Drafts

Type: Class
Namespace: craft\services
Inherits: craft\services\Drafts » yii\base\Component (opens new window) » yii\base\BaseObject (opens new window)
Implements: yii\base\Configurable (opens new window)
Since: 3.2.0

Drafts service.

An instance of the service is available via Craft::$app->drafts.

# Public Properties

Property	Description
behaviors (opens new window)	yii\base\Behavior (opens new window) – List of behaviors attached to this component.
db	craft\db\Connection, array (opens new window), string (opens new window) – The database connection to use

# `db`

Type: craft\db\Connection, array (opens new window), string (opens new window)
Default value: 'db'
Since: 3.5.4

The database connection to use

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# Public Methods

Method	Description
__call() (opens new window)	Calls the named method which is not a class method.
__clone() (opens new window)	This method is called after the object is created by cloning an existing one.
__construct() (opens new window)	Constructor.
__get() (opens new window)	Returns the value of a component property.
__isset() (opens new window)	Checks if a property is set, i.e. defined and not null.
__set() (opens new window)	Sets the value of a component property.
__unset() (opens new window)	Sets a component property to be null.
applyDraft()	Applies a draft to its canonical element, and deletes the draft.
attachBehavior() (opens new window)	Attaches a behavior to this component.
attachBehaviors() (opens new window)	Attaches a list of behaviors to the component.
behaviors() (opens new window)	Returns a list of behaviors that this component should behave as.
canGetProperty() (opens new window)	Returns a value indicating whether a property can be read.
canSetProperty() (opens new window)	Returns a value indicating whether a property can be set.
className() (opens new window)	Returns the fully qualified name of this class.
createDraft()	Creates a new draft for the given element.
detachBehavior() (opens new window)	Detaches a behavior from the component.
detachBehaviors() (opens new window)	Detaches all behaviors from the component.
ensureBehaviors() (opens new window)	Makes sure that the behaviors declared in behaviors() (opens new window) are attached to this component.
generateDraftName()	Returns the next auto-generated draft name that should be assigned, for the given source element.
getBehavior() (opens new window)	Returns the named behavior object.
getBehaviors() (opens new window)	Returns all behaviors attached to this component.
getEditableDrafts()	Returns drafts for a given element ID that the current user is allowed to edit
hasEventHandlers() (opens new window)	Returns a value indicating whether there is any handler attached to the named event.
hasMethod() (opens new window)	Returns a value indicating whether a method is defined.
hasProperty() (opens new window)	Returns a value indicating whether a property is defined for this component.
init()	Initializes the object.
insertDraftRow()	Creates a new row in the `drafts` table.
mergeSourceChanges()	Merges recent source element changes into a draft.
off() (opens new window)	Detaches an existing event handler from this component.
on() (opens new window)	Attaches an event handler to an event.
publishDraft()	Applies a draft to its canonical element, and deletes the draft.
purgeUnsavedDrafts()	Deletes any sourceless drafts that were never formally saved.
saveElementAsDraft()	Saves an element as a draft.
trigger() (opens new window)	Triggers an event.

# `applyDraft()`

Since: 3.6.0

Applies a draft to its canonical element, and deletes the draft.

If an unpublished draft is passed, its draft data will simply be removed from it.

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Arguments

$draft (craft\base\ElementInterface) – The draft

Returns

craft\base\ElementInterface – The canonical element with the draft applied to it

Throws

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# `createDraft()`

Creates a new draft for the given element.

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Arguments

$source (craft\base\ElementInterface) – The element to create a draft for
$creatorId (integer (opens new window)) – The user ID that the draft should be attributed to
$name (string (opens new window), null (opens new window)) – The draft name
$notes (string (opens new window), null (opens new window)) – The draft notes
$newAttributes (array (opens new window)) – Any attributes to apply to the draft
$provisional (boolean (opens new window)) – Whether to create a provisional draft