class LocaleAdmin extends ModelAdmin (View source)

Traits

Allows an object to have extensions applied to it.

A class that can be instantiated or replaced via DI

Provides extensions to this object to integrate it with standard config API methods.

Allows an object to declare a set of custom methods

Constants

SCHEMA_HEADER

Form schema header identifier

Config options

extensions array

An array of extension names and parameters to be applied to this object upon construction.

from  Extensible
unextendable_classes array

Classes that cannot be extended

from  Extensible
casting array

An array of objects to cast certain fields to. This is set up as an array in the format:

from  ViewableData
default_cast string

The default object to cast scalar fields to if casting information is not specified, and casting to an object is required.

from  ViewableData
casting_cache array from  ViewableData
url_segment
url_handlers from  ModelAdmin
allowed_actions from  ModelAdmin
client_debugging bool

Enable front-end debugging (increases verbosity) in dev mode.

from  LeftAndMain
url_rule from  ModelAdmin
menu_title
menu_icon string from  LeftAndMain
menu_priority float

Override menu_priority so that ModelAdmin CMSMenu objects are grouped together directly above the Help menu item.

from  ModelAdmin
url_priority int from  LeftAndMain
tree_class string

A subclass of DataObject.

from  LeftAndMain
dependencies from  LeftAndMain
admin_themes array

Themes to use within the CMS

from  LeftAndMain
required_permission_codes array

Codes which are required from the current user to view this controller.

from  LeftAndMain
session_namespace string

Namespace for session info, e.g. current record.

from  LeftAndMain
extra_requirements_javascript array

Register additional requirements through the Requirements class.

from  LeftAndMain
extra_requirements_css array

YAML configuration example:

LeftAndMain:
  extra_requirements_css:
    mysite/css/mystyle.css:
      media: screen
from  LeftAndMain
extra_requirements_themedCss array from  LeftAndMain
session_keepalive_ping bool

If true, call a keepalive ping every 5 minutes from the CMS interface, to ensure that the session never dies.

from  LeftAndMain
frame_options string

Value of X-Frame-Options header

from  LeftAndMain
section_name string|null

The configuration passed to the supporting JS for each CMS section includes a 'name' key that by default matches the FQCN of the current class. This setting allows you to change the key if necessary (for example, if you are overloading CMSMain or another core class and want to keep the core JS - which depends on the core class names - functioning, you would need to set this to the FQCN of the class you are overloading).

from  LeftAndMain
application_name string

The application name

from  LeftAndMain
managed_models
menu_icon_class
model_importers array

List of all DataObjects which can be imported through a subclass of BulkLoader (mostly CSV data).

from  ModelAdmin
page_length int from  ModelAdmin

Properties

protected static array $extra_methods

Custom method sources

from  CustomMethods
protected array $extra_method_registers

Name of methods to invoke by defineMethods for this instance

from  CustomMethods
protected static array $built_in_methods

Non-custom methods

from  CustomMethods
protected Extension[] $extension_instances from  Extensible
protected callable[][] $beforeExtendCallbacks

List of callbacks to call prior to extensions having extend called on them, each grouped by methodName.

from  Extensible
protected callable[][] $afterExtendCallbacks

List of callbacks to call after extensions having extend called on them, each grouped by methodName.

from  Extensible
protected ViewableData $failover

A failover object to attempt to get data from if it is not present on this object.

from  ViewableData
protected ViewableData $customisedObject from  ViewableData
protected HTTPRequest $request from  RequestHandler
protected $model

The DataModel for this request

from  RequestHandler
protected bool $brokenOnConstruct

This variable records whether RequestHandler::construct() was called or not. Useful for checking if subclasses have called parent::construct()

from  RequestHandler
protected array $urlParams

An array of arguments extracted from the URL.

from  Controller
protected array $requestParams

Contains all GET and POST parameters passed to the current HTTPRequest.

from  Controller
protected string $action

The URL part matched on the current controller as determined by the "$Action" part of the $url_handlers definition. Should correlate to a public method on this controller.

from  Controller
protected static array $controller_stack

Stack of current controllers. Controller::$controller_stack[0] is the current controller.

from  Controller
protected array $templates

Assign templates for this controller.

from  Controller
protected deprecated bool $basicAuthEnabled from  Controller
protected HTTPResponse $response

The response object that the controller returns.

from  Controller
protected bool $baseInitCalled from  Controller
protected FormSchema $schema

Current form schema helper

from  LeftAndMain
protected null $pageID

Current pageID for this request

from  LeftAndMain
protected PjaxResponseNegotiator $responseNegotiator from  LeftAndMain
protected VersionProvider $versionProvider from  LeftAndMain
protected LeftAndMain_SearchFilter $searchFilterCache

Cached search filter instance for current search

from  LeftAndMain
protected string $modelClass from  ModelAdmin
protected string $modelTab from  ModelAdmin
public $showImportForm
public $showSearchForm

Methods

public
mixed
__call(string $method, array $arguments)

Attempts to locate and call a method dynamically added to a class at runtime if a default cannot be located

protected
defineMethods()

Adds any methods from Extension instances attached to this object.

protected
registerExtraMethodCallback(string $name, callable $callback)

Register an callback to invoke that defines extra methods

public
bool
hasMethod(string $method)

Return TRUE if a method exists on this object

protected
array
getExtraMethodConfig(string $method)

Get meta-data details on a named method

public
array
allMethodNames(bool $custom = false)

Return the names of all the methods available on this object

protected
array
findMethodsFromExtension(object $extension) deprecated

No description

protected
addMethodsFrom(string $property, string|int $index = null)

Add all the methods from an object property (which is an Extension) to this object.

protected
removeMethodsFrom(string $property, string|int $index = null)

Add all the methods from an object property (which is an Extension) to this object.

protected
addWrapperMethod(string $method, string $wrap)

Add a wrapper method - a method which points to another method with a different name. For example, Thumbnail(x) can be wrapped to generateThumbnail(x)

protected
addCallbackMethod(string $method, callable $callback)

Add callback as a method.

protected
beforeExtending(string $method, callable $callback)

Allows user code to hook into Object::extend prior to control being delegated to extensions. Each callback will be reset once called.

protected
afterExtending(string $method, callable $callback)

Allows user code to hook into Object::extend after control being delegated to extensions. Each callback will be reset once called.

protected
constructExtensions() deprecated

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protected
defineExtensionMethods()

Adds any methods from Extension instances attached to this object.

public static 
bool
add_extension(string $classOrExtension, string $extension = null)

Add an extension to a specific class.

public static 
remove_extension(string $extension)

Remove an extension from a class.

public static 
array
get_extensions(string $class = null, bool $includeArgumentString = false)

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public static 
array|null
get_extra_config_sources(string $class = null)

Get extra config sources for this class

public static 
bool
has_extension(string $classOrExtension, string $requiredExtension = null, bool $strict = false)

Return TRUE if a class has a specified extension.

public
array
invokeWithExtensions(string $method, mixed $a1 = null, mixed $a2 = null, mixed $a3 = null, mixed $a4 = null, mixed $a5 = null, mixed $a6 = null, mixed $a7 = null)

Calls a method if available on both this object and all applied Extensions, and then attempts to merge all results into an array

public
array
extend(string $method, mixed $a1 = null, mixed $a2 = null, mixed $a3 = null, mixed $a4 = null, mixed $a5 = null, mixed $a6 = null, mixed $a7 = null)

Run the given function on all of this object's extensions. Note that this method originally returned void, so if you wanted to return results, you're hosed

public
Extension|null
getExtensionInstance(string $extension)

Get an extension instance attached to this object by name.

public
bool
hasExtension(string $extension)

Returns TRUE if this object instance has a specific extension applied in $extension_instances. Extension instances are initialized at constructor time, meaning if you use add_extension() afterwards, the added extension will just be added to new instances of the extended class. Use the static method has_extension() to check if a class (not an instance) has a specific extension.

public
getExtensionInstances()

Get all extension instances for this specific object instance.

public static 
create(mixed ...$args)

An implementation of the factory method, allows you to create an instance of a class

public static 
singleton(string $class = null)

Creates a class instance by the "singleton" design pattern.

public static 
config()

Get a configuration accessor for this class. Short hand for Config::inst()->get($this->class, .....).

public
mixed
stat(string $name) deprecated

Get inherited config value

public
mixed
uninherited(string $name)

Gets the uninherited value for the given config option

public
$this
set_stat(string $name, mixed $value) deprecated

Update the config value for a given property

public
__construct()

No description

public
bool
__isset(string $property)

Check if a field exists on this object or its failover.

public
mixed
__get(string $property)

Get the value of a property/field on this object. This will check if a method called get{$property} exists, then check if a field is available using ViewableData::getField(), then fall back on a failover object.

public
__set(string $property, mixed $value)

Set a property/field on this object. This will check for the existence of a method called set{$property}, then use the ViewableData::setField() method.

public
setFailover(ViewableData $failover)

Set a failover object to attempt to get data from if it is not present on this object.

public
getFailover()

Get the current failover object if set

public
bool
hasField(string $field)

Check if a field exists on this object. This should be overloaded in child classes.

public
mixed
getField(string $field)

Get the value of a field on this object. This should be overloaded in child classes.

public
$this
setField(string $field, mixed $value)

Set a field on this object. This should be overloaded in child classes.

public
customise(array|ViewableData $data)

Merge some arbitrary data in with this object. This method returns a ViewableData_Customised instance with references to both this and the new custom data.

public
bool
exists()

Return true if this object "exists" i.e. has a sensible value

public
string
__toString()

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public
getCustomisedObj()

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public
setCustomisedObj(ViewableData $object)

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public
string
castingHelper(string $field)

Return the "casting helper" (a piece of PHP code that when evaluated creates a casted value object) for a field on this object. This helper will be a subclass of DBField.

public
string
castingClass(string $field)

Get the class name a field on this object will be casted to.

public
string
escapeTypeForField(string $field)

Return the string-format type for the given field.

public
renderWith(string|array|SSViewer $template, array $customFields = null)

Render this object into the template, and get the result as a string. You can pass one of the following as the $template parameter:

  • a template name (e.g. Page)
  • an array of possible template names - the first valid one will be used
  • an SSViewer instance

protected
string
objCacheName(string $fieldName, array $arguments)

Generate the cache name for a field

protected
mixed
objCacheGet(string $key)

Get a cached value from the field cache

protected
$this
objCacheSet(string $key, mixed $value)

Store a value in the field cache

protected
$this
objCacheClear()

Clear object cache

public
object|DBField
obj(string $fieldName, array $arguments = [], bool $cache = false, string $cacheName = null)

Get the value of a field on this object, automatically inserting the value into any available casting objects that have been specified.

public
object|DBField
cachedCall(string $field, array $arguments = [], string $identifier = null)

A simple wrapper around ViewableData::obj() that automatically caches the result so it can be used again without re-running the method.

public
bool
hasValue(string $field, array $arguments = [], bool $cache = true)

Checks if a given method/field has a valid value. If the result is an object, this will return the result of the exists method, otherwise will check if the result is not just an empty paragraph tag.

public
string
XML_val(string $field, array $arguments = [], bool $cache = false)

Get the string value of a field on this object that has been suitable escaped to be inserted directly into a template.

public
array
getXMLValues(array $fields)

Get an array of XML-escaped values by field name

public
getIterator()

Return a single-item iterator so you can iterate over the fields of a single record.

public
array
getViewerTemplates(string $suffix = '')

Find appropriate templates for SSViewer to use to render this object

public
Me()

When rendering some objects it is necessary to iterate over the object being rendered, to do this, you need access to itself.

public
string
ThemeDir() deprecated

Return the directory if the current active theme (relative to the site root).

public
string
CSSClasses(string $stopAtClass = self::class)

Get part of the current classes ancestry to be used as a CSS class.

public
Debug()

Return debug information about this object that can be rendered into a template

public
handleRequest(HTTPRequest $request)

Executes this controller, and return an HTTPResponse object with the result.

protected
array
findAction(HTTPRequest $request)

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protected
string
addBackURLParam(string $link)

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protected
handleAction($request, $action)

Controller's default action handler. It will call the method named in "$Action", if that method exists. If "$Action" isn't given, it will use "index" as a default.

public
array|null
allowedActions(string $limitToClass = null)

Get a array of allowed actions defined on this controller, any parent classes or extensions.

public
bool
hasAction(string $action)

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protected
string
definingClassForAction(string $action)

Return the class that defines the given action, so that we know where to check allowed_actions.

public
bool
checkAccessAction(string $action)

Check that the given action is allowed to be called from a URL.

public
httpError(int $errorCode, string $errorMessage = null)

Throws a HTTP error response encased in a HTTPResponse_Exception, which is later caught in RequestHandler::handleAction() and returned to the user.

public
getRequest()

Returns the HTTPRequest object that this controller is using.

public
$this
setRequest(HTTPRequest $request)

Typically the request is set through handleAction() or handleRequest(), but in some based we want to set it manually.

public
string
Link(string $action = null)

Overrides \SilverStripe\Admin\LeftAndMain to ensure the active model class (the DataObject we are currently viewing) is included in the URL.

public
redirect(string $url, int $code = 302)

Overloaded redirection logic to trigger a fake redirect on ajax requests.

public
string
getBackURL()

Safely get the value of the BackURL param, if provided via querystring / posted var

public
string
getReferer()

Get referer

public
redirectBack()

Redirect back. Uses either the HTTP-Referer or a manually set request-variable called "BackURL".

protected
init()

Initialize the model admin interface. Sets up embedded jquery libraries and requisite plugins.

public
doInit()

A stand in function to protect the init function from failing to be called as well as providing before and after hooks for the init function itself

protected
beforeHandleRequest(HTTPRequest $request)

A bootstrap for the handleRequest method

public
afterHandleRequest()

Cleanup for the handleRequest method

protected
prepareResponse(HTTPResponse|object $response)

Prepare the response (we can receive an assortment of response types (strings/objects/HTTPResponses) and changes the controller response object appropriately

public
$this
setURLParams(array $urlParams)

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public
array
getURLParams()

Returns the parameters extracted from the URL by the Director.

public
getResponse()

Returns the HTTPResponse object that this controller is building up. Can be used to set the status code and headers.

public
$this
setResponse(HTTPResponse $response)

Sets the HTTPResponse object that this controller is building up.

public
defaultAction(string $action)

This is the default action handler used if a method doesn't exist. It will process the controller object with the template returned by getViewer().

public
string
getAction()

Returns the action that is being executed on this controller.

public
getViewer(string $action)

Return the viewer identified being the default handler for this Controller/Action combination.

public
string
removeAction(string $fullURL, null|string $action = null)

Removes all the "action" part of the current URL and returns the result. If no action parameter is present, returns the full URL.

public
bool
hasActionTemplate(string $action)

Returns TRUE if this controller has a template that is specifically designed to handle a specific action.

public
string
render(array $params = null)

Render the current controller with the templates determined by getViewer().

public
disableBasicAuth() deprecated

Call this to disable site-wide basic authentication for a specific controller. This must be called before Controller::init(). That is, you must call it in your controller's init method before it calls parent::init().

public static 
curr()

Returns the current controller.

public static 
bool
has_curr()

Tests whether we have a currently active controller or not. True if there is at least 1 controller in the stack.

public
bool
can(string $perm, null|member $member = null)

Returns true if the member is allowed to do the given action. Defaults to the currently logged in user.

public
pushCurrent()

Pushes this controller onto the stack of current controllers. This means that any redirection, session setting, or other things that rely on Controller::curr() will now write to this controller object.

public
popCurrent()

Pop this controller off the top of the stack.

public
null|string
redirectedTo()

Tests whether a redirection has been requested. If redirect() has been called, it will return the URL redirected to. Otherwise, it will return null.

public static 
string
join_links(string|array $arg = null)

Joins two or more link segments together, putting a slash between them if necessary. Use this for building the results of Link() methods. If either of the links have query strings, then they will be combined and put at the end of the resulting url.

public static 
array
public
string
getCombinedClientConfig()

Gets the combined configuration of all LeftAndMain subclasses required by the client app.

public
array
getClientConfig()

Returns configuration required by the client app.

public
getFormSchema()

Get form schema helper

public
$this
setFormSchema(FormSchema $schema)

Set form schema helper for this controller

public
schema(HTTPRequest $request)

Gets a JSON schema representing the current edit form.

public
jsonError(int $errorCode, string $errorMessage = null)

Return an error HTTPResponse encoded as json

public
methodSchema(HTTPRequest $request)

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protected
bool
getSchemaRequested()

Check if the current request has a X-Formschema-Request header set.

protected
getSchemaResponse(string $schemaID, Form $form = null, ValidationResult $errors = null, array $extraData = [])

Generate schema for the given form based on the X-Formschema-Request header value

public
bool
canView(Member $member = null)

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public static 
array|string|bool
getRequiredPermissions()

Get list of required permissions

public
index(HTTPRequest $request)

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public
bool
ShowSwitchView()

If this is set to true, the "switchView" context in the template is shown, with links to the staging and publish site.

public static 
menu_title_for_class($class) deprecated

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public static 
string
menu_title(string $class = null, bool $localise = true)

Get menu title for this section (translated)

public static 
string
menu_icon_for_class(string $class)

Return styling for the menu icon, if a custom icon is set for this class

public static 
string
menu_icon_class_for_class(string $class)

Return the web font icon class name for this interface icon. Uses the built in SilveStripe webfont. {menu_icon_for_class()} for providing a background image.

public
show(HTTPRequest $request)

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public
getResponseNegotiator()

Caution: Volatile API.

public
MainMenu(bool $cached = true)

Returns the main menu of the CMS. This is also used by init() to work out which sections the user has access to.

public
Menu()

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public
MenuCurrentItem()

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public
string|array
getTemplatesWithSuffix(string $suffix)

Return appropriate template(s) for this class, with the given suffix using SSViewer::get_templates_by_class()

public
Content()

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public
PreviewPanel()

Render $PreviewPanel content

public
getRecord(int|DataObject $id)

Get dataobject from the current ID

public
Breadcrumbs(bool $unlinked = false)

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protected
getSearchFilter()

Gets the current search filter for this request, if available

public
save(array $data, Form $form)

Save handler

public
getNewItem(string|int $id, bool $setID = true)

Create new item.

public
delete($data, $form)

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public
EditForm(HTTPRequest $request = null)

Retrieves an edit form, either for display, or to process submitted data.

public
getEditForm(int $id = null, FieldList $fields = null)

Produces an edit form that includes a default \SilverStripe\Forms\GridField\GridField for the currently active \SilverStripe\ORM\DataObject. The GridField will show data from the currently active modelClass only (see self::init()).

public
EmptyForm()

Returns a placeholder form, used by getEditForm() if no record is selected.

public
Modals()

Handler for all global modals

public
string
Tools()

Renders a panel containing tools which apply to all displayed "content" (mostly through EditForm()), for example a tree navigation or a filter panel.

public
string
EditFormTools()

Renders a panel containing tools which apply to the currently displayed edit form.

public
batchactions()

Batch Actions Handler

public
BatchActionsForm()

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public
printable()

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public
getSilverStripeNavigator()

Used for preview controls, mainly links which switch between different states of the page.

public
int
currentPageID()

Identifier for the currently shown record, in most cases a database ID. Inspects the following sources (in this order):

  • GET/POST parameter named 'ID'
  • URL parameter named 'ID'
  • Session value namespaced by classname, e.g. "CMSMain.currentPage"

public
setCurrentPageID(int $id)

Forces the current page to be set in session, which can be retrieved later through currentPageID().

public
currentPage()

Uses getRecord()} and {@link currentPageID() to get the currently selected record.

public
bool
isCurrentPage(DataObject $record)

Compares a given record to the currently selected one (if any).

protected
string
sessionNamespace()

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public
string|bool
LinkPreview()

URL to a previewable record which is shown through this controller.

public
string
CMSVersion()

Return the version number of this application, ie. 'CMS: 4.2.1'

public
string
CMSVersionNumber()

Return the version number of the CMS in the 'major.minor' format, e.g. '4.2' Will handle 4.10.x-dev by removing .x-dev

public
array
SwitchView()

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public
SiteConfig()

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public
getHelpLinks()

Returns help_links in a format readable by a template

public
string
ApplicationLink()

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public
string
getApplicationName()

Get the application name.

public
string
Title()

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public
string
SectionTitle()

Return the title of the current section. Either this is pulled from the current panel's menu_title or from the first active menu

public
string
LogoutURL()

Generate a logout url with BackURL to the CMS

public
string
BaseCSSClasses()

Same as ViewableData->CSSClasses(), but with a changed name to avoid problems when using ViewableData->customise() (which always returns "ArrayData" from the $original object).

public
string
Locale()

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public
providePermissions()

Return a map of permission codes to add to the dropdown shown in the Security section of the CMS.

public
$this
setVersionProvider(VersionProvider $provider)

Set the SilverStripe version provider to use

public
getVersionProvider()

Get the SilverStripe version provider

public
string
getHttpErrorMessage()

Get the HTTP error message if one has occurred during HandleRequest.

public
string
getLinkForModelClass(string $modelClass)

Get the link for the tab of a DataObject subclass managed by this ModelAdmin.

public
string
getLinkForModelTab(string $modelTab)

Get the link for a specific tab on this ModelAdmin.

public
string
getCMSEditLinkForManagedDataObject(DataObject $obj)

Get the link for editing an object inside this ModelAdmin.

protected
getGridField()

Generate the GridField field that will be used for this ModelAdmin.

protected
getGridFieldConfig()

Generate the GridField Configuration that will use for the ModelAdmin Gridfield.

public
array
getExportFields()

Define which fields are used in the getEditForm GridField export.

public
getSearchContext() deprecated

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public
SearchSummary() deprecated

Gets a list of fields that have been searched

public
Form|bool
SearchForm() deprecated

Returns the search form

public
getList()

You can override how ModelAdmin returns DataObjects by either overloading this method, or defining an extension to ModelAdmin that implements the updateList method (and takes a \SilverStripe\ORM\DataList as the first argument).

public
string
getModelClass()

The model managed by this instance.

protected
getManagedModelTabs()

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protected
string
sanitiseClassName(string $class)

Sanitise a model class' name for inclusion in a link

protected
string
unsanitiseClassName(string $class)

Unsanitise a model class' name from a URL param

public
array
getManagedModels()

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protected
string|null
getModelTabForModelClass(string $modelClass)

Get the model tab name for a given model class

public
bool
isManagedModel(string $modelClassOrModelTab)

Check whether a model is managed by this ModelAdmin class

public
array
getModelImporters()

Returns all importers defined in self::$model_importers.

public
Form|false
ImportForm()

Generate a CSV import form for a single DataObject subclass.

public
import(array $data, Form $form, HTTPRequest $request)

Imports the submitted CSV file based on specifications given in self::model_importers.

Details

mixed __call(string $method, array $arguments)

Attempts to locate and call a method dynamically added to a class at runtime if a default cannot be located

You can add extra methods to a class using Extensions}, {@link Object::createMethod() or Object::addWrapperMethod()

Parameters

string $method
array $arguments

Return Value

mixed

Exceptions

BadMethodCallException

protected defineMethods()

Adds any methods from Extension instances attached to this object.

All these methods can then be called directly on the instance (transparently mapped through __call()}), or called explicitly through {@link extend().

protected registerExtraMethodCallback(string $name, callable $callback)

Register an callback to invoke that defines extra methods

Parameters

string $name
callable $callback

bool hasMethod(string $method)

Return TRUE if a method exists on this object

This should be used rather than PHP's inbuild method_exists() as it takes into account methods added via extensions

Parameters

string $method

Return Value

bool

protected array getExtraMethodConfig(string $method)

Get meta-data details on a named method

Parameters

string $method

Return Value

array

List of custom method details, if defined for this method

array allMethodNames(bool $custom = false)

Return the names of all the methods available on this object

Parameters

bool $custom

include methods added dynamically at runtime

Return Value

array

protected array findMethodsFromExtension(object $extension) deprecated

deprecated 4.13.0 Will be replaced by findMethodsFrom() in CMS 5

No description

Parameters

object $extension

Return Value

array

protected addMethodsFrom(string $property, string|int $index = null)

Add all the methods from an object property (which is an Extension) to this object.

Parameters

string $property

the property name

string|int $index

an index to use if the property is an array

Exceptions

InvalidArgumentException

protected removeMethodsFrom(string $property, string|int $index = null)

Add all the methods from an object property (which is an Extension) to this object.

Parameters

string $property

the property name

string|int $index

an index to use if the property is an array

protected addWrapperMethod(string $method, string $wrap)

Add a wrapper method - a method which points to another method with a different name. For example, Thumbnail(x) can be wrapped to generateThumbnail(x)

Parameters

string $method

the method name to wrap

string $wrap

the method name to wrap to

protected addCallbackMethod(string $method, callable $callback)

Add callback as a method.

Parameters

string $method

Name of method

callable $callback

Callback to invoke. Note: $this is passed as first parameter to this callback and then $args as array

protected beforeExtending(string $method, callable $callback)

Allows user code to hook into Object::extend prior to control being delegated to extensions. Each callback will be reset once called.

Parameters

string $method

The name of the method to hook into

callable $callback

The callback to execute

protected afterExtending(string $method, callable $callback)

Allows user code to hook into Object::extend after control being delegated to extensions. Each callback will be reset once called.

Parameters

string $method

The name of the method to hook into

callable $callback

The callback to execute

protected constructExtensions() deprecated

deprecated 4.0.0:5.0.0 Extensions and methods are now lazy-loaded

No description

protected defineExtensionMethods()

Adds any methods from Extension instances attached to this object.

All these methods can then be called directly on the instance (transparently mapped through __call()}), or called explicitly through {@link extend().

static bool add_extension(string $classOrExtension, string $extension = null)

Add an extension to a specific class.

The preferred method for adding extensions is through YAML config, since it avoids autoloading the class, and is easier to override in more specific configurations.

As an alternative, extensions can be added to a specific class directly in the Object::$extensions array. See SiteTree::$extensions for examples. Keep in mind that the extension will only be applied to new instances, not existing ones (including all instances created through singleton()).

Parameters

string $classOrExtension

Class that should be extended - has to be a subclass of Object

string $extension

Subclass of Extension with optional parameters as a string, e.g. "Versioned" or "Translatable('Param')"

Return Value

bool

Flag if the extension was added

See also

http://doc.silverstripe.org/framework/en/trunk/reference/dataextension

static remove_extension(string $extension)

Remove an extension from a class.

Note: This will not remove extensions from parent classes, and must be called directly on the class assigned the extension.

Keep in mind that this won't revert any datamodel additions of the extension at runtime, unless its used before the schema building kicks in (in your _config.php). Doesn't remove the extension from any Object instances which are already created, but will have an effect on new extensions. Clears any previously created singletons through singleton() to avoid side-effects from stale extension information.

Add support for removing extensions with parameters

Parameters

string $extension

class name of an Extension subclass, without parameters

static array get_extensions(string $class = null, bool $includeArgumentString = false)

No description

Parameters

string $class

If omitted, will get extensions for the current class

bool $includeArgumentString

Include the argument string in the return array, FALSE would return array("Versioned"), TRUE returns array("Versioned('Stage','Live')").

Return Value

array

Numeric array of either DataExtension class names, or eval'ed class name strings with constructor arguments.

static array|null get_extra_config_sources(string $class = null)

Get extra config sources for this class

Parameters

string $class

Name of class. If left null will return for the current class

Return Value

array|null

static bool has_extension(string $classOrExtension, string $requiredExtension = null, bool $strict = false)

Return TRUE if a class has a specified extension.

This supports backwards-compatible format (static Object::has_extension($requiredExtension)) and new format ($object->has_extension($class, $requiredExtension))

Parameters

string $classOrExtension

Class to check extension for, or the extension name to check if the second argument is null.

string $requiredExtension

If the first argument is the parent class, this is the extension to check. If left null, the first parameter will be treated as the extension.

bool $strict

if the extension has to match the required extension and not be a subclass

Return Value

bool

Flag if the extension exists

array invokeWithExtensions(string $method, mixed $a1 = null, mixed $a2 = null, mixed $a3 = null, mixed $a4 = null, mixed $a5 = null, mixed $a6 = null, mixed $a7 = null)

Calls a method if available on both this object and all applied Extensions, and then attempts to merge all results into an array

Parameters

string $method

the method name to call

mixed $a1
mixed $a2
mixed $a3
mixed $a4
mixed $a5
mixed $a6
mixed $a7

Return Value

array

List of results with nulls filtered out

array extend(string $method, mixed $a1 = null, mixed $a2 = null, mixed $a3 = null, mixed $a4 = null, mixed $a5 = null, mixed $a6 = null, mixed $a7 = null)

Run the given function on all of this object's extensions. Note that this method originally returned void, so if you wanted to return results, you're hosed

Currently returns an array, with an index resulting every time the function is called. Only adds returns if they're not NULL, to avoid bogus results from methods just defined on the parent extension. This is important for permission-checks through extend, as they use min() to determine if any of the returns is FALSE. As min() doesn't do type checking, an included NULL return would fail the permission checks.

The extension methods are defined during __construct()} in {@link defineMethods().

Parameters

string $method

the name of the method to call on each extension

mixed $a1
mixed $a2
mixed $a3
mixed $a4
mixed $a5
mixed $a6
mixed $a7

Return Value

array

Extension|null getExtensionInstance(string $extension)

Get an extension instance attached to this object by name.

Parameters

string $extension

Return Value

Extension|null

bool hasExtension(string $extension)

Returns TRUE if this object instance has a specific extension applied in $extension_instances. Extension instances are initialized at constructor time, meaning if you use add_extension() afterwards, the added extension will just be added to new instances of the extended class. Use the static method has_extension() to check if a class (not an instance) has a specific extension.

Caution: Don't use singleton()->hasExtension() as it will give you inconsistent results based on when the singleton was first accessed.

Parameters

string $extension

Classname of an Extension subclass without parameters

Return Value

bool

Extension[] getExtensionInstances()

Get all extension instances for this specific object instance.

See get_extensions() to get all applied extension classes for this class (not the instance).

This method also provides lazy-population of the extension_instances property.

Return Value

Extension[]

Map of DataExtension instances, keyed by classname.

static Injectable create(mixed ...$args)

An implementation of the factory method, allows you to create an instance of a class

This method will defer class substitution to the Injector API, which can be customised via the Config API to declare substitution classes.

This can be called in one of two ways - either calling via the class directly, or calling on Object and passing the class name as the first parameter. The following are equivalent: $list = DataList::create(SiteTree::class); $list = SiteTree::get();

Parameters

mixed ...$args

Return Value

Injectable

static Injectable singleton(string $class = null)

Creates a class instance by the "singleton" design pattern.

It will always return the same instance for this class, which can be used for performance reasons and as a simple way to access instance methods which don't rely on instance data (e.g. the custom SilverStripe static handling).

Parameters

string $class

Optional classname to create, if the called class should not be used

Return Value

Injectable

The singleton instance

static Config_ForClass config()

Get a configuration accessor for this class. Short hand for Config::inst()->get($this->class, .....).

Return Value

Config_ForClass

mixed stat(string $name) deprecated

deprecated 5.0 Use ->config()->get() instead

Get inherited config value

Parameters

string $name

Return Value

mixed

mixed uninherited(string $name)

Gets the uninherited value for the given config option

Parameters

string $name

Return Value

mixed

$this set_stat(string $name, mixed $value) deprecated

deprecated 5.0 Use ->config()->set() instead

Update the config value for a given property

Parameters

string $name
mixed $value

Return Value

$this

__construct()

No description

bool __isset(string $property)

Check if a field exists on this object or its failover.

Note that, unlike the core isset() implementation, this will return true if the property is defined and set to null.

Parameters

string $property

Return Value

bool

mixed __get(string $property)

Get the value of a property/field on this object. This will check if a method called get{$property} exists, then check if a field is available using ViewableData::getField(), then fall back on a failover object.

Parameters

string $property

Return Value

mixed

__set(string $property, mixed $value)

Set a property/field on this object. This will check for the existence of a method called set{$property}, then use the ViewableData::setField() method.

Parameters

string $property
mixed $value

setFailover(ViewableData $failover)

Set a failover object to attempt to get data from if it is not present on this object.

Parameters

ViewableData $failover

ViewableData|null getFailover()

Get the current failover object if set

Return Value

ViewableData|null

bool hasField(string $field)

Check if a field exists on this object. This should be overloaded in child classes.

Parameters

string $field

Return Value

bool

mixed getField(string $field)

Get the value of a field on this object. This should be overloaded in child classes.

Parameters

string $field

Return Value

mixed

$this setField(string $field, mixed $value)

Set a field on this object. This should be overloaded in child classes.

Parameters

string $field
mixed $value

Return Value

$this

ViewableData_Customised customise(array|ViewableData $data)

Merge some arbitrary data in with this object. This method returns a ViewableData_Customised instance with references to both this and the new custom data.

Note that any fields you specify will take precedence over the fields on this object.

Parameters

array|ViewableData $data

Return Value

ViewableData_Customised

bool exists()

Return true if this object "exists" i.e. has a sensible value

This method should be overridden in subclasses to provide more context about the classes state. For example, a DataObject class could return false when it is deleted from the database

Return Value

bool

string __toString()

No description

Return Value

string

the class name

ViewableData getCustomisedObj()

No description

Return Value

ViewableData

setCustomisedObj(ViewableData $object)

No description

Parameters

ViewableData $object

string castingHelper(string $field)

Return the "casting helper" (a piece of PHP code that when evaluated creates a casted value object) for a field on this object. This helper will be a subclass of DBField.

Parameters

string $field

Return Value

string

Casting helper As a constructor pattern, and may include arguments.

Exceptions

Exception

string castingClass(string $field)

Get the class name a field on this object will be casted to.

Parameters

string $field

Return Value

string

string escapeTypeForField(string $field)

Return the string-format type for the given field.

Parameters

string $field

Return Value

string 'xml'|'raw'

DBHTMLText renderWith(string|array|SSViewer $template, array $customFields = null)

Render this object into the template, and get the result as a string. You can pass one of the following as the $template parameter:

  • a template name (e.g. Page)
  • an array of possible template names - the first valid one will be used
  • an SSViewer instance

Parameters

string|array|SSViewer $template

the template to render into

array $customFields

fields to customise() the object with before rendering

Return Value

DBHTMLText

protected string objCacheName(string $fieldName, array $arguments)

Generate the cache name for a field

Parameters

string $fieldName

Name of field

array $arguments

List of optional arguments given

Return Value

string

protected mixed objCacheGet(string $key)

Get a cached value from the field cache

Parameters

string $key

Cache key

Return Value

mixed

protected $this objCacheSet(string $key, mixed $value)

Store a value in the field cache

Parameters

string $key

Cache key

mixed $value

Return Value

$this

protected $this objCacheClear()

Clear object cache

Return Value

$this

object|DBField obj(string $fieldName, array $arguments = [], bool $cache = false, string $cacheName = null)

Get the value of a field on this object, automatically inserting the value into any available casting objects that have been specified.

Parameters

string $fieldName
array $arguments
bool $cache

Cache this object

string $cacheName

a custom cache name

Return Value

object|DBField

object|DBField cachedCall(string $field, array $arguments = [], string $identifier = null)

A simple wrapper around ViewableData::obj() that automatically caches the result so it can be used again without re-running the method.

Parameters

string $field
array $arguments
string $identifier

an optional custom cache identifier

Return Value

object|DBField

bool hasValue(string $field, array $arguments = [], bool $cache = true)

Checks if a given method/field has a valid value. If the result is an object, this will return the result of the exists method, otherwise will check if the result is not just an empty paragraph tag.

Parameters

string $field
array $arguments
bool $cache

Return Value

bool

string XML_val(string $field, array $arguments = [], bool $cache = false)

Get the string value of a field on this object that has been suitable escaped to be inserted directly into a template.

Parameters

string $field
array $arguments
bool $cache

Return Value

string

array getXMLValues(array $fields)

Get an array of XML-escaped values by field name

Parameters

array $fields

an array of field names

Return Value

array

ArrayIterator getIterator()

Return a single-item iterator so you can iterate over the fields of a single record.

This is useful so you can use a single record inside a <% control %> block in a template - and then use to access individual fields on this object.

Return Value

ArrayIterator

array getViewerTemplates(string $suffix = '')

Find appropriate templates for SSViewer to use to render this object

Parameters

string $suffix

Return Value

array

ViewableData Me()

When rendering some objects it is necessary to iterate over the object being rendered, to do this, you need access to itself.

Return Value

ViewableData

string ThemeDir() deprecated

deprecated 4.0.1 Use ModuleResourceLoader::resourcePath() or ModuleResourceLoader::resourceURL() instead

Return the directory if the current active theme (relative to the site root).

This method is useful for things such as accessing theme images from your template without hardcoding the theme page - e.g. .

This method should only be used when a theme is currently active. However, it will fall over to the current project directory.

Return Value

string

URL to the current theme

string CSSClasses(string $stopAtClass = self::class)

Get part of the current classes ancestry to be used as a CSS class.

This method returns an escaped string of CSS classes representing the current classes ancestry until it hits a stop point - e.g. "Page DataObject ViewableData".

Parameters

string $stopAtClass

the class to stop at (default: ViewableData)

Return Value

string

ViewableData_Debugger Debug()

Return debug information about this object that can be rendered into a template

Return Value

ViewableData_Debugger

HTTPResponse|RequestHandler|string|array handleRequest(HTTPRequest $request)

Executes this controller, and return an HTTPResponse object with the result.

This method defers to RequestHandler->handleRequest() to determine which action should be executed

Note: You should rarely need to overload handleRequest() - this kind of change is only really appropriate for things like nested controllers - ModelAsController} and {@link RootURLController are two examples here. If you want to make more orthodox functionality, it's better to overload init()} or {@link index().

Important: If you are going to overload handleRequest, make sure that you start the method with $this->beforeHandleRequest() and end the method with $this->afterHandleRequest()

Parameters

HTTPRequest $request

The object that is responsible for distributing URL parsing

Return Value

HTTPResponse|RequestHandler|string|array

protected array findAction(HTTPRequest $request)

No description

Parameters

HTTPRequest $request

Return Value

array

protected string addBackURLParam(string $link)

No description

Parameters

string $link

Return Value

string

protected HTTPResponse handleAction($request, $action)

Controller's default action handler. It will call the method named in "$Action", if that method exists. If "$Action" isn't given, it will use "index" as a default.

Parameters

$request
$action

Return Value

HTTPResponse

array|null allowedActions(string $limitToClass = null)

Get a array of allowed actions defined on this controller, any parent classes or extensions.

Caution: Since 3.1, allowed_actions definitions only apply to methods on the controller they're defined on, so it is recommended to use the $class argument when invoking this method.

Parameters

string $limitToClass

Return Value

array|null

bool hasAction(string $action)

No description

Parameters

string $action

Return Value

bool

protected string definingClassForAction(string $action)

Return the class that defines the given action, so that we know where to check allowed_actions.

Overrides RequestHandler to also look at defined templates.

Parameters

string $action

Return Value

string

bool checkAccessAction(string $action)

Check that the given action is allowed to be called from a URL.

It will interrogate self::$allowed_actions to determine this.

Parameters

string $action

Return Value

bool

Exceptions

Exception

httpError(int $errorCode, string $errorMessage = null)

Throws a HTTP error response encased in a HTTPResponse_Exception, which is later caught in RequestHandler::handleAction() and returned to the user.

Parameters

int $errorCode
string $errorMessage

Plaintext error message

Exceptions

HTTPResponse_Exception

HTTPRequest getRequest()

Returns the HTTPRequest object that this controller is using.

Returns a placeholder NullHTTPRequest object unless handleAction()} or {@link handleRequest() have been called, which adds a reference to an actual HTTPRequest object.

Return Value

HTTPRequest

$this setRequest(HTTPRequest $request)

Typically the request is set through handleAction() or handleRequest(), but in some based we want to set it manually.

Parameters

HTTPRequest $request

Return Value

$this

Overrides \SilverStripe\Admin\LeftAndMain to ensure the active model class (the DataObject we are currently viewing) is included in the URL.

Parameters

string $action

Optional action

Return Value

string

HTTPResponse redirect(string $url, int $code = 302)

Overloaded redirection logic to trigger a fake redirect on ajax requests.

While this violates HTTP principles, its the only way to work around the fact that browsers handle HTTP redirects opaquely, no intervention via JS is possible. In isolation, that's not a problem - but combined with history.pushState() it means we would request the same redirection URL twice if we want to update the URL as well. See LeftAndMain.js for the required jQuery ajaxComplete handlers.

Parameters

string $url
int $code

Return Value

HTTPResponse

string getBackURL()

Safely get the value of the BackURL param, if provided via querystring / posted var

Return Value

string

string getReferer()

Get referer

Return Value

string

HTTPResponse redirectBack()

Redirect back. Uses either the HTTP-Referer or a manually set request-variable called "BackURL".

This variable is needed in scenarios where HTTP-Referer is not sent (e.g when calling a page by location.href in IE). If none of the two variables is available, it will redirect to the base URL (see Director::baseURL()).

Return Value

HTTPResponse

protected init()

Initialize the model admin interface. Sets up embedded jquery libraries and requisite plugins.

Sets the modelClass field which determines which of the DataObject objects will have visible data. This is determined by the URL (with the first slug being the name of the DataObject class to represent. If this class is loaded without any URL, we pick the first DataObject from the list of self::$managed_models.

doInit()

A stand in function to protect the init function from failing to be called as well as providing before and after hooks for the init function itself

This should be called on all controllers before handling requests

protected beforeHandleRequest(HTTPRequest $request)

A bootstrap for the handleRequest method

setDataModel and setRequest are redundantly called in parent::handleRequest() - sort this out

Parameters

HTTPRequest $request

afterHandleRequest()

Cleanup for the handleRequest method

protected prepareResponse(HTTPResponse|object $response)

Prepare the response (we can receive an assortment of response types (strings/objects/HTTPResponses) and changes the controller response object appropriately

Parameters

HTTPResponse|object $response

$this setURLParams(array $urlParams)

No description

Parameters

array $urlParams

Return Value

$this

array getURLParams()

Returns the parameters extracted from the URL by the Director.

Return Value

array

HTTPResponse getResponse()

Returns the HTTPResponse object that this controller is building up. Can be used to set the status code and headers.

Return Value

HTTPResponse

$this setResponse(HTTPResponse $response)

Sets the HTTPResponse object that this controller is building up.

Parameters

HTTPResponse $response

Return Value

$this

DBHTMLText defaultAction(string $action)

This is the default action handler used if a method doesn't exist. It will process the controller object with the template returned by getViewer().

Parameters

string $action

Return Value

DBHTMLText

string getAction()

Returns the action that is being executed on this controller.

Return Value

string

SSViewer getViewer(string $action)

Return the viewer identified being the default handler for this Controller/Action combination.

Parameters

string $action

Return Value

SSViewer

string removeAction(string $fullURL, null|string $action = null)

Removes all the "action" part of the current URL and returns the result. If no action parameter is present, returns the full URL.

Parameters

string $fullURL
null|string $action

Return Value

string

bool hasActionTemplate(string $action)

Returns TRUE if this controller has a template that is specifically designed to handle a specific action.

Parameters

string $action

Return Value

bool

string render(array $params = null)

Render the current controller with the templates determined by getViewer().

Parameters

array $params

Return Value

string

disableBasicAuth() deprecated

deprecated 4.1.0 Add this controller's url to SilverStripe\Security\BasicAuthMiddleware.URLPatterns injected property instead

Call this to disable site-wide basic authentication for a specific controller. This must be called before Controller::init(). That is, you must call it in your controller's init method before it calls parent::init().

static Controller curr()

Returns the current controller.

Return Value

Controller

static bool has_curr()

Tests whether we have a currently active controller or not. True if there is at least 1 controller in the stack.

Return Value

bool

bool can(string $perm, null|member $member = null)

Returns true if the member is allowed to do the given action. Defaults to the currently logged in user.

Parameters

string $perm
null|member $member

Return Value

bool

pushCurrent()

Pushes this controller onto the stack of current controllers. This means that any redirection, session setting, or other things that rely on Controller::curr() will now write to this controller object.

Note: Ensure this controller is assigned a request with a valid session before pushing it to the stack.

popCurrent()

Pop this controller off the top of the stack.

null|string redirectedTo()

Tests whether a redirection has been requested. If redirect() has been called, it will return the URL redirected to. Otherwise, it will return null.

Return Value

null|string

Joins two or more link segments together, putting a slash between them if necessary. Use this for building the results of Link() methods. If either of the links have query strings, then they will be combined and put at the end of the resulting url.

Caution: All parameters are expected to be URI-encoded already.

Parameters

string|array $arg

One or more link segments, or list of link segments as an array

Return Value

string

static array get_template_global_variables()

No description

Return Value

array

Returns an array of items. Each key => value pair is one of three forms:

  • template name (no key)
  • template name => method name
  • template name => [], where the array can contain these key => value pairs
    • "method" => method name
    • "casting" => casting class to use (i.e., Varchar, HTMLFragment, etc)

string getCombinedClientConfig()

Gets the combined configuration of all LeftAndMain subclasses required by the client app.

Return Value

string

WARNING: Experimental API

array getClientConfig()

Returns configuration required by the client app.

Return Value

array

WARNING: Experimental API

FormSchema getFormSchema()

Get form schema helper

Return Value

FormSchema

$this setFormSchema(FormSchema $schema)

Set form schema helper for this controller

Parameters

FormSchema $schema

Return Value

$this

HTTPResponse schema(HTTPRequest $request)

Gets a JSON schema representing the current edit form.

WARNING: Experimental API.

Parameters

HTTPRequest $request

Return Value

HTTPResponse

HTTPResponse jsonError(int $errorCode, string $errorMessage = null)

Return an error HTTPResponse encoded as json

Parameters

int $errorCode
string $errorMessage

Return Value

HTTPResponse

Exceptions

HTTPResponse_Exception

HTTPResponse methodSchema(HTTPRequest $request)

No description

Parameters

HTTPRequest $request

Return Value

HTTPResponse

protected bool getSchemaRequested()

Check if the current request has a X-Formschema-Request header set.

Used by conditional logic that responds to validation results

Return Value

bool

protected HTTPResponse getSchemaResponse(string $schemaID, Form $form = null, ValidationResult $errors = null, array $extraData = [])

Generate schema for the given form based on the X-Formschema-Request header value

Parameters

string $schemaID

ID for this schema. Required.

Form $form

Required for 'state' or 'schema' response

ValidationResult $errors

Required for 'error' response

array $extraData

Any extra data to be merged with the schema response

Return Value

HTTPResponse

bool canView(Member $member = null)

No description

Parameters

Member $member

Return Value

bool

static array|string|bool getRequiredPermissions()

Get list of required permissions

Return Value

array|string|bool

Code, array of codes, or false if no permission required

HTTPResponse index(HTTPRequest $request)

No description

Parameters

HTTPRequest $request

Return Value

HTTPResponse

bool ShowSwitchView()

If this is set to true, the "switchView" context in the template is shown, with links to the staging and publish site.

Return Value

bool

static menu_title_for_class($class) deprecated

deprecated 1.12.0 Use menu_title() instead

No description

Parameters

$class

static string menu_title(string $class = null, bool $localise = true)

Get menu title for this section (translated)

Parameters

string $class

Optional class name if called on LeftAndMain directly

bool $localise

Determine if menu title should be localised via i18n.

Return Value

string

Menu title for the given class

static string menu_icon_for_class(string $class)

Return styling for the menu icon, if a custom icon is set for this class

Example: static $menu-icon = '/path/to/image/';

Parameters

string $class

Return Value

string

static string menu_icon_class_for_class(string $class)

Return the web font icon class name for this interface icon. Uses the built in SilveStripe webfont. {menu_icon_for_class()} for providing a background image.

Parameters

string $class .

Return Value

string

HTTPResponse show(HTTPRequest $request)

No description

Parameters

HTTPRequest $request

Return Value

HTTPResponse

Exceptions

HTTPResponse_Exception

PjaxResponseNegotiator getResponseNegotiator()

Caution: Volatile API.

Return Value

PjaxResponseNegotiator

SS_List MainMenu(bool $cached = true)

Returns the main menu of the CMS. This is also used by init() to work out which sections the user has access to.

Parameters

bool $cached

Return Value

SS_List

Menu()

No description

ArrayData MenuCurrentItem()

No description

Wrap in CMSMenu instance accessor

Return Value

ArrayData

A single menu entry (see MainMenu)

string|array getTemplatesWithSuffix(string $suffix)

Return appropriate template(s) for this class, with the given suffix using SSViewer::get_templates_by_class()

Parameters

string $suffix

Return Value

string|array

Content()

No description

DBHTMLText PreviewPanel()

Render $PreviewPanel content

Return Value

DBHTMLText

DataObject getRecord(int|DataObject $id)

Get dataobject from the current ID

Parameters

int|DataObject $id

ID or object

Return Value

DataObject

ArrayList Breadcrumbs(bool $unlinked = false)

No description

Parameters

bool $unlinked

Return Value

ArrayList

protected LeftAndMain_SearchFilter getSearchFilter()

Gets the current search filter for this request, if available

HTTPResponse save(array $data, Form $form)

Save handler

Parameters

array $data
Form $form

Return Value

HTTPResponse

DataObject getNewItem(string|int $id, bool $setID = true)

Create new item.

Parameters

string|int $id
bool $setID

Return Value

DataObject

delete($data, $form)

No description

Parameters

$data
$form

Form EditForm(HTTPRequest $request = null)

Retrieves an edit form, either for display, or to process submitted data.

Also used in the template rendered through Right() in the $EditForm placeholder.

This is a "pseudo-abstract" method, usually connected to a getEditForm() method in an entwine subclass. This method can accept a record identifier, selected either in custom logic, or through currentPageID(). The form usually construct itself from DataObject->getCMSFields() for the specific managed subclass defined in LeftAndMain::$tree_class.

Parameters

HTTPRequest $request

Passed if executing a HTTPRequest directly on the form. If empty, this is invoked as $EditForm in the template

Return Value

Form

Should return a form regardless wether a record has been found. Form might be readonly if the current user doesn't have the permission to edit the record.

Form getEditForm(int $id = null, FieldList $fields = null)

Produces an edit form that includes a default \SilverStripe\Forms\GridField\GridField for the currently active \SilverStripe\ORM\DataObject. The GridField will show data from the currently active modelClass only (see self::init()).

Parameters

int $id
FieldList $fields

Return Value

Form

Form EmptyForm()

Returns a placeholder form, used by getEditForm() if no record is selected.

Our javascript logic always requires a form to be present in the CMS interface.

Return Value

Form

ModalController Modals()

Handler for all global modals

Return Value

ModalController

string Tools()

Renders a panel containing tools which apply to all displayed "content" (mostly through EditForm()), for example a tree navigation or a filter panel.

Auto-detects applicable templates by naming convention: "_Tools.ss", and takes the most specific template (see getTemplatesWithSuffix()). To explicitly disable the panel in the subclass, simply create a more specific, empty template.

Return Value

string HTML

string EditFormTools()

Renders a panel containing tools which apply to the currently displayed edit form.

The main difference to Tools() is that the panel is displayed within the element structure of the form panel (rendered through EditForm). This means the panel will be loaded alongside new forms, and refreshed upon save, which can mean a performance hit, depending on how complex your panel logic gets. Any form fields contained in the returned markup will also be submitted with the main form, which might be desired depending on the implementation details.

Return Value

string HTML

batchactions()

Batch Actions Handler

Form BatchActionsForm()

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Return Value

Form

printable()

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DBHTMLText getSilverStripeNavigator()

Used for preview controls, mainly links which switch between different states of the page.

Return Value

DBHTMLText

int currentPageID()

Identifier for the currently shown record, in most cases a database ID. Inspects the following sources (in this order):

  • GET/POST parameter named 'ID'
  • URL parameter named 'ID'
  • Session value namespaced by classname, e.g. "CMSMain.currentPage"

Return Value

int

setCurrentPageID(int $id)

Forces the current page to be set in session, which can be retrieved later through currentPageID().

Keep in mind that setting an ID through GET/POST or as a URL parameter will overrule this value.

Parameters

int $id

DataObject currentPage()

Uses getRecord()} and {@link currentPageID() to get the currently selected record.

Return Value

DataObject

bool isCurrentPage(DataObject $record)

Compares a given record to the currently selected one (if any).

Used for marking the current tree node.

Parameters

DataObject $record

Return Value

bool

protected string sessionNamespace()

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Return Value

string

string|bool LinkPreview()

URL to a previewable record which is shown through this controller.

The controller might not have any previewable content, in which case this method returns FALSE.

Return Value

string|bool

string CMSVersion()

Return the version number of this application, ie. 'CMS: 4.2.1'

Return Value

string

string CMSVersionNumber()

Return the version number of the CMS in the 'major.minor' format, e.g. '4.2' Will handle 4.10.x-dev by removing .x-dev

Return Value

string

array SwitchView()

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Return Value

array

SiteConfig SiteConfig()

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Return Value

SiteConfig

Returns help_links in a format readable by a template

Return Value

ArrayList

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Return Value

string

string getApplicationName()

Get the application name.

Return Value

string

string Title()

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Return Value

string

string SectionTitle()

Return the title of the current section. Either this is pulled from the current panel's menu_title or from the first active menu

Return Value

string

string LogoutURL()

Generate a logout url with BackURL to the CMS

Return Value

string

string BaseCSSClasses()

Same as ViewableData->CSSClasses(), but with a changed name to avoid problems when using ViewableData->customise() (which always returns "ArrayData" from the $original object).

Return Value

string

string Locale()

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Return Value

string

providePermissions()

Return a map of permission codes to add to the dropdown shown in the Security section of the CMS.

array( 'VIEW_SITE' => 'View the site', );

$this setVersionProvider(VersionProvider $provider)

Set the SilverStripe version provider to use

Parameters

VersionProvider $provider

Return Value

$this

VersionProvider getVersionProvider()

Get the SilverStripe version provider

Return Value

VersionProvider

string getHttpErrorMessage()

Get the HTTP error message if one has occurred during HandleRequest.

Return Value

string

string getLinkForModelClass(string $modelClass)

Get the link for the tab of a DataObject subclass managed by this ModelAdmin.

Note that if the modelClass is managed on multiple tabs and you want a link for a specific tab you should use getLinkForModelTab instead.

Parameters

string $modelClass

Return Value

string

Exceptions

InvalidArgumentException

string getLinkForModelTab(string $modelTab)

Get the link for a specific tab on this ModelAdmin.

If you do not have multiple tabs for a given class you should use getLinkForModelClass instead.

Parameters

string $modelTab

This is either the custom url segment for the tab or, if that was not not defined, it is the fully qualified class name of the managed model. In the latter case, you should prefer to use getLinkForModelClass.

Return Value

string

Exceptions

InvalidArgumentException

string getCMSEditLinkForManagedDataObject(DataObject $obj)

Get the link for editing an object inside this ModelAdmin.

Parameters

DataObject $obj

Return Value

string

Exceptions

InvalidArgumentException

protected GridField getGridField()

Generate the GridField field that will be used for this ModelAdmin.

Developers may override this method in their ModelAdmin class to customise their GridField. Extensions can use the updateGridField hook for the same purpose.

Return Value

GridField

See also

{@link getGridFieldConfig()}

protected GridFieldConfig getGridFieldConfig()

Generate the GridField Configuration that will use for the ModelAdmin Gridfield.

Developers may override this method in their ModelAdmin class to customise their GridFieldConfiguration. Extensions can use the updateGridFieldConfig hook for the same purpose.

Return Value

GridFieldConfig

array getExportFields()

Define which fields are used in the getEditForm GridField export.

By default, it uses the summary fields from the model definition.

Return Value

array

SearchContext getSearchContext() deprecated

deprecated 1.3.0 Use GridFieldFilterHeader instead

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Return Value

SearchContext

ArrayList SearchSummary() deprecated

deprecated 1.3.0 Use GridFieldFilterHeader instead

Gets a list of fields that have been searched

Return Value

ArrayList

Form|bool SearchForm() deprecated

deprecated 1.3.0 Use GridFieldFilterHeader instead

Returns the search form

Return Value

Form|bool

DataList getList()

You can override how ModelAdmin returns DataObjects by either overloading this method, or defining an extension to ModelAdmin that implements the updateList method (and takes a \SilverStripe\ORM\DataList as the first argument).

For example, you might want to do this if this particular ModelAdmin should only ever show objects where an Archived flag is set to false. That would be best done as an extension, for example:

public function updateList(\SilverStripe\ORM\DataList $list)
{
    return $list->filter('Archived', false);
}

Note: If you override this method you may also need to override getCMSEditLinkForManagedDataObject()

Return Value

DataList

string getModelClass()

The model managed by this instance.

See $managed_models for potential values.

Return Value

string

protected ArrayList getManagedModelTabs()

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Return Value

ArrayList

An ArrayList of all managed models to build the tabs for this ModelAdmin

protected string sanitiseClassName(string $class)

Sanitise a model class' name for inclusion in a link

Parameters

string $class

Return Value

string

protected string unsanitiseClassName(string $class)

Unsanitise a model class' name from a URL param

Parameters

string $class

Return Value

string

array getManagedModels()

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Return Value

array

Map of class name to an array of 'title' (see $managed_models)

protected string|null getModelTabForModelClass(string $modelClass)

Get the model tab name for a given model class

If there are multiple tabs for a given model class, the first one defined will be returned. If you want a specific tab to be returned for a given model class you should override this method.

Parameters

string $modelClass

Return Value

string|null

Exceptions

InvalidArgumentException

bool isManagedModel(string $modelClassOrModelTab)

Check whether a model is managed by this ModelAdmin class

Parameters

string $modelClassOrModelTab

Return Value

bool

array getModelImporters()

Returns all importers defined in self::$model_importers.

If none are defined, we fall back to self::managed_models with a default CsvBulkLoader class. In this case the column names of the first row in the CSV file are assumed to have direct mappings to properties on the object.

Return Value

array

Map of model class names to importer instances

Form|false ImportForm()

Generate a CSV import form for a single DataObject subclass.

Return Value

Form|false

bool|HTTPResponse import(array $data, Form $form, HTTPRequest $request)

Imports the submitted CSV file based on specifications given in self::model_importers.

Redirects back with a success/failure message.

Figure out ajax submission of files via jQuery.form plugin

Parameters

array $data
Form $form
HTTPRequest $request

Return Value

bool|HTTPResponse