Interface luya\cms\base\BlockInterface

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Implemented byluya\cms\base\InternalBaseBlock, luya\cms\base\PhpBlock, luya\cms\frontend\blocks\HtmlBlock, luya\cms\frontend\blocks\MirrorLanguageBlock, luya\cms\frontend\blocks\ModuleBlock
Available since version1.0.0
Source Code https://github.com/luyadev/luya-module-cms/blob/master/src/base/BlockInterface.php

Interface for all Blocks.

The below methods are required in order to create your own block abstraction layer.

Public Methods

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Method Description Defined By
blockGroup() Returns a class of the blocks group. luya\cms\base\BlockInterface
getCacheExpirationTime() The time of cache expiration luya\cms\base\BlockInterface
getConfigCfgsExport() Returns all config cfgs element of key value pairing to pass to the Admin ANGULAR API luya\cms\base\BlockInterface
getConfigPlaceholdersByRowsExport() Returns the placeholder based rows. luya\cms\base\BlockInterface
getConfigPlaceholdersExport() Returns all config placeholders element of key value pairing to pass to the Admin ANGULAR API luya\cms\base\BlockInterface
getConfigVarsExport() Returns all config vars element of key value pairing to pass to the Admin ANGULAR API luya\cms\base\BlockInterface
getExtraVarValues() Returns an array of key value pairing with additional informations to pass to the API and frontend. luya\cms\base\BlockInterface
getFieldHelp() Returns an array with additional help informations for specific field (var or cfg). luya\cms\base\BlockInterface
getIsCacheEnabled() Whether cache is enabled for this block or not. luya\cms\base\BlockInterface
getIsContainer() Whether this is a container element or not. Container elements usually have defined placeholders. luya\cms\base\BlockInterface
getIsDirtyDialogEnabled() Whether the dirty marker dialog is enable or not. luya\cms\base\BlockInterface
icon() Returns the icon based on material icon names luya\cms\base\BlockInterface
name() Get the name of the block in order to display in administration context. luya\cms\base\BlockInterface
onRegister() Will called when the block is saved to the cache. luya\cms\base\BlockInterface
onRegisterFromCache() Will called when the block is loaded from the cache. luya\cms\base\BlockInterface
placeholderRenderIteration() This method is called whenever a block inside a placeholder is rendered. luya\cms\base\BlockInterface
renderAdmin() Get the output in administration context. luya\cms\base\BlockInterface
renderAdminPreview() Create a html img tag and use the preview image at {module}/resources/img/{block-name}.jpg as source. luya\cms\base\BlockInterface
renderFrontend() Get the output in the frontend context. luya\cms\base\BlockInterface
setCfgValues() Set the values for element cfgs with an array key value binding. luya\cms\base\BlockInterface
setEnvOption() Set an environment option informations to the block with key value pairing. luya\cms\base\BlockInterface
setPlaceholderValues() Set the value from placeholders where the array key is the name of value the content of the placeholder. luya\cms\base\BlockInterface
setVarValues() Set the values for element vars with an array key value binding. luya\cms\base\BlockInterface
setup() This method is run when the block object is initialized in frontend context. luya\cms\base\BlockInterface

Method Details

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blockGroup() public abstract method

Returns a class of the blocks group.

public abstract luya\cms\base\BlockGroup blockGroup ( )

                public function blockGroup();
getCacheExpirationTime() public abstract method

The time of cache expiration

public abstract integer getCacheExpirationTime ( )

                public function getCacheExpirationTime();
getConfigCfgsExport() public abstract method

Returns all config cfgs element of key value pairing to pass to the Admin ANGULAR API

public abstract array getConfigCfgsExport ( )

                public function getConfigCfgsExport();
getConfigPlaceholdersByRowsExport() public abstract method

Returns the placeholder based rows.

This is used to render the grid system in the admin ui.

The array which is returned contains rows which contains cols.

return [
    [], // row 1
    [], // row 2
];

each row can contain columns

return [
    [ // row 1
        ['var' => 'left', 'col' => 6],
        ['var' => 'right', 'col' => 6]
    ],
    [ // row 2
        ['var' => 'bottom', 'col' => 12]
    ],
];
public abstract array getConfigPlaceholdersByRowsExport ( )
return array

Returns an array where each element is a row containing informations about the placeholders.

 

                public function getConfigPlaceholdersByRowsExport();
getConfigPlaceholdersExport() public abstract method

Returns all config placeholders element of key value pairing to pass to the Admin ANGULAR API

public abstract array getConfigPlaceholdersExport ( )

                public function getConfigPlaceholdersExport();
getConfigVarsExport() public abstract method

Returns all config vars element of key value pairing to pass to the Admin ANGULAR API

public abstract array getConfigVarsExport ( )

                public function getConfigVarsExport();
getExtraVarValues() public abstract method

Returns an array of key value pairing with additional informations to pass to the API and frontend.

public abstract array getExtraVarValues ( )

                public function getExtraVarValues();
getFieldHelp() public abstract method

Returns an array with additional help informations for specific field (var or cfg).

The returning array must contain a key where is the field name and a value to display, Example:

 return [
     'content' => 'An explain example of what this var does it where its displayed.',
 ];

Assuming there is a config var named content.

public abstract array getFieldHelp ( )
return array

An array where the key is the cfg/var field var name and the value the helper text.

 

                public function getFieldHelp();
getIsCacheEnabled() public abstract method

Whether cache is enabled for this block or not.

public abstract boolean getIsCacheEnabled ( )

                public function getIsCacheEnabled();
getIsContainer() public abstract method

Whether this is a container element or not. Container elements usually have defined placeholders.

public abstract boolean getIsContainer ( )

                public function getIsContainer();
getIsDirtyDialogEnabled() public abstract method

Whether the dirty marker dialog is enable or not.

This can be usefull when working with blocks which does not require any input data, so therefore it does not require a dirty marked dialog.

public abstract boolean getIsDirtyDialogEnabled ( )

                public function getIsDirtyDialogEnabled();
icon() public abstract method

Returns the icon based on material icon names

public abstract string icon ( )

                public function icon();
name() public abstract method

Get the name of the block in order to display in administration context.

public abstract void name ( )

                public function name();
onRegister() public abstract method (available since version 1.0.5)

Will called when the block is saved to the cache.

public abstract void onRegister ( )

                public function onRegister();
onRegisterFromCache() public abstract method (available since version 1.0.5)

Will called when the block is loaded from the cache.

public abstract void onRegisterFromCache ( )

                public function onRegisterFromCache();
placeholderRenderIteration() public abstract method (available since version 1.0.9)

This method is called whenever a block inside a placeholder is rendered.

This allows you to change the render behavior of every block inside a placeholder. An example of adding a wrapper div to the iteration:

public function placeholderRenderIteration(BlockInterface $block)
{
     return '<div class="block-wrapper">'.$block->renderFrontend().'</div>';
}

This also allows you to determined whether the block should be rendered or not as the response is the content of the block inside the placholder.

public abstract string placeholderRenderIteration ( luya\cms\base\BlockInterface $block )
$block luya\cms\base\BlockInterface 

                public function placeholderRenderIteration(BlockInterface $block);
renderAdmin() public abstract method

Get the output in administration context.

public abstract string renderAdmin ( )

                public function renderAdmin();
renderAdminPreview() public abstract method (available since version 1.0.8)

Create a html img tag and use the preview image at {module}/resources/img/{block-name}.jpg as source.

If no image source exists, it will return false.

See also luya\cms\base\PhpBlock::getPreviewImageSource().

public abstract string|boolean renderAdminPreview ( )
return string|boolean

False if no preview available, otherwise the html img as string.

 

                public function renderAdminPreview();
renderFrontend() public abstract method

Get the output in the frontend context.

public abstract string renderFrontend ( )

                public function renderFrontend();
setCfgValues() public abstract method

Set the values for element cfgs with an array key value binding.

public abstract void setCfgValues ( array $values )
$values array

An array where key is the name of the cfg-element and value the content.

 

                public function setCfgValues(array $values);
setEnvOption() public abstract method

Set an environment option informations to the block with key value pairing.

public abstract void setEnvOption ( $key, $value )
$key string

The identifier key.
$value mixed

The value for the key.

 

                public function setEnvOption($key, $value);
setPlaceholderValues() public abstract method

Set the value from placeholders where the array key is the name of value the content of the placeholder.

public abstract void setPlaceholderValues ( array $placeholders )
$placeholders array

An array with placeholders where key is name and the value the content e.g. ['content' => 'The placheholder Content'].

 

                public function setPlaceholderValues(array $placeholders);
setVarValues() public abstract method

Set the values for element vars with an array key value binding.

public abstract void setVarValues ( array $values )
$values array

An array where key is the name of the var-element and value the content.

 

                public function setVarValues(array $values);
setup() public abstract method (available since version 3.4.0)

This method is run when the block object is initialized in frontend context.

public abstract void setup ( )

                public function setup();