

Set path for templates files.
setTheme() public

Set the view theme to use.
start() public

Start capturing output for a 'block'

Method Detail

__construct() public

__construct(?\Cake\Http\ServerRequest $request, ?\Cake\Http\Response $response, ?\Cake\Event\EventManager $eventManager, array $viewOptions)

Constructor

Parameters

\Cake\Http\ServerRequest|null $request optional: Request instance.
\Cake\Http\Response|null $response optional: Response instance.
\Cake\Event\EventManager|null $eventManager optional: Event manager instance.
array $viewOptions optional: View options. See View::$_passedVars for list of options which get set as class properties.

__get() public

__get(string $name)

Magic accessor for helpers.

Parameters

string $name: Name of the attribute to get.

Returns

mixed

_checkFilePath() protected

_checkFilePath(string $file, string $path)

Check that a view file path does not go outside of the defined template paths.

Only paths that contain .. will be checked, as they are the ones most likely to have the ability to resolve to files outside of the template paths.

Parameters

string $file: The path to the template file.
string $path: Base path that $file should be inside of.

Returns

string

The file path

Throws

InvalidArgumentException

_configDelete() protected

_configDelete(string $key)

Deletes a single config key.

Parameters

string $key: Key to delete.

Throws

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

_configRead() protected

_configRead(?string $key)

Reads a config key.

Parameters

string|null $key: Key to read.

Returns

mixed

_configWrite() protected

_configWrite(mixed $key, mixed $value, mixed $merge)

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.

Throws

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

_createCell() protected

_createCell(string $className, string $action, ?string $plugin, array $options)

Create and configure the cell instance.

Parameters

string $className: The cell classname.
string $action: The action name.
string|null $plugin: The plugin name.
array $options: The constructor options for the cell.

Returns

\Cake\View\Cell

_elementCache() protected

_elementCache(string $name, array $data, array $options)

Generate the cache configuration options for an element.

Parameters

string $name: Element name
array $data: Data
array $options: Element options

Returns

array

Element Cache configuration.

_evaluate() protected

_evaluate(string $templateFile, array $dataForView)

Sandbox method to evaluate a template / view script in.

Parameters

string $templateFile: Filename of the template.
array $dataForView: Data to include in rendered view.

Returns

string

Rendered output

_getElementFileName() protected

_getElementFileName(string $name, bool $pluginCheck)

Finds an element filename, returns false on failure.

Parameters

string $name

The name of the element to find.

bool $pluginCheck optional

if false will ignore the request's plugin if parsed plugin is not loaded

Returns

string|false

Either a string to the element filename or false when one can't be found.

_getLayoutFileName() protected

_getLayoutFileName(?string $name)

Returns layout filename for this template as a string.

Parameters

string|null $name optional: The name of the layout to find.

Returns

string

Filename for layout file.

Throws

Cake\View\Exception\MissingLayoutException
when a layout cannot be located
RuntimeException

_getSubPaths() protected

_getSubPaths(string $basePath)

Find all sub templates path, based on $basePath If a prefix is defined in the current request, this method will prepend the prefixed template path to the $basePath, cascading up in case the prefix is nested.

This is essentially used to find prefixed template paths for elements and layouts.

Parameters

string $basePath: Base path on which to get the prefixed one.

Returns

string[]

Array with all the templates paths.

_getTemplateFileName() protected

_getTemplateFileName(?string $name)

Returns filename of given action's template file as a string.

CamelCased action names will be under_scored by default. This means that you can have LongActionNames that refer to long_action_names.php templates. You can change the inflection rule by overriding _inflectTemplateFileName.

Parameters

string|null $name optional: Controller action to find template filename for

Returns

string

Template filename

Throws

Cake\View\Exception\MissingTemplateException
when a template file could not be found.
RuntimeException
When template name not provided.

_inflectTemplateFileName() protected

_inflectTemplateFileName(string $name)

Change the name of a view template file into underscored format.

Parameters

string $name: Name of file which should be inflected.

Returns

string

File name after conversion

_paths() protected

_paths(?string $plugin, bool $cached)

Return all possible paths to find view files in order

Parameters

string|null $plugin optional: Optional plugin name to scan for view files.
bool $cached optional: Set to false to force a refresh of view paths. Default true.

Returns

string[]

paths

_render() protected

_render(string $templateFile, array $data)

Renders and returns output for given template filename with its array of data. Handles parent/extended templates.

Parameters

string $templateFile: Filename of the template
array $data optional: Data to include in rendered view. If empty the current View::$viewVars will be used.

Returns

string

Rendered output

Throws

LogicException
When a block is left open.

_renderElement() protected

_renderElement(string $file, array $data, array $options)

Renders an element and fires the before and afterRender callbacks for it and writes to the cache if a cache is used

Parameters

string $file: Element file path
array $data: Data to render
array $options: Element options

Returns

string

append() public

append(string $name, mixed $value)

Append to an existing or new block.

Appending to a new block will create the block.

Parameters

string $name: Name of the block
mixed $value optional: The content for the block. Value will be type cast to string.

Returns

$this

assign() public

assign(string $name, mixed $value)

Set the content for a block. This will overwrite any existing content.

Parameters

string $name: Name of the block
mixed $value: The content for the block. Value will be type cast to string.

Returns

$this

blocks() public

blocks()

Get the names of all the existing blocks.

Returns

string[]

An array containing the blocks.

cache() public

cache(callable $block, array $options)

Create a cached block of view logic.

This allows you to cache a block of view output into the cache defined in elementCache.

This method will attempt to read the cache first. If the cache is empty, the $block will be run and the output stored.

Parameters

callable $block: The block of code that you want to cache the output of.
array $options optional: The options defining the cache key etc.

Returns

string

The rendered content.

Throws

RuntimeException
When $options is lacking a 'key' option.

cell() protected

cell(string $cell, array $data, array $options)

Renders the given cell.

Example:

// Taxonomy\View\Cell\TagCloudCell::smallList()
$cell = $this->cell('Taxonomy.TagCloud::smallList', ['limit' => 10]);

// App\View\Cell\TagCloudCell::smallList()
$cell = $this->cell('TagCloud::smallList', ['limit' => 10]);

The display action will be used by default when no action is provided:

// Taxonomy\View\Cell\TagCloudCell::display()
$cell = $this->cell('Taxonomy.TagCloud');

Cells are not rendered until they are echoed.

Parameters

string $cell: You must indicate cell name, and optionally a cell action. e.g.: TagCloud::smallList will invoke View\Cell\TagCloudCell::smallList(), display action will be invoked by default when none is provided.
array $data optional: Additional arguments for cell method. e.g.: cell('TagCloud::smallList', ['a1' => 'v1', 'a2' => 'v2']) maps to View\Cell\TagCloud::smallList(v1, v2)
array $options optional: Options for Cell's constructor

Returns

\Cake\View\Cell

The cell instance

Throws

Cake\View\Exception\MissingCellException
If Cell class was not found.
BadMethodCallException
If Cell class does not specified cell action.

configShallow() public

configShallow(mixed $key, mixed $value)

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

disableAutoLayout() public

disableAutoLayout()

Turns off CakePHP's conventional mode of applying layout files.

Layouts will not be automatically applied to rendered views.

Returns

$this

dispatchEvent() public

dispatchEvent(string $name, ?array $data, ?object $subject)

Wrapper for creating and dispatching events.

Returns a dispatched event.

Parameters

string $name: Name of the event.
array|null $data optional: Any value you wish to be transported with this event to it can be read by listeners.
object|null $subject optional: The object that this event applies to ($this by default).

Returns

\Cake\Event\EventInterface

element() public

element(string $name, array $data, array $options)

Renders a piece of PHP with provided parameters and returns HTML, XML, or any other string.

This realizes the concept of Elements, (or "partial layouts") and the $params array is used to send data to be used in the element. Elements can be cached improving performance by using the cache option.

Parameters

string $name

Name of template file in the templates/element/ folder, or MyPlugin.template to use the template element from MyPlugin. If the element is not found in the plugin, the normal view path cascade will be searched.

array $data optional

Array of data to be made available to the rendered view (i.e. the Element)

array $options optional

Array of options. Possible keys are:

cache - Can either be true, to enable caching using the config in View::$elementCache. Or an array If an array, the following keys can be used:
- config - Used to store the cached element in a custom cache configuration.
- key - Used to define the key used in the Cache::write(). It will be prefixed with element_
callbacks - Set to true to fire beforeRender and afterRender helper callbacks for this element. Defaults to false.
ignoreMissing - Used to allow missing elements. Set to true to not throw exceptions.
plugin - setting to false will force to use the application's element from plugin templates, when the plugin has element with same name. Defaults to true

Returns

string

Rendered Element

Throws

Cake\View\Exception\MissingElementException
When an element is missing and `ignoreMissing` is false.

elementExists() public

elementExists(string $name)

Checks if an element exists

Parameters

string $name: Name of template file in the templates/element/ folder, or MyPlugin.template to check the template element from MyPlugin. If the element is not found in the plugin, the normal view path cascade will be searched.

Returns

bool

Success

enableAutoLayout() public

enableAutoLayout(bool $enable)

Turns on or off CakePHP's conventional mode of applying layout files.

On by default. Setting to off means that layouts will not be automatically applied to rendered views.

Parameters

bool $enable optional: Boolean to turn on/off.

Returns

$this

end() public

end()

End a capturing block. The compliment to View::start()

Returns

$this

exists() public

exists(string $name)

Check if a block exists

Parameters

string $name: Name of the block

Returns

bool

extend() public

extend(string $name)

Provides template or element extension/inheritance. Templates can extends a parent template and populate blocks in the parent template.

Parameters

string $name: The template or element to 'extend' the current one with.

Returns

$this

Throws

LogicException
when you extend a template with itself or make extend loops.
LogicException
when you extend an element which doesn't exist

fetch() public

fetch(string $name, string $default)

Fetch the content for a block. If a block is empty or undefined '' will be returned.

Parameters

string $name: Name of the block
string $default optional: Default text

Returns

string

The block content or $default if the block does not exist.

get() public

get(string $var, mixed $default)

Returns the contents of the given View variable.

Parameters

string $var: The view var you want the contents of.
mixed $default optional: The default/fallback content of $var.

Returns

mixed

The content of the named var if its set, otherwise $default.

getConfig() public

getConfig(?string $key, mixed $default)

Get config value.

Currently if config is not set it fallbacks to checking corresponding view var with underscore prefix. Using underscore prefixed special view vars is deprecated and this fallback will be removed in CakePHP 4.1.0.

Parameters

string|null $key optional: The key to get or null for the whole config.
mixed $default optional: The return value when the key does not exist.

Returns

mixed

Config value being read.

getConfigOrFail() public

getConfigOrFail(string $key)

Returns the config for this specific key.

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

Parameters

string $key: The key to get.

Returns

mixed

Configuration data at the named key

Throws

InvalidArgumentException

getCurrentType() public

getCurrentType()

Retrieve the current template type

Returns

string

getElementPaths() protected

getElementPaths(?string $plugin)

Get an iterator for element paths.

Parameters

string|null $plugin: The plugin to fetch paths for.

Returns

\Generator

getEventManager() 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\EventManagerInterface

getLayout() public

getLayout()

Get the name of the layout file to render the template inside of.

The name specified is the filename of the layout in templates/layout/ without the .php extension.

Returns

string

getLayoutPath() public

getLayoutPath()

Get path for layout files.

Returns

string

getLayoutPaths() protected

getLayoutPaths(?string $plugin)

Get an iterator for layout paths.

Parameters

string|null $plugin: The plugin to fetch paths for.

Returns

\Generator

getName() public

getName()

Returns the View's controller name.

Returns

string

getPlugin() public

getPlugin()

Returns the plugin name.

Returns

string|null

getRequest() public

getRequest()

Gets the request instance.

Returns

\Cake\Http\ServerRequest

getResponse() public

getResponse()

Gets the response instance.

Returns

\Cake\Http\Response

getSubDir() public

getSubDir()

Get sub-directory for this template files.

Returns

string

getTemplate() public

getTemplate()

Get the name of the template file to render. The name specified is the filename in templates/<SubFolder>/ without the .php extension.

Returns

string

getTemplatePath() public

getTemplatePath()

Get path for templates files.

Returns

string

getTheme() public

getTheme()

Get the current view theme.

Returns

string|null

getVars() public

getVars()

Returns a list of variables available in the current View context

Returns

string[]

Array of the set view variable names.

helpers() public

helpers()

Get the helper registry in use by this View class.

Returns

\Cake\View\HelperRegistry

initialize() public

initialize()

Initialization hook method.

Properties like $helpers etc. cannot be initialized statically in your custom view class as they are overwritten by values from controller in constructor. So this method allows you to manipulate them as required after view instance is constructed.

isAutoLayoutEnabled() public

isAutoLayoutEnabled()

Returns if CakePHP's conventional mode of applying layout files is enabled.

Disabled means that layouts will not be automatically applied to rendered views.

Returns

bool

loadHelper() public

loadHelper(string $name, array $config)

Loads a helper. Delegates to the HelperRegistry::load() to load the helper

Parameters

string $name: Name of the helper to load.
array $config optional: Settings for the helper

Returns

\Cake\View\Helper

a constructed helper object.

loadHelpers() public

loadHelpers()

Interact with the HelperRegistry to load all the helpers.

Returns

$this

log() public

log(string $message, mixed $level, mixed $context)

Convenience method to write a message to Log. See Log::write() for more information on writing to logs.

Parameters

string $message: Log message.
int|string $level optional: Error level.
string|array $context optional: Additional log data relevant to this message.

Returns

bool

Success of log write.

pluginSplit() public

pluginSplit(string $name, bool $fallback)

Splits a dot syntax plugin name into its plugin and filename.

If $name does not have a dot, then index 0 will be null. It checks if the plugin is loaded, else filename will stay unchanged for filenames containing dot

Parameters

string $name: The name you want to plugin split.
bool $fallback optional: If true uses the plugin set in the current Request when parsed plugin is not loaded

Returns

array

Array with 2 indexes. 0 => plugin name, 1 => filename.

prepend() public

prepend(string $name, mixed $value)

Prepend to an existing or new block.

Prepending to a new block will create the block.

Parameters

string $name: Name of the block
mixed $value: The content for the block. Value will be type cast to string.

Returns

$this

render() public

render(?string $template, mixed $layout)

Renders view for given template file and layout.

Render triggers helper callbacks, which are fired before and after the template are rendered, as well as before and after the layout. The helper callbacks are called:

beforeRender
afterRender
beforeLayout
afterLayout

If View::$autoLayout is set to false, the template will be returned bare.

Template and layout names can point to plugin templates or layouts. Using the Plugin.template syntax a plugin template/layout/ can be used instead of the app ones. If the chosen plugin is not found the template will be located along the regular view path cascade.

Parameters

string|null $template optional: Name of template file to use
string|false|null $layout optional: Layout to use. False to disable.

Returns

string

Rendered content.

Throws

Cake\Core\Exception\Exception
If there is an error in the view.

renderLayout() public

renderLayout(string $content, ?string $layout)

Renders a layout. Returns output from _render().

Several variables are created for use in layout.

Parameters

string $content: Content to render in a template, wrapped by the surrounding layout.
string|null $layout optional: Layout name

Returns

string

Rendered output.

Throws

Cake\Core\Exception\Exception
if there is an error in the view.

reset() public

reset(string $name)

Reset the content for a block. This will overwrite any existing content.

Parameters

string $name: Name of the block

Returns

$this

set() public

set(mixed $name, mixed $value)

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: 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

Throws

RuntimeException
If the array combine operation failed.

setConfig() public

setConfig(mixed $key, mixed $value, mixed $merge)

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.

setElementCache() public

setElementCache(string $elementCache)

Set The cache configuration View will use to store cached elements

Parameters

string $elementCache: Cache config name.

Returns

$this

setEventManager() public

setEventManager(\Cake\Event\EventManagerInterface $eventManager)

Returns the Cake\Event\EventManagerInterface 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\EventManagerInterface $eventManager: the eventManager to set

Returns

$this

setLayout() public

setLayout(string $name)

Set the name of the layout file to render the template inside of.

The name specified is the filename of the layout in templates/layout/ without the .php extension.

Parameters

string $name: Layout file name to set.

Returns

$this

setLayoutPath() public

setLayoutPath(string $path)

Set path for layout files.

Parameters

string $path: Path for layout files.

Returns

$this

setPlugin() public

setPlugin(?string $name)

Sets the plugin name.

Parameters

string|null $name: Plugin name.

Returns

$this

setRequest() public

setRequest(\Cake\Http\ServerRequest $request)

Sets the request objects and configures a number of controller properties based on the contents of the request. The properties that get set are:

$this->request - To the $request parameter
$this->plugin - To the value returned by $request->getParam('plugin')

Parameters

\Cake\Http\ServerRequest $request: Request instance.

Returns

$this

setResponse() public

setResponse(\Cake\Http\Response $response)

Sets the response instance.

Parameters

\Cake\Http\Response $response: Response instance.

Returns

$this

setSubDir() public

setSubDir(string $subDir)

Set sub-directory for this template files.

Parameters

string $subDir: Sub-directory name.

Returns

$this

setTemplate() public

setTemplate(string $name)

Set the name of the template file to render. The name specified is the filename in templates/<SubFolder>/ without the .php extension.

Parameters

string $name: Template file name to set.

Returns

$this

setTemplatePath() public

setTemplatePath(string $path)

Set path for templates files.

Parameters

string $path: Path for template files.

Returns

$this

setTheme() public

setTheme(?string $theme)

Set the view theme to use.

Parameters

string|null $theme: Theme name.

Returns

$this

start() public

start(string $name)

Start capturing output for a 'block'

You can use start on a block multiple times to append or prepend content in a capture mode.

// Append content to an existing block.
$this->start('content');
echo $this->fetch('content');
echo 'Some new content';
$this->end();

// Prepend content to an existing block
$this->start('content');
echo 'Some new content';
echo $this->fetch('content');
$this->end();

Parameters

string $name: The name of the block to capture for.

Returns

$this

Property Detail

`$Blocks` protected

ViewBlock instance.

Type

ViewBlock class.

Type

string

`$autoLayout` protected

This object contains all the information about a request and several methods for reading additional information about the request.

Type

\Cake\Http\ServerRequest

`$response` protected

Reference to the Response object

Type

\Cake\Http\Response

`$subDir` protected

Sub-directory for this template file. This is often used for extension based routing.

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__construct() public

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__get() public

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_checkFilePath() protected

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_configDelete() protected

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_configRead() protected

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_configWrite() protected

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_createCell() protected

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_elementCache() protected

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_evaluate() protected

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_getElementFileName() protected

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_getLayoutFileName() protected

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_getSubPaths() protected

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_getTemplateFileName() protected

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_inflectTemplateFileName() protected

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_paths() protected

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_render() protected

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_renderElement() protected

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append() public

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assign() public

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blocks() public

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cache() public

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cell() protected

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configShallow() public

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