Fr3nch13/CakePHP Utilities

CellTrait

Provides cell() method for usage in Controller and View classes.

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Methods

_createCell()  : Cell
Create and configure the cell instance.
cell()  : Cell
Renders the given cell.

Methods

_createCell()

Create and configure the cell instance.

protected _createCell(string $className, string $action, string|null $plugin, array<string, mixed> $options) : Cell
Parameters
$className : string

The cell classname.

$action : string

The action name.

$plugin : string|null

The plugin name.

$options : array<string, mixed>

The constructor options for the cell.

Return values
Cell

cell()

Renders the given cell.

protected cell(string $cell[, array<string|int, mixed> $data = [] ][, array<string, mixed> $options = [] ]) : 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
$cell : string

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.

$data : array<string|int, mixed> = []

Additional arguments for cell method. e.g.: cell('TagCloud::smallList', ['a1' => 'v1', 'a2' => 'v2']) maps to View\Cell\TagCloud::smallList(v1, v2)

$options : array<string, mixed> = []

Options for Cell's constructor

Tags
throws
MissingCellException

If Cell class was not found.

Return values
Cell

The cell instance


        
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