Element

Type

Abstract Class

Namespace

craft\base

Inherits

craft\base\Element » craft\base\Component » craft\base\Model » yii\base\Model » yii\base\Component » yii\base\BaseObject

Implements

ArrayAccess, IteratorAggregate, craft\base\ComponentInterface, craft\base\ElementInterface, craft\base\ModelInterface, yii\base\Arrayable, yii\base\Configurable, yii\base\StaticInstanceInterface

Uses traits

craft\base\ClonefixTrait, craft\base\ElementTrait, yii\base\ArrayableTrait, yii\base\StaticInstanceTrait

Extended by

craft\elements\Address, craft\elements\Asset, craft\elements\Category, craft\elements\Entry, craft\elements\GlobalSet, craft\elements\Tag, craft\elements\User, craft\test\mockclasses\elements\ExampleElement

Since

3.0.0

Element is the base class for classes representing elements in terms of objects.

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Public Properties

Property	Description
actionMenuItems
activeValidators	yii\validators\Validator – The validators applicable to the current scenario.
additionalButtons	string
ancestors	craft\elements\db\ElementQueryInterface – The element’s ancestors
archived	boolean – Whether the element is archived
attributes	array – Attribute values (name => value).
attributesFromRequest	array – The attribute values
awaitingFieldValues	boolean – Whether the element is still awaiting its custom field values
behaviors	yii\base\Behavior – List of behaviors attached to this component.
cacheTags	string[]
canonical	craft\base\ElementInterface, null – The canonical element, if one exists for the current site
canonicalId	integer, null – The element’s canonical ID
canonicalUid	string – The element’s canonical UID
cardBodyHtml	string, null
children	craft\elements\db\ElementQueryInterface – The element’s children
chipLabelHtml	string
cpEditUrl	string, null – The element’s edit URL in the control panel
cpRevisionsUrl	string, null
crumbs	array
currentRevision	self, null
dateCreated	DateTime, null – The date that the element was created
dateDeleted	DateTime, null – The date that the element was trashed
dateLastMerged	DateTime, null – The date that the canonical element was last merged into this one
dateUpdated	DateTime, null – The date that the element was last updated
deletedWithOwner	boolean, null – Whether the element was deleted along with its owner
descendants	craft\elements\db\ElementQueryInterface – The element’s descendants
dirtyAttributes	string[]
dirtyFields	string[]
draftId	integer, null – The ID of the draft’s row in the drafts table
duplicateOf	craft\base\ElementInterface, null – The element that this element is being duplicated by.
eagerLoadInfo	craft\elements\db\EagerLoadInfo, null – Info about the eager loading setup used to query this element.
editorHtml	string – The HTML for the element’s editor HUD
elementQueryResult	craft\base\ElementInterface[], null – All elements that the element was queried with.
enabled	boolean – Whether the element is enabled
enabledForSite	boolean – Whether the element is enabled for this site
errors	array – Errors for all attributes or the specified attribute.
fieldContext	string – The field context this element’s content uses
fieldLayout	craft\models\FieldLayout, null – The field layout used by this element
fieldLayoutId	integer, null – The element’s field layout ID
fieldParamNamespace	array – The namespace used by custom field params on the request
fieldValues	array – The element’s normalized custom field values, indexed by their handles
firstErrors	array – The first errors.
firstSave	boolean – Whether the element is being saved for the first time in a normal state (not as a draft or revision).
forceSave	boolean – Whether the element should definitely be saved, if it’s a nested element being considered for saving by \craft\base\NestedElementManager.
gqlTypeName	string
hardDelete	boolean – Whether the element is being hard-deleted.
hasDescendants	boolean – Whether the element has descendants
htmlAttributes	array – Any attributes that should be included in the element’s DOM representation in the control panel
id	integer, null – The element’s ID
invalidNestedElementIds	integer[]
isCanonical	boolean – Whether this is the canonical element
isDerivative	boolean – Whether this is a derivative element, such as a draft or revision
isDraft	boolean
isFresh	boolean
isHomepage	boolean
isNewForSite	boolean – Whether the element is being saved to the current site for the first time.
isProvisionalDraft	boolean – Whether this is a provisional draft.
isRevision	boolean
isSlugTranslatable	boolean
isTitleTranslatable	boolean
isUnpublishedDraft	boolean
iterator	ArrayIterator – An iterator for traversing the items in the list.
language	string
lazyEagerLoadedElements	string – The handle that was used to eager-load the elements
level	integer, null – The element’s level within its structure
lft	integer, null – The element’s left position within its structure
link	\Twig\Markup, null – An anchor pre-filled with this element’s URL and title
localized	craft\elements\db\ElementQueryInterface, craft\elements\ElementCollection
mergingCanonicalChanges	boolean – Whether recent changes to the canonical element are being merged into this element.
metadata	array – The data, with keys representing the labels.
modifiedAttributes	string[]
modifiedFields	string[]
newSiteIds	integer[] – The site IDs that the element was just propagated to for the first time.
next	craft\base\ElementInterface, null – The next element relative to this one, from a given set of criteria
nextSibling	craft\base\ElementInterface, null – The element’s next sibling
outdatedAttributes	string[]
outdatedFields	string[]
parent	craft\base\ElementInterface, null – The element’s parent
parentId	integer, null – The element’s parent’s ID
parentUri	string, null
postEditUrl	string, null
prev	craft\base\ElementInterface, null – The previous element relative to this one, from a given set of criteria
prevSibling	craft\base\ElementInterface, null – The element’s previous sibling
previewTargets	array
previewing	boolean – Whether the element is currently being previewed.
propagateAll	boolean – Whether all element attributes should be propagated across all its supported sites, even if that means overwriting existing site-specific values.
propagating	boolean – Whether the element is being saved in the context of propagating another site's version of the element.
propagatingFrom	craft\base\ElementInterface, null – The element that this element is being propagated from.
ref	string, null – The reference string to this element
resaving	boolean – Whether the element is being resaved by a ResaveElement job or a resave console command.
revisionId	integer, null – The ID of the revision’s row in the revisions table
rgt	integer, null – The element’s right position within its structure
root	integer, null – The element’s structure’s root ID
rootOwner	self
route	mixed – The route that should be used when the element’s URI is requested
scenario	string – The scenario that this model is in.
searchScore	integer, null – The element’s search score, if the craft\elements\db\ElementQuery::search() parameter was used when querying for the element
serializedFieldValues	array – Array of the element’s serialized custom field values, indexed by their handles
siblings	craft\elements\db\ElementQueryInterface – All of the element’s siblings
site	craft\models\Site – Site the element is associated with
siteId	integer, null – The site ID the element is associated with
siteSettingsId	integer, null – The ID of the element’s record in the elements_sites table
slug	string, null – The element’s slug
slugTranslationDescription	string, null
slugTranslationKey	string – The translation key
sourceId	integer, null
sourceUid	string
status	string, null – The element’s status
structureId	integer, null – The element’s structure ID
supportedSites	integer[], array – The sites this element is associated with
tempId	string, null – The element’s temporary ID (only used if the element’s URI format contains {id})
title	string, null – The element’s title
titleTranslationDescription	string, null
titleTranslationKey	string – The translation key
totalDescendants	integer – The total number of descendants that the element has
trashed	boolean – Whether the element has been soft-deleted.
uiLabel
uiLabelPath	string[]
uid	string, null – The element’s UID
updatingFromDerivative	boolean – Whether the element is being updated from a derivative element, such as a draft or revision.
uri	string, null – The element’s URI
uriFormat	string, null – The URI format used to generate this element’s URL
url	string, null – The element’s full URL
validators	ArrayObject, yii\validators\Validator – All the validators declared in the model.

actionMenuItems

Default value

null

Access

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additionalButtons

Type

string

Default value

null

Access

Read-only

Since

4.0.0

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ancestors

Type

craft\elements\db\ElementQueryInterface

Default value

null

The element’s ancestors

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attributesFromRequest

Type

array

Default value

null

Access

Write-only

The attribute values

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cacheTags

Type

string[]

Default value

null

Access

Read-only

Since

3.5.0

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canonical

Type

craft\base\ElementInterface, null

Default value

null

The canonical element, if one exists for the current site

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canonicalId

Type

integer, null

Default value

null

The element’s canonical ID

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canonicalUid

Type

string

Default value

null

The element’s canonical UID

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cardBodyHtml

Type

string, null

Default value

null

Access

Read-only

Since

5.0.0

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children

Type

craft\elements\db\ElementQueryInterface

Default value

null

The element’s children

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chipLabelHtml

Type

string

Default value

null

Access

Read-only

Since

5.0.0

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cpEditUrl

Type

string, null

Default value

null

The element’s edit URL in the control panel

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cpRevisionsUrl

Type

string, null

Default value

null

Access

Read-only

Since

4.4.0

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crumbs

Type

array

Default value

null

Access

Read-only

Since

5.0.0

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currentRevision

Type

self, null

Default value

null

Access

Read-only

Since

3.2.0

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descendants

Type

craft\elements\db\ElementQueryInterface

Default value

null

The element’s descendants

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dirtyAttributes

Type

string[]

Default value

null

Since

3.4.0

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dirtyFields

Type

string[]

Default value

null

Since

3.4.0

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editorHtml

Type

string

Default value

null

The HTML for the element’s editor HUD

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enabledForSite

Type

boolean

Default value

null

Whether the element is enabled for this site

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fieldContext

Type

string

Default value

null

The field context this element’s content uses

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fieldLayout

Type

craft\models\FieldLayout, null

Default value

null

The field layout used by this element

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fieldParamNamespace

Type

array

Default value

null

The namespace used by custom field params on the request

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fieldValues

Type

array

Default value

null

The element’s normalized custom field values, indexed by their handles

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gqlTypeName

Type

string

Default value

null

Access

Read-only

Since

3.3.0

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hasDescendants

Type

boolean

Default value

null

Whether the element has descendants

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htmlAttributes

Type

array

Default value

null

Any attributes that should be included in the element’s DOM representation in the control panel

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invalidNestedElementIds

Type

integer[]

Default value

null

Access

Read-only

Since

5.3.0

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isCanonical

Type

boolean

Default value

null

Whether this is the canonical element

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isDerivative

Type

boolean

Default value

null

Whether this is a derivative element, such as a draft or revision

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isDraft

Type

boolean

Default value

null

Access

Read-only

Since

3.2.0

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isFresh

Type

boolean

Default value

null

Access

Read-only

Since

3.7.14

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isHomepage

Type

boolean

Default value

null

Access

Read-only

Since

3.3.6

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isRevision

Type

boolean

Default value

null

Access

Read-only

Since

3.2.0

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isSlugTranslatable

Type

boolean

Default value

null

Access

Read-only

Since

4.5.0

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isTitleTranslatable

Type

boolean

Default value

null

Access

Read-only

Since

3.5.0

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isUnpublishedDraft

Type

boolean

Default value

null

Access

Read-only

Since

3.6.0

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iterator

Type

ArrayIterator

Default value

null

Access

Read-only

An iterator for traversing the items in the list.

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language

Type

string

Default value

null

Access

Read-only

Since

3.5.0

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lazyEagerLoadedElements

Type

string

Default value

null

Access

Write-only

The handle that was used to eager-load the elements

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link

Type

\Twig\Markup, null

Default value

null

An anchor pre-filled with this element’s URL and title

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localized

Type

craft\elements\db\ElementQueryInterface, craft\elements\ElementCollection

Default value

null

Access

Read-only

Since

3.5.0

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metadata

Type

array

Default value

null

Access

Read-only

Since

3.7.0

The data, with keys representing the labels. The values can either be strings or callables. If a value is false, it will be omitted.

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modifiedAttributes

Type

string[]

Default value

null

Access

Read-only

Since

3.7.0

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modifiedFields

Type

string[]

Default value

null

Access

Read-only

Since

3.7.0

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next

Type

craft\base\ElementInterface, null

Default value

null

The next element relative to this one, from a given set of criteria

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nextSibling

Type

craft\base\ElementInterface, null

Default value

null

The element’s next sibling

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outdatedAttributes

Type

string[]

Default value

null

Access

Read-only

Since

3.7.0

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outdatedFields

Type

string[]

Default value

null

Access

Read-only

Since

3.7.0

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parent

Type

craft\base\ElementInterface, null

Default value

null

The element’s parent

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parentId

Type

integer, null

Default value

null

The element’s parent’s ID

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parentUri

Type

string, null

Default value

null

Access

Read-only

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postEditUrl

Type

string, null

Default value

null

Access

Read-only

Since

4.0.0

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prev

Type

craft\base\ElementInterface, null

Default value

null

The previous element relative to this one, from a given set of criteria

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prevSibling

Type

craft\base\ElementInterface, null

Default value

null

The element’s previous sibling

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previewTargets

Type

array

Default value

null

Access

Read-only

Since

3.2.0

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ref

Type

string, null

Default value

null

The reference string to this element

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rootOwner

Type

self

Default value

null

Access

Read-only

Since

5.4.0

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route

Type

mixed

Default value

null

The route that should be used when the element’s URI is requested

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serializedFieldValues

Type

array

Default value

null

Array of the element’s serialized custom field values, indexed by their handles

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siblings

Type

craft\elements\db\ElementQueryInterface

Default value

null

All of the element’s siblings

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site

Type

craft\models\Site

Default value

null

Site the element is associated with

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slugTranslationDescription

Type

string, null

Default value

null

Access

Read-only

Since

4.5.0

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slugTranslationKey

Type

string

Default value

null

Access

Read-only

Since

4.5.0

The translation key

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sourceId

Type

integer, null

Default value

null

Access

Read-only

Since

3.2.0

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sourceUid

Type

string

Default value

null

Access

Read-only

Since

3.2.0

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status

Type

string, null

Default value

null

The element’s status

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supportedSites

Type

integer[], array

Default value

null

The sites this element is associated with

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titleTranslationDescription

Type

string, null

Default value

null

Access

Read-only

Since

3.5.0

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titleTranslationKey

Type

string

Default value

null

Access

Read-only

Since

3.5.0

The translation key

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totalDescendants

Type

integer

Default value

null

The total number of descendants that the element has

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uiLabel

Default value

null

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uiLabelPath

Type

string[]

Default value

null

Since

4.4.0

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uriFormat

Type

string, null

Default value

null

The URI format used to generate this element’s URL

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url

Type

string, null

Default value

null

The element’s full URL

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Protected Properties

Property	Description
revisionCreatorId	integer, null – Revision creator ID to be saved
revisionNotes	string, null – Revision notes to be saved

revisionCreatorId

Type

integer, null

Default value

null

Revision creator ID to be saved

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revisionNotes

Type

string, null

Default value

null

Revision notes to be saved

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Public Methods

Method	Description
__call()	Calls the named method which is not a class method.
__clone()
__construct()
__get()	Returns the value of a component property.
__isset()	Checks if a property is set.
__set()	Sets the value of a component property.
__toString()	Returns the string representation of the element.
__unset()	Sets a component property to be null.
actions()	Returns the available bulk element actions for a given source.
activeAttributes()	Returns the attribute names that are subject to validation in the current scenario.
addError()	Adds a new error to the specified attribute.
addErrors()	Adds a list of errors.
addInvalidNestedElementIds()	Registers invalid nested element IDs with the element, so an error class can be added on their cards.
addModelErrors()	Adds errors from another model, with a given attribute name prefix.
afterDelete()	Performs actions after an element is deleted.
afterDeleteForSite()	Performs actions after an element is deleted for a site.
afterMoveInStructure()	Performs actions after an element is moved within a structure.
afterPropagate()	Performs actions after an element is fully saved and propagated to other sites.
afterRestore()	Performs actions after an element is restored.
afterSave()	Performs actions after an element is saved.
afterValidate()	This method is invoked after validation ends.
attachBehavior()	Attaches a behavior to this component.
attachBehaviors()	Attaches a list of behaviors to the component.
attributeHints()	Returns the attribute hints.
attributeLabels()	Returns the attribute labels.
attributes()	Returns the list of attribute names.
beforeDelete()	Performs actions before an element is deleted.
beforeDeleteForSite()	Performs actions before an element is deleted for a site.
beforeMoveInStructure()	Performs actions before an element is moved within a structure.
beforeRestore()	Performs actions before an element is restored.
beforeSave()	Performs actions before an element is saved.
beforeValidate()	This method is invoked before validation starts.
behaviors()	Returns a list of behaviors that this component should behave as.
canCreateDrafts()	Returns whether the given user is authorized to create drafts for this element.
canDelete()	Returns whether the given user is authorized to delete this element.
canDeleteForSite()	Returns whether the given user is authorized to delete this element for its current site.
canDuplicate()	Returns whether the given user is authorized to duplicate this element.
canDuplicateAsDraft()	Returns whether the given user is authorized to duplicate this element as an unpublished draft.
canGetProperty()	Returns a value indicating whether a property can be read.
canSave()	Returns whether the given user is authorized to save this element in its current form.
canSetProperty()	Returns a value indicating whether a property can be set.
canView()	Returns whether the given user is authorized to view this element’s edit page.
className()	Returns the fully qualified name of this class.
clearErrors()	Removes errors for all attributes or a single attribute.
createAnother()	Creates a new element (without saving it) based on this one.
createCondition()	Returns an element condition for the element type.
createValidators()	Creates validator objects based on the validation rules specified in rules().
datetimeAttributes()	Returns the names of any attributes that should hold DateTime values.
defaultTableAttributes()	Returns the list of table attribute keys that should be shown by default.
detachBehavior()	Detaches a behavior from the component.
detachBehaviors()	Detaches all behaviors from the component.
displayName()	Returns the display name of this class.
eagerLoadingMap()	Returns an array that maps source-to-target element IDs based on the given sub-property handle.
ensureBehaviors()	Makes sure that the behaviors declared in behaviors() are attached to this component.
exporters()	Returns the available export options for a given source.
extraFields()	Returns the list of fields that can be expanded further and returned by toArray().
fieldLayouts()	Returns all the field layouts associated with elements from the given source.
fields()	Returns the list of fields that should be returned by default by toArray() when no specific fields are specified.
find()	Creates an craft\elements\db\ElementQueryInterface instance for query purpose.
findAll()	Returns a list of elements that match the specified ID(s) or a set of element criteria parameters.
findOne()	Returns a single element instance by a primary key or a set of element criteria parameters.
findSource()	Returns a source definition by a given source key/path and context.
formName()	Returns the form name that this model class should use.
generateAttributeLabel()	Generates a user friendly attribute label based on the give attribute name.
get()
getActionMenuItems()
getActiveValidators()	Returns the validators applicable to the current scenario.
getAdditionalButtons()	Returns additional buttons that should be shown at the top of the element’s edit page.
getAncestors()	Returns the element’s ancestors.
getAttributeHint()	Returns the text hint for the specified attribute.
getAttributeHtml()	Returns the HTML that should be shown for a given attribute in table and card views.
getAttributeLabel()	Returns the text label for the specified attribute.
getAttributeStatus()	Returns the status of a given attribute.
getAttributes()	Returns attribute values.
getBehavior()	Returns the named behavior object.
getBehaviors()	Returns all behaviors attached to this component.
getCacheTags()	Returns the cache tags that should be cleared when this element is saved.
getCanonical()	Returns the canonical version of the element.
getCanonicalId()	Returns the element’s canonical ID.
getCanonicalUid()	Returns the element’s canonical UUID.
getCardBodyHtml()	Returns the body HTML for element cards.
getChildren()	Returns the element’s children.
getChipLabelHtml()	Returns the label HTML for element chips.
getCpEditUrl()
getCpRevisionsUrl()	Returns the element’s revisions index URL in the control panel.
getCrumbs()	Returns the breadcrumbs that lead up to the element.
getCurrentRevision()	Returns the element’s current revision, if one exists.
getDescendants()	Returns the element’s descendants.
getDirtyAttributes()	Returns a list of attribute names that have changed since the element was first loaded.
getDirtyFields()	Returns a list of custom field handles that have changed since the element was first loaded.
getEagerLoadedElementCount()	Returns the count of eager-loaded elements for a given handle.
getEagerLoadedElements()	Returns the eager-loaded elements for a given handle.
getEnabledForSite()	Returns whether the element is enabled for the current site.
getErrorSummary()	Returns the errors for all attributes as a one-dimensional array.
getErrors()	Returns the errors for all attributes or a single attribute.
getFieldContext()	Returns the field context this element’s content uses.
getFieldLayout()	Returns the field layout used by this element.
getFieldParamNamespace()	Returns the namespace used by custom field params on the request.
getFieldValue()	Returns the value for a given field.
getFieldValues()	Returns the element’s normalized custom field values, indexed by their handles.
getFirstError()	Returns the first error of the specified attribute.
getFirstErrors()	Returns the first error of every attribute in the model.
getGqlTypeName()	Returns the GraphQL type name for this element type.
getHasDescendants()	Returns whether the element has descendants.
getHtmlAttributes()	Returns any attributes that should be included in the element’s chips and cards.
getId()
getInlineAttributeInputHtml()	Returns the HTML that should be shown for a given attribute's inline editing input.
getInvalidNestedElementIds()	Returns the element’s invalid nested element IDs.
getIsCanonical()	Returns whether this is the canonical element.
getIsDerivative()	Returns whether this is a derivative element, such as a draft or revision.
getIsDraft()	Returns whether this is a draft.
getIsFresh()	Returns whether the element is "fresh" (not yet explicitly saved, and without validation errors).
getIsHomepage()	Returns whether this element represents the site homepage.
getIsRevision()	Returns whether this is a revision.
getIsSlugTranslatable()	Returns whether the Slug field should be shown as translatable in the UI.
getIsTitleTranslatable()	Returns whether the Title field should be shown as translatable in the UI.
getIsUnpublishedDraft()	Returns whether the element is an unpublished draft.
getIterator()	Returns an iterator for traversing the attributes in the model.
getLanguage()	Returns the language of the element.
getLink()	Returns an anchor pre-filled with this element’s URL and title.
getLocalized()	Returns the same element in other locales.
getMetadata()	Returns element metadata that should be shown within the editor sidebar.
getModifiedAttributes()	Returns the attribute names that have changed for this element.
getModifiedFields()	Returns the field handles that have changed for this element.
getNext()	Returns the next element relative to this one, from a given set of criteria.
getNextSibling()	Returns the element’s next sibling.
getOutdatedAttributes()	Returns the attribute names that have been updated on the canonical element since the last time it was merged into this element.
getOutdatedFields()	Returns the field handles that have been updated on the canonical element since the last time it was merged into this element.
getParent()	Returns the element’s parent.
getParentId()	Returns the parent ID.
getParentUri()	Returns the parent element’s URI, if there is one.
getPostEditUrl()	Returns the URL that users should be redirected to after editing the element.
getPrev()	Returns the previous element relative to this one, from a given set of criteria.
getPrevSibling()	Returns the element’s previous sibling.
getPreviewTargets()	Returns the additional locations that should be available for previewing the element, besides its primary URL.
getRef()	Returns the reference string to this element.
getRootOwner()	Returns the root owner element.
getRoute()	Returns the route that should be used when the element’s URI is requested.
getScenario()	Returns the scenario that this model is used in.
getSearchKeywords()	Returns the search keywords for a given search attribute.
getSerializedFieldValues()	Returns an array of the element’s serialized custom field values, indexed by their handles.
getSiblings()	Returns all of the element’s siblings.
getSidebarHtml()	Returns the HTML for any fields/info that should be shown within the editor sidebar.
getSite()	Returns the site the element is associated with.
getSlugTranslationDescription()	Returns the description of the Slug field’s translation support.
getSlugTranslationKey()	Returns the Slug’s translation key.
getSourceId()	Returns the element’s canonical ID.
getSourceUid()	Returns the element’s canonical UID.
getStatus()
getSupportedSites()	Returns the sites this element is associated with.
getThumbHtml()
getTitleTranslationDescription()	Returns the description of the Title field’s translation support.
getTitleTranslationKey()	Returns the Title’s translation key.
getTotalDescendants()	Returns the total number of descendants that the element has.
getUiLabel()
getUiLabelPath()	Returns any path segment labels that should be prepended to the element’s UI label.
getUriFormat()	Returns the URI format used to generate this element’s URI.
getUrl()	Returns the element’s full URL.
getValidators()	Returns all the validators declared in rules().
gqlScopesByContext()	Returns the GraphQL scopes required by element’s context.
hasDrafts()	Returns whether element indexes should show the “Drafts” status option.
hasEagerLoadedElements()	Returns whether elements have been eager-loaded with a given handle.
hasErrors()	Returns a value indicating whether there is any validation error.
hasEventHandlers()	Returns a value indicating whether there is any handler attached to the named event.
hasMethod()	Returns a value indicating whether a method is defined.
hasProperty()	Returns a value indicating whether a property is defined for this component.
hasRevisions()	Returns whether revisions should be created when this element is saved.
hasStatuses()	Returns whether elements of this type have statuses.
hasThumbs()	Returns whether element indexes should include a thumbnail view by default.
hasTitles()	Returns whether elements of this type have traditional titles.
hasUris()	Returns whether elements of this type can have their own slugs and URIs.
indexElementCount()	Returns the total number of elements that will be shown on an element index, for the given element query.
indexHtml()	Returns the element index HTML.
init()	Initializes the object.
instance()	Returns static class instance, which can be used to obtain meta information.
isAncestorOf()	Returns whether this element is an ancestor of another one.
isAttributeActive()	Returns a value indicating whether the attribute is active in the current scenario.
isAttributeDirty()	Returns whether an attribute has changed since the element was first loaded.
isAttributeModified()	Returns whether an attribute value has changed for this element.
isAttributeOutdated()	Returns whether an attribute value has fallen behind the canonical element’s value.
isAttributeRequired()	Returns a value indicating whether the attribute is required.
isAttributeSafe()	Returns a value indicating whether the attribute is safe for massive assignments.
isChildOf()	Returns whether this element is a direct child of another one.
isDescendantOf()	Returns whether this element is a descendant of another one.
isFieldDirty()	Returns whether a custom field value has changed since the element was first loaded.
isFieldEmpty()	Returns whether a field is empty.
isFieldModified()	Returns whether a field value has changed for this element.
isFieldOutdated()	Returns whether a field value has fallen behind the canonical element’s value.
isLocalized()	Returns whether elements of this type store content on a per-site basis.
isNextSiblingOf()	Returns whether this element is the direct next sibling of another one.
isParentOf()	Returns whether this element is a direct parent of another one.
isPrevSiblingOf()	Returns whether this element is the direct previous sibling of another one.
isSelectable()	Returns whether the component should be selectable in component Type selects.
isSiblingOf()	Returns whether this element is a sibling of another one.
load()	Populates the model with input data.
loadMultiple()	Populates a set of models with the data from end user.
lowerDisplayName()	Returns the lowercase version of displayName().
markAsClean()	Resets the record of dirty attributes and fields.
markAsDirty()	Marks all fields and attributes as dirty.
mergeCanonicalChanges()	Merges changes from the canonical element into this one.
modifyCustomSource()	Modifies a custom source’s config, before it’s returned by craft\services\ElementSources::getSources()
off()	Detaches an existing event handler from this component.
offsetExists()	Returns whether there is an element at the specified offset.
offsetGet()	Returns the element at the specified offset.
offsetSet()	Sets the element at the specified offset.
offsetUnset()	Sets the element value at the specified offset to null.
on()	Attaches an event handler to an event.
onUnsafeAttribute()	This method is invoked when an unsafe attribute is being massively assigned.
pluralDisplayName()	Returns the plural version of displayName().
pluralLowerDisplayName()	Returns the plural, lowercase version of displayName().
prepareEditScreen()	Prepares the response for the element’s Edit screen.
refHandle()	Returns the handle that should be used to refer to this element type from reference tags.
render()	Renders the element using its partial template.
rules()	Returns the validation rules for attributes.
safeAttributes()	Returns the attribute names that are safe to be massively assigned in the current scenario.
scenarios()	Returns a list of scenarios and the corresponding active attributes.
searchableAttributes()	Defines which element attributes should be searchable.
setAttributes()	Sets the attribute values in a massive way.
setAttributesFromRequest()	Sets the element’s attributes from an element editor submission.
setCanonical()	Sets the canonical version of the element.
setCanonicalId()	Sets the element’s canonical ID.
setDirtyAttributes()	Sets the list of dirty attribute names.
setDirtyFields()	Sets the list of dirty field handles.
setEagerLoadedElementCount()	Sets the count of eager-loaded elements for a given handle.
setEagerLoadedElements()	Sets some eager-loaded elements on a given handle.
setEnabledForSite()	Sets whether the element is enabled for the current site.
setFieldParamNamespace()	Sets the namespace used by custom field params on the request.
setFieldValue()	Sets the value for a given field.
setFieldValueFromRequest()	Sets the value for a given field. The value should have originated from post data.
setFieldValues()	Sets the element’s custom field values.
setFieldValuesFromRequest()	Sets the element’s custom field values, when the values have come from post data.
setIsFresh()	Sets whether the element is "fresh" (not yet explicitly saved, and without validation errors).
setLazyEagerLoadedElements()	Sets whether the given eager-loaded element handles were eager-loaded lazily.
setNext()	Sets the default next element.
setParent()	Sets the element’s parent.
setParentId()	Sets the parent ID.
setPrev()	Sets the default previous element.
setRevisionCreatorId()	Sets the revision creator ID to be saved.
setRevisionNotes()	Sets the revision notes to be saved.
setScenario()	Sets the scenario for the model.
setUiLabel()	Defines what the element should be called within the control panel.
setUiLabelPath()	Defines any path segment labels that should be prepended to the element’s UI label.
showStatusIndicator()	Returns whether chips and cards for this element should include a status indicator.
sortOptions()	Returns the sort options for the element type.
sourcePath()	Returns the source path for a given source key, step key, and context.
sources()	Returns the source definitions that elements of this type may belong to.
statuses()
tableAttributes()	Defines all of the available columns that can be shown in table views.
toArray()	Converts the model into an array.
trackChanges()	Returns whether Craft should keep track of attribute and custom field changes made to this element type, including when the last time they were changed, and who was logged-in at the time.
trigger()	Triggers an event.
validate()	Performs the data validation.
validateCustomFieldAttribute()	Calls a custom validation function on a custom field.
validateMultiple()	Validates multiple models.

__call()

Calls the named method which is not a class method.

This method will check if any attached behavior has the named method and will execute it if available.

Do not call this method directly as it is a PHP magic method that will be implicitly called when an unknown method is being invoked.

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Arguments

• $name (string) – The method name
• $params (array) – Method parameters

Returns

mixed – The method return value

Throws

• yii\base\UnknownMethodException
  when calling unknown method

__clone()

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__construct()

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Arguments

• $config

__get()

Returns the value of a component property.

This method will check in the following order and act accordingly:

• a property defined by a getter: return the getter result
• a property of a behavior: return the behavior property value

Do not call this method directly as it is a PHP magic method that will be implicitly called when executing $value = $component->property;.

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Arguments

• $name (string) – The property name

Returns

mixed – The property value or the value of a behavior's property

Throws

• yii\base\UnknownPropertyException
  if the property is not defined
• yii\base\InvalidCallException
  if the property is write-only.

__isset()

Checks if a property is set.

This method will check if $name is one of the following:

• "title"
• a magic property supported by yii\base\Component::__isset()
• a custom field handle

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Arguments

• $name (string) – The property name

Returns

boolean – Whether the property is set

__set()

Sets the value of a component property.

This method will check in the following order and act accordingly:

• a property defined by a setter: set the property value
• an event in the format of "on xyz": attach the handler to the event "xyz"
• a behavior in the format of "as xyz": attach the behavior named as "xyz"
• a property of a behavior: set the behavior property value

Do not call this method directly as it is a PHP magic method that will be implicitly called when executing $component->property = $value;.

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Arguments

• $name (string) – The property name or the event name
• $value (mixed) – The property value

Throws

• yii\base\UnknownPropertyException
  if the property is not defined
• yii\base\InvalidCallException
  if the property is read-only.

__toString()

Returns the string representation of the element.

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Returns

string

actions()

Returns the available bulk element actions for a given source.

The actions can be represented by their fully qualified class name, a config array with the class name set to a type key, or by an instantiated element action object.

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Element types that extend craft\base\Element should override craft\base\Element::defineActions() instead of this method.

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Arguments

• $source (string) – The selected source’s key.

Returns

array – The available bulk element actions.

addError()

Adds a new error to the specified attribute.

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Arguments

• $attribute (string) – Attribute name
• $error (string) – New error message

addInvalidNestedElementIds()

Since

5.3.0

Registers invalid nested element IDs with the element, so an error class can be added on their cards.

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Arguments

• $ids (integer[])

afterDelete()

Performs actions after an element is deleted.

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afterDeleteForSite()

Since

4.7.0

Performs actions after an element is deleted for a site.

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afterMoveInStructure()

Performs actions after an element is moved within a structure.

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Arguments

• $structureId (integer) – The structure ID

afterPropagate()

Since

3.2.0

Performs actions after an element is fully saved and propagated to other sites.

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This will get called regardless of whether $propagate is true or false for craft\services\Elements::saveElement().

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Arguments

• $isNew (boolean) – Whether the element is brand new

afterRestore()

Since

3.1.0

Performs actions after an element is restored.

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afterSave()

Performs actions after an element is saved.

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Arguments

• $isNew (boolean) – Whether the element is brand new

afterValidate()

This method is invoked after validation ends.

The default implementation raises an afterValidate event. You may override this method to do postprocessing after validation. Make sure the parent implementation is invoked so that the event can be raised.

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attributeLabels()

Returns the attribute labels.

Attribute labels are mainly used for display purpose. For example, given an attribute firstName, we can declare a label First Name which is more user-friendly and can be displayed to end users.

By default an attribute label is generated using generateAttributeLabel(). This method allows you to explicitly specify attribute labels.

Note, in order to inherit labels defined in the parent class, a child class needs to merge the parent labels with child labels using functions such as array_merge().

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Returns

array – Attribute labels (name => label)

attributes()

Returns the list of attribute names.

By default, this method returns all public non-static properties of the class. You may override this method to change the default behavior.

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Returns

string[] – List of attribute names.

beforeDelete()

Performs actions before an element is deleted.

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Returns

boolean – Whether the element should be deleted

beforeDeleteForSite()

Since

4.7.0

Performs actions before an element is deleted for a site.

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Returns

boolean – Whether the element should be deleted

beforeMoveInStructure()

Performs actions before an element is moved within a structure.

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Arguments

• $structureId (integer) – The structure ID

Returns

boolean – Whether the element should be moved within the structure

beforeRestore()

Since

3.1.0

Performs actions before an element is restored.

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Returns

boolean – Whether the element should be restored

beforeSave()

Performs actions before an element is saved.

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Arguments

• $isNew (boolean) – Whether the element is brand new

Returns

boolean – Whether the element should be saved

canCreateDrafts()

Since

4.0.0

Returns whether the given user is authorized to create drafts for this element.

This will only be called if the element can be viewed and/or saved.

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If this is going to return true under any circumstances, make sure trackChanges() is returning true, so drafts can be automatically updated with upstream content changes.

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Arguments

• $user (craft\elements\User)

Returns

boolean

canDelete()

Since

4.0.0

Returns whether the given user is authorized to delete this element.

This will only be called if the element can be viewed and/or saved.

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Arguments

• $user (craft\elements\User)

Returns

boolean

canDeleteForSite()

Since

4.0.0

Returns whether the given user is authorized to delete this element for its current site.

This will only be called if the element can be viewed and/or saved.

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Arguments

• $user (craft\elements\User)

Returns

boolean

canDuplicate()

Since

4.0.0

Returns whether the given user is authorized to duplicate this element.

This will only be called if the element can be viewed and/or saved.

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Arguments

• $user (craft\elements\User)

Returns

boolean

canDuplicateAsDraft()

Since

5.0.0

Returns whether the given user is authorized to duplicate this element as an unpublished draft.

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Arguments

• $user (craft\elements\User)

Returns

boolean

canSave()

Since

4.0.0

Returns whether the given user is authorized to save this element in its current form.

This will only be called if the element can be viewed.

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Arguments

• $user (craft\elements\User)

Returns

boolean

canView()

Since

4.0.0

Returns whether the given user is authorized to view this element’s edit page.

If they can view but not save, the edit form will either render statically, or be restricted to only saving changes as a draft, depending on canCreateDrafts().

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Arguments

• $user (craft\elements\User)

Returns

boolean

createAnother()

Creates a new element (without saving it) based on this one.

This will be called by the “Save and add another” action on the element’s edit page.

Note that permissions don’t need to be considered here. The created element’s canSave() method will be called before saving.

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Returns

self, null

createCondition()

Since

4.0.0

Returns an element condition for the element type.

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Returns

craft\elements\conditions\ElementConditionInterface

defaultTableAttributes()

Returns the list of table attribute keys that should be shown by default.

This method should return an array where each element in the array maps to one of the keys of the array returned by tableAttributes().

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Arguments

• $source (string) – The selected source’s key

Returns

string[] – The table attribute keys

displayName()

Returns the display name of this class.

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Returns

string – The display name of this class.

eagerLoadingMap()

Returns an array that maps source-to-target element IDs based on the given sub-property handle.

This method aids in the eager-loading of elements when performing an element query. The returned array should contain the following keys:

• elementType – the fully qualified class name of the element type that should be eager-loaded
• map – an array of element ID mappings, where each element is a sub-array with source and target keys
• criteria (optional) – any criteria parameters that should be applied to the element query when fetching the eager-loaded elements
• createElement (optional) - an element factory function, which will be passed the element query, the current query result data, and the first source element that the result was eager-loaded for

use craft\base\ElementInterface;
use craft\db\Query;

public static function eagerLoadingMap(array $sourceElements, string $handle)
{
    switch ($handle) {
        case 'author':
            $bookIds = array_map(fn(ElementInterface $element) => $element->id, $sourceElements);
            $map = (new Query)
                ->select(['source' => 'id', 'target' => 'authorId'])
                ->from('{{%books}}')
                ->where(['id' => $bookIds)
                ->all();
            return [
                'elementType' => \my\plugin\Author::class,
                'map' => $map,
            ];
        case 'bookClubs':
            $bookIds = array_map(fn(ElementInterface $element) => $element->id, $sourceElements);
            $map = (new Query)
                ->select(['source' => 'bookId', 'target' => 'clubId'])
                ->from('{{%bookclub_books}}')
                ->where(['bookId' => $bookIds)
                ->all();
            return [
                'elementType' => \my\plugin\BookClub::class,
                'map' => $map,
            ];
        default:
            return parent::eagerLoadMap($sourceElements, $handle);
    }
}

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Arguments

• $sourceElements (self[]) – An array of the source elements
• $handle (string) – The property handle used to identify which target elements should be included in the map

Returns

array, null, false – The eager-loading element ID mappings, false if no mappings exist, or null if the result should be ignored

exporters()

Since

3.4.0

Returns the available export options for a given source.

The exporters can be represented by their fully qualified class name, a config array with the class name set to a type key, or by an instantiated element exporter object.

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Arguments

• $source (string) – The selected source’s key.

Returns

array – The available element exporters.

extraFields()

Returns the list of fields that can be expanded further and returned by toArray().

This method is similar to fields() except that the list of fields returned by this method are not returned by default by toArray(). Only when field names to be expanded are explicitly specified when calling toArray(), will their values be exported.

The default implementation returns an empty array.

You may override this method to return a list of expandable fields based on some context information (e.g. the current application user).

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Returns

array – The list of expandable field names or field definitions. Please refer to fields() on the format of the return value.

fieldLayouts()

Since

3.5.0

Returns all the field layouts associated with elements from the given source.

This is used to determine which custom fields should be included in the element index sort menu, and other things.

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Arguments

• $source (string, null) – The selected source’s key, or null if all known field layouts should be returned

Returns

craft\models\FieldLayout[]

fields()

Returns the list of fields that should be returned by default by toArray() when no specific fields are specified.

A field is a named element in the returned array by toArray().

This method should return an array of field names or field definitions. If the former, the field name will be treated as an object property name whose value will be used as the field value. If the latter, the array key should be the field name while the array value should be the corresponding field definition which can be either an object property name or a PHP callable returning the corresponding field value. The signature of the callable should be:

function ($model, $field) {
    // return field value
}

For example, the following code declares four fields:

• email: the field name is the same as the property name email;
• firstName and lastName: the field names are firstName and lastName, and their values are obtained from the first_name and last_name properties;
• fullName: the field name is fullName. Its value is obtained by concatenating first_name and last_name.

return [
    'email',
    'firstName' => 'first_name',
    'lastName' => 'last_name',
    'fullName' => function () {
        return $this->first_name . ' ' . $this->last_name;
    },
];

In this method, you may also want to return different lists of fields based on some context information. For example, depending on the privilege of the current application user, you may return different sets of visible fields or filter out some fields.

The default implementation of this method returns the public object member variables indexed by themselves.

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Returns

array – The list of field names or field definitions.

find()

Creates an craft\elements\db\ElementQueryInterface instance for query purpose.

The returned craft\elements\db\ElementQueryInterface instance can be further customized by calling methods defined in craft\elements\db\ElementQueryInterface before one() or all() is called to return populated craft\base\ElementInterface instances. For example,

// Find the entry whose ID is 5
$entry = Entry::find()->id(5)->one();
// Find all assets and order them by their filename:
$assets = Asset::find()
    ->orderBy('filename')
    ->all();

If you want to define custom criteria parameters for your elements, you can do so by overriding this method and returning a custom query class. For example,

class Product extends Element
{
    public static function find(): ElementQueryInterface
    {
        // use ProductQuery instead of the default ElementQuery
        return new ProductQuery(get_called_class());
    }
}

You can also set default criteria parameters on the ElementQuery if you don’t have a need for a custom query class. For example,

class Customer extends ActiveRecord
{
    public static function find(): ElementQueryInterface
    {
        return parent::find()->limit(50);
    }
}

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Returns

craft\elements\db\ElementQueryInterface – The newly created craft\elements\db\ElementQueryInterface instance.

findAll()

Returns a list of elements that match the specified ID(s) or a set of element criteria parameters.

The method accepts:

• an int: query by a single ID value and return an array containing the corresponding element (or an empty array if not found).
• an array of integers: query by a list of ID values and return the corresponding elements (or an empty array if none was found). Note that an empty array will result in an empty result as it will be interpreted as a search for primary keys and not an empty set of element criteria parameters.
• an array of name-value pairs: query by a set of parameter values and return an array of elements matching all of them (or an empty array if none was found).

Note that this method will automatically call the all() method and return an array of \craft\base\Element instances. For example,

// find the entries whose ID is 10
$entries = Entry::findAll(10);
// the above code is equivalent to:
$entries = Entry::find()->id(10)->all();
// find the entries whose ID is 10, 11 or 12.
$entries = Entry::findAll([10, 11, 12]);
// the above code is equivalent to:
$entries = Entry::find()->id([10, 11, 12]])->all();
// find users whose email ends in "example.com"
$users = User::findAll(['email' => '*example.com']);
// the above code is equivalent to:
$users = User::find()->email('*example.com')->all();

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Arguments

• $criteria (mixed) – The element ID, an array of IDs, or a set of element criteria parameters

Returns

static[] – An array of Element instances, or an empty array if nothing matches.

findOne()

Returns a single element instance by a primary key or a set of element criteria parameters.

The method accepts:

• an int: query by a single ID value and return the corresponding element (or null if not found).
• an array of name-value pairs: query by a set of parameter values and return the first element matching all of them (or null if not found).

Note that this method will automatically call the one() method and return an \craft\base\Element instance. For example,

// find a single entry whose ID is 10
$entry = Entry::findOne(10);
// the above code is equivalent to:
$entry = Entry::find->id(10)->one();
// find the first user whose email ends in "example.com"
$user = User::findOne(['email' => '*example.com']);
// the above code is equivalent to:
$user = User::find()->email('*example.com')->one();

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Arguments

• $criteria (mixed) – The element ID or a set of element criteria parameters

Returns

static, null – Element instance matching the condition, or null if nothing matches.

findSource()

Since

4.4.0

Returns a source definition by a given source key/path and context.

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Arguments

• $sourceKey (string)
• $context (string, null)

Returns

array, null

get()

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Arguments

• $id

getActionMenuItems()

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getAdditionalButtons()

Since

4.0.0

Returns additional buttons that should be shown at the top of the element’s edit page.

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Returns

string

getAncestors()

Returns the element’s ancestors.

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Arguments

• $dist (integer, null)

Returns

craft\elements\db\ElementQueryInterface, craft\elements\ElementCollection

getAttributeHtml()

Since

5.0.0

Returns the HTML that should be shown for a given attribute in table and card views.

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Arguments

• $attribute (string) – The attribute name.

Returns

string – The HTML that should be shown for a given attribute in table and card views.

getAttributeLabel()

Returns the text label for the specified attribute.

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Arguments

• $attribute (string) – The attribute name

Returns

string – The attribute label

getAttributeStatus()

Since

3.4.0

Returns the status of a given attribute.

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Arguments

• $attribute (string)

getCacheTags()

Since

3.5.0

Returns the cache tags that should be cleared when this element is saved.

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Returns

string[]

getCanonical()

Since

3.7.0

Returns the canonical version of the element.

If this is a draft or revision, the canonical element will be returned.

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Arguments

• $anySite (boolean) – Whether the canonical element can be retrieved in any site

Returns

self

getCanonicalId()

Since

3.7.0

Returns the element’s canonical ID.

If this is a draft or revision, the canonical element’s ID will be returned.

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Returns

integer, null

getCanonicalUid()

Since

3.7.11

Returns the element’s canonical UUID.

If this is a draft or revision, the canonical element’s UUID will be returned.

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Returns

string, null

getCardBodyHtml()

Since

5.0.0

Returns the body HTML for element cards.

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Returns

string, null

getChildren()

Returns the element’s children.

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Returns

craft\elements\db\ElementQueryInterface, craft\elements\ElementCollection

getChipLabelHtml()

Since

5.0.0

Returns the label HTML for element chips.

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Returns

string

getCpEditUrl()

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getCpRevisionsUrl()

Since

4.4.0

Returns the element’s revisions index URL in the control panel.

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Returns

string, null

getCrumbs()

Since

5.0.0

Returns the breadcrumbs that lead up to the element.

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Returns

array

getCurrentRevision()

Since

3.2.0

Returns the element’s current revision, if one exists.

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Returns

self, null

getDescendants()

Returns the element’s descendants.

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Arguments

• $dist (integer, null)

Returns

craft\elements\db\ElementQueryInterface, craft\elements\ElementCollection

getDirtyAttributes()

Since

3.4.0

Returns a list of attribute names that have changed since the element was first loaded.

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Returns

string[]

getDirtyFields()

Since

3.4.0

Returns a list of custom field handles that have changed since the element was first loaded.

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Returns

string[]

getEagerLoadedElementCount()

Since

3.4.0

Returns the count of eager-loaded elements for a given handle.

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Arguments

• $handle (string) – The handle of the eager-loaded elements

Returns

integer, null – The eager-loaded element count, or null if it hadn't been eager-loaded

getEagerLoadedElements()

Returns the eager-loaded elements for a given handle.

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Arguments

• $handle (string) – The handle of the eager-loaded elements

Returns

craft\elements\ElementCollection, null – The eager-loaded elements, or null if they hadn't been eager-loaded

getEnabledForSite()

Since

3.4.0

Returns whether the element is enabled for the current site.

This can also be set to an array of site ID/site-enabled mappings.

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Arguments

• $siteId (integer, null) – The ID of the site to return for. If null, the current site status will be returned.

Returns

boolean, null – Whether the element is enabled for the given site. null will be returned if a $siteId was passed, but that site’s status wasn’t provided via setEnabledForSite().

getFieldContext()

Returns the field context this element’s content uses.

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Returns

string

getFieldLayout()

Returns the field layout used by this element.

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Returns

craft\models\FieldLayout, null

getFieldParamNamespace()

Returns the namespace used by custom field params on the request.

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Returns

string, null – The field param namespace

getFieldValue()

Returns the value for a given field.

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Arguments

• $fieldHandle (string) – The field handle whose value needs to be returned

Returns

mixed – The field value

Throws

• craft\errors\InvalidFieldException
  if the element doesn’t have a field with the handle specified by $fieldHandle

getFieldValues()

Returns the element’s normalized custom field values, indexed by their handles.

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Arguments

• $fieldHandles (string[], null) – The list of field handles whose values need to be returned. Defaults to null, meaning all fields’ values will be returned. If it is an array, only the fields in the array will be returned.

Returns

array – The field values (handle => value)

getGqlTypeName()

Since

3.3.0

Returns the GraphQL type name for this element type.

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Returns

string

getHasDescendants()

Returns whether the element has descendants.

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Returns

boolean

getHtmlAttributes()

Returns any attributes that should be included in the element’s chips and cards.

The attribute HTML will be rendered with yii\helpers\BaseHtml::renderTagAttributes().

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Element types that extend craft\base\Element should override craft\base\Element::htmlAttributes() instead of this method.

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Arguments

• $context (string) – The context that the element is being rendered in ('index', 'modal', 'field', or 'settings'.)

Returns

array

getId()

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getInlineAttributeInputHtml()

Since

5.0.0

Returns the HTML that should be shown for a given attribute's inline editing input.

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Arguments

• $attribute (string) – The attribute name.

Returns

string – The HTML that should be shown for the element input.

getInvalidNestedElementIds()

Since

5.3.0

Returns the element’s invalid nested element IDs.

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Returns

integer[]

getIsCanonical()

Since

3.7.0

Returns whether this is the canonical element.

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Returns

boolean

getIsDerivative()

Since

3.7.0

Returns whether this is a derivative element, such as a draft or revision.

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Returns

boolean

getIsDraft()

Since

3.2.0

Returns whether this is a draft.

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Returns

boolean

getIsFresh()

Since

3.7.14

Returns whether the element is "fresh" (not yet explicitly saved, and without validation errors).

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Returns

boolean

getIsHomepage()

Since

3.3.6

Returns whether this element represents the site homepage.

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Returns

boolean

getIsRevision()

Since

3.2.0

Returns whether this is a revision.

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Returns

boolean

getIsSlugTranslatable()

Since

4.5.0

Returns whether the Slug field should be shown as translatable in the UI.

Note this method has no effect on whether slugs will get copied over to other sites when the element is actually getting saved. That is determined by getSlugTranslationKey().

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Returns

boolean

getIsTitleTranslatable()

Since

3.5.0

Returns whether the Title field should be shown as translatable in the UI.

Note this method has no effect on whether titles will get copied over to other sites when the element is actually getting saved. That is determined by getTitleTranslationKey().

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Returns

boolean

getIsUnpublishedDraft()

Since

3.6.0

Returns whether the element is an unpublished draft.

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Returns

boolean

getIterator()

Returns an iterator for traversing the attributes in the model.

This method is required by the interface IteratorAggregate.

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Returns

ArrayIterator – An iterator for traversing the items in the list.

getLanguage()

Since

3.5.0

Returns the language of the element.

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Returns

string

getLink()

Returns an anchor pre-filled with this element’s URL and title.

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Returns

\Twig\Markup, null

getLocalized()

Since

3.5.0

Returns the same element in other locales.

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Returns

craft\elements\db\ElementQueryInterface, craft\elements\ElementCollection

getMetadata()

Since

3.7.0

Returns element metadata that should be shown within the editor sidebar.

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Returns

array – The data, with keys representing the labels. The values can either be strings or callables. If a value is false, it will be omitted.

getModifiedAttributes()

Since

3.7.0

Returns the attribute names that have changed for this element.

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Returns

string[]

getModifiedFields()

Since

3.7.0

Returns the field handles that have changed for this element.

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Arguments

• $anySite (boolean) – Whether to check for fields that have changed across any site

Returns

string[]

getNext()

Returns the next element relative to this one, from a given set of criteria.

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Arguments

• $criteria (mixed)

Returns

self, null

getNextSibling()

Returns the element’s next sibling.

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Returns

self, null

getOutdatedAttributes()

Since

3.7.0

Returns the attribute names that have been updated on the canonical element since the last time it was merged into this element.

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Returns

string[]

getOutdatedFields()

Since

3.7.0

Returns the field handles that have been updated on the canonical element since the last time it was merged into this element.

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Returns

string[]

getParent()

Returns the element’s parent.

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Returns

self, null

getParentId()

Since

4.0.0

Returns the parent ID.

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Returns

integer, null

getParentUri()

Returns the parent element’s URI, if there is one.

If the parent’s URI is __home__ (the homepage URI), then null will be returned.

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Returns

string, null

getPostEditUrl()

Since

4.0.0

Returns the URL that users should be redirected to after editing the element.

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Returns

string, null

getPrev()

Returns the previous element relative to this one, from a given set of criteria.

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Arguments

• $criteria (mixed)

Returns

self, null

getPrevSibling()

Returns the element’s previous sibling.

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Returns

self, null

getPreviewTargets()

Since

3.2.0

Returns the additional locations that should be available for previewing the element, besides its primary URL.

Each target should be represented by a sub-array with the following keys:

• label – What the preview target will be called in the control panel.
• url – The URL that the preview target should open.
• refresh – Whether preview frames should be automatically refreshed when content changes (true by default).

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Element types that extend craft\base\Element should override craft\base\Element::previewTargets() instead of this method.

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Returns

array

getRef()

Returns the reference string to this element.

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Returns

string, null

getRootOwner()

Since

5.4.0

Returns the root owner element.

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Returns

self

getRoute()

Returns the route that should be used when the element’s URI is requested.

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Element types that extend craft\base\Element should override craft\base\Element::route() instead of this method.

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Returns

mixed – The route that the request should use, or null if no special action should be taken

getSearchKeywords()

Returns the search keywords for a given search attribute.

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Arguments

• $attribute (string)

Returns

string

getSerializedFieldValues()

Returns an array of the element’s serialized custom field values, indexed by their handles.

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Arguments

• $fieldHandles (string[], null) – The list of field handles whose values need to be returned. Defaults to null, meaning all fields’ values will be returned. If it is an array, only the fields in the array will be returned.

Returns

array

getSiblings()

Returns all of the element’s siblings.

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Returns

craft\elements\db\ElementQueryInterface, craft\elements\ElementCollection

getSidebarHtml()

Since

3.7.0

Returns the HTML for any fields/info that should be shown within the editor sidebar.

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Arguments

• $static (boolean) – Whether any fields within the sidebar should be static (non-interactive)

Returns

string

getSite()

Returns the site the element is associated with.

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Returns

craft\models\Site

Throws

• yii\base\InvalidConfigException
  if siteId is invalid

getSlugTranslationDescription()

Since

4.5.0

Returns the description of the Slug field’s translation support.

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Returns

string, null

getSlugTranslationKey()

Since

4.5.0

Returns the Slug’s translation key.

When saving an element on a multi-site Craft install, if $propagate is true for craft\services\Elements::saveElement(), then getSlugTranslationKey() will be called for each site the element should be propagated to. If the method returns the same value as it did for the initial site, then the initial site’s slug will be copied over to the target site.

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Returns

string – The translation key

getSourceId()

DEPRECATED

Deprecated in 3.7.0. Use getCanonicalId() instead.

Since

3.2.0

Returns the element’s canonical ID.

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Returns

integer, null

getSourceUid()

DEPRECATED

Deprecated in 3.7.0. Use getCanonicalUid() instead.

Since

3.2.0

Returns the element’s canonical UID.

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Returns

string

getStatus()

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getSupportedSites()

Returns the sites this element is associated with.

The function can either return an array of site IDs, or an array of sub-arrays, each with the following keys:

• siteId (integer) - The site ID
• propagate (boolean) – Whether the element should be propagated to this site on save (true by default)
• enabledByDefault (boolean) – Whether the element should be enabled in this site by default (true by default)

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Returns

array

getThumbHtml()

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Arguments

• $size

getTitleTranslationDescription()

Since

3.5.0

Returns the description of the Title field’s translation support.

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Returns

string, null

getTitleTranslationKey()

Since

3.5.0

Returns the Title’s translation key.

When saving an element on a multi-site Craft install, if $propagate is true for craft\services\Elements::saveElement(), then getTitleTranslationKey() will be called for each site the element should be propagated to. If the method returns the same value as it did for the initial site, then the initial site’s title will be copied over to the target site.

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Returns

string – The translation key

getTotalDescendants()

Returns the total number of descendants that the element has.

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Returns

integer

getUiLabel()

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getUiLabelPath()

Since

4.4.0

Returns any path segment labels that should be prepended to the element’s UI label.

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Returns

string[]

getUriFormat()

Returns the URI format used to generate this element’s URI.

Note that element types that can have URIs must return true from hasUris().

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Returns

string, null

getUrl()

Returns the element’s full URL.

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Returns

string, null

gqlScopesByContext()

Since

3.3.0

Returns the GraphQL scopes required by element’s context.

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Arguments

• $context (mixed) – The element’s context, such as a volume, entry type or Matrix block type.

Returns

array

hasDrafts()

Since

5.0.0

Returns whether element indexes should show the “Drafts” status option.

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Returns

boolean

hasEagerLoadedElements()

Returns whether elements have been eager-loaded with a given handle.

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Arguments

• $handle (string) – The handle of the eager-loaded elements

Returns

boolean – Whether elements have been eager-loaded with the given handle

hasRevisions()

Since

4.0.0

Returns whether revisions should be created when this element is saved.

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Returns

boolean

hasStatuses()

Returns whether elements of this type have statuses.

If this returns true, the element index template will show a Status menu by default, and your elements will get status indicator icons next to them. Use statuses() to customize which statuses the elements might have.

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Returns

boolean – Whether elements of this type have statuses.

hasThumbs()

Since

5.0.0

Returns whether element indexes should include a thumbnail view by default.

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Returns

boolean

hasTitles()

Returns whether elements of this type have traditional titles.

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Returns

boolean – Whether elements of this type have traditional titles.

hasUris()

Returns whether elements of this type can have their own slugs and URIs.

Note that individual elements must also return a URI format from getUriFormat() if they are to actually get a URI.

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Returns

boolean – Whether elements of this type can have their own slugs and URIs.

indexElementCount()

Since

4.4.0

Returns the total number of elements that will be shown on an element index, for the given element query.

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Arguments

• $elementQuery (craft\elements\db\ElementQueryInterface)
• $sourceKey (string, null)

Returns

integer

indexHtml()

Returns the element index HTML.

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Arguments

• $elementQuery (craft\elements\db\ElementQueryInterface)
• $disabledElementIds (integer[], null)
• $viewState (array)
• $sourceKey (string, null)
• $context (string, null)
• $includeContainer (boolean)
• $selectable (boolean)
• $sortable (boolean)

Returns

string – The element index HTML

init()

Initializes the object.

This method is invoked at the end of the constructor after the object is initialized with the given configuration.

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isAncestorOf()

Returns whether this element is an ancestor of another one.

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Arguments

• $element (self)

Returns

boolean

isAttributeDirty()

Since

3.5.0

Returns whether an attribute has changed since the element was first loaded.

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Arguments

• $name (string)

Returns

boolean

isAttributeModified()

Since

3.7.0

Returns whether an attribute value has changed for this element.

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Arguments

• $name (string)

Returns

boolean

isAttributeOutdated()

Since

3.7.0

Returns whether an attribute value has fallen behind the canonical element’s value.

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Arguments

• $name (string)

Returns

boolean

isChildOf()

Returns whether this element is a direct child of another one.

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Arguments

• $element (self)

Returns

boolean

isDescendantOf()

Returns whether this element is a descendant of another one.

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Arguments

• $element (self)

Returns

boolean

isFieldDirty()

Since

3.4.0

Returns whether a custom field value has changed since the element was first loaded.

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Arguments

• $fieldHandle (string)

Returns

boolean

isFieldEmpty()

Returns whether a field is empty.

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Arguments

• $handle (string)

Returns

boolean

isFieldModified()

Since

3.7.0

Returns whether a field value has changed for this element.

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Arguments

• $fieldHandle (string)
• $anySite (boolean) – Whether to check if the field has changed across any site

Returns

boolean

isFieldOutdated()

Since

3.7.0

Returns whether a field value has fallen behind the canonical element’s value.

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Arguments

• $fieldHandle (string)

Returns

boolean

isLocalized()

Returns whether elements of this type store content on a per-site basis.

If this returns true, the element’s getSupportedSites() method will be responsible for defining which sites its content should be stored in.

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Returns

boolean – Whether elements of this type store data on a per-site basis.

isNextSiblingOf()

Returns whether this element is the direct next sibling of another one.

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Arguments

• $element (self)

Returns

boolean

isParentOf()

Returns whether this element is a direct parent of another one.

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Arguments

• $element (self)

Returns

boolean

isPrevSiblingOf()

Returns whether this element is the direct previous sibling of another one.

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Arguments

• $element (self)

Returns

boolean

isSiblingOf()

Returns whether this element is a sibling of another one.

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Arguments

• $element (self)

Returns

boolean

lowerDisplayName()

Since

3.3.17

Returns the lowercase version of displayName().

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Returns

string

markAsClean()

Since

3.4.0

Resets the record of dirty attributes and fields.

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markAsDirty()

Since

3.4.10

Marks all fields and attributes as dirty.

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mergeCanonicalChanges()

Since

3.7.0

Merges changes from the canonical element into this one.

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modifyCustomSource()

Since

4.5.0

Modifies a custom source’s config, before it’s returned by craft\services\ElementSources::getSources()

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Arguments

• $config (array)

Returns

array

offsetExists()

Returns whether there is an element at the specified offset.

This method is required by the SPL interface ArrayAccess. It is implicitly called when you use something like isset($model[$offset]).

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Arguments

• $offset (string) – The offset to check on.

Returns

boolean – Whether or not an offset exists.

pluralDisplayName()

Since

3.2.0

Returns the plural version of displayName().

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Returns

string

pluralLowerDisplayName()

Since

3.3.17

Returns the plural, lowercase version of displayName().

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Returns

string

prepareEditScreen()

Since

4.0.0

Prepares the response for the element’s Edit screen.

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Arguments

• $response (yii\web\Response) – The response being prepared
• $containerId (string) – The ID of the element editor’s container element

refHandle()

Returns the handle that should be used to refer to this element type from reference tags.

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Returns

string, null – The reference handle, or null if the element type doesn’t support reference tags

render()

Since

5.0.0

Renders the element using its partial template.

If no partial template exists for the element, its string representation will be output instead.

See also craft\helpers\ElementHelper::renderElements()View source

Arguments

• $variables (array)

Returns

\Twig\Markup

Throws

• yii\base\InvalidConfigException
• yii\base\NotSupportedException

searchableAttributes()

Defines which element attributes should be searchable.

This method should return an array of attribute names that can be accessed on your elements. craft\services\Search will call this method when it is indexing keywords for one of your elements, and for each attribute it returns, it will fetch the corresponding property’s value on the element. For example, if your elements have a “color” attribute which you want to be indexed, this method could return:

return ['color'];

Not only will the “color” attribute’s values start getting indexed, but users will also be able to search directly against that attribute’s values using this search syntax:

color:blue

There is no need for this method to worry about the ‘title’ or ‘slug’ attributes, or custom field handles; those are indexed automatically.

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Element types that extend craft\base\Element should override craft\base\Element::defineSearchableAttributes() instead of this method.

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Returns

string[] – The element attributes that should be searchable

setAttributesFromRequest()

Sets the element’s attributes from an element editor submission.

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Arguments

• $values (array) – The attribute values

setCanonical()

Since

3.7.0

Sets the canonical version of the element.

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Arguments

• $element (self)

setCanonicalId()

Since

3.7.0

Sets the element’s canonical ID.

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Arguments

• $canonicalId (integer, null)

setDirtyAttributes()

Since

3.5.0

Sets the list of dirty attribute names.

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Arguments

• $names (string[])
• $merge (boolean) – Whether these attributes should be merged with existing dirty attributes

setDirtyFields()

Since

4.5.0

Sets the list of dirty field handles.

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Arguments

• $fieldHandles (string[])
• $merge (boolean) – Whether these fields should be merged with existing dirty fields

setEagerLoadedElementCount()

Since

3.4.0

Sets the count of eager-loaded elements for a given handle.

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Arguments

• $handle (string) – The handle to load the elements with in the future
• $count (integer) – The eager-loaded element count

setEagerLoadedElements()

Sets some eager-loaded elements on a given handle.

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Arguments

• $handle (string) – The handle that was used to eager-load the elements
• $elements (self[]) – The eager-loaded elements
• $plan (craft\elements\db\EagerLoadPlan) – The eager-loading plan

setEnabledForSite()

Since

3.4.0

Sets whether the element is enabled for the current site.

This can also be set to an array of site ID/site-enabled mappings.

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Arguments

• $enabledForSite (boolean, boolean[])

setFieldParamNamespace()

Sets the namespace used by custom field params on the request.

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Arguments

• $namespace (string) – The field param namespace

setFieldValue()

Sets the value for a given field.

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Arguments

• $fieldHandle (string) – The field handle whose value needs to be set
• $value (mixed) – The value to set on the field

setFieldValueFromRequest()

Since

4.5.0

Sets the value for a given field. The value should have originated from post data.

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Arguments

• $fieldHandle (string) – The field handle whose value needs to be set
• $value (mixed) – The value to set on the field

Throws

• craft\errors\InvalidFieldException
  if $fieldHandle is an invalid field handle

setFieldValues()

Sets the element’s custom field values.

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Arguments

• $values (array) – The custom field values (handle => value)

setFieldValuesFromRequest()

Sets the element’s custom field values, when the values have come from post data.

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Arguments

• $paramNamespace (string) – The field param namespace

setIsFresh()

Since

3.7.14

Sets whether the element is "fresh" (not yet explicitly saved, and without validation errors).

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Arguments

• $isFresh (boolean)

setLazyEagerLoadedElements()

Sets whether the given eager-loaded element handles were eager-loaded lazily.

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Arguments

• $handle (string) – The handle that was used to eager-load the elements
• $value (boolean)

setNext()

Sets the default next element.

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Arguments

• $element (self, false)

setParent()

Sets the element’s parent.

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Arguments

• $parent (self, null)

setParentId()

Since

4.0.0

Sets the parent ID.

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Arguments

• $parentId (integer, integer[], string, false, null)

setPrev()

Sets the default previous element.

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Arguments

• $element (self, false)

setRevisionCreatorId()

Since

3.2.0

Sets the revision creator ID to be saved.

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Arguments

• $creatorId (integer, null)

setRevisionNotes()

Since

3.2.0

Sets the revision notes to be saved.

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Arguments

• $notes (string, null)

setUiLabel()

Since

3.6.3

Defines what the element should be called within the control panel.

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Arguments

• $label (string, null)

setUiLabelPath()

Since

4.4.0

Defines any path segment labels that should be prepended to the element’s UI label.

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Arguments

• $path (string[])

showStatusIndicator()

Since

5.4.0

Returns whether chips and cards for this element should include a status indicator.

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Returns

boolean

sortOptions()

Returns the sort options for the element type.

This method should return an array, where each item is a sub-array with the following keys:

• label – The sort option label
• orderBy – An array, comma-delimited string, or a callback function that defines the columns to order the query by. If set to a callback function, the function will be passed two arguments: $dir (either SORT_ASC or SORT_DESC) and $db (a craft\db\Connection object), and it should return an array of column names or an yii\db\ExpressionInterface object.
• attribute (optional) – The table attribute name that this option is associated with (required if orderBy is an array or more than one column name)
• defaultDir (optional) – The default sort direction that should be used when sorting by this option (set to either asc or desc). Defaults to asc if not specified.

return [
    [
        'label' => Craft::t('app', 'Attribute Label'),
        'orderBy' => 'columnName',
        'attribute' => 'attributeName',
        'defaultDir' => 'asc',
    ],
];

A shorthand syntax is also supported, if there is no corresponding table attribute, or the table attribute has the exact same name as the column.

return [
    'columnName' => Craft::t('app', 'Attribute Label'),
];

Note that this method will only get called once for the entire index; not each time that a new source is selected.

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Returns

array – The attributes that elements can be sorted by

sourcePath()

Since

4.4.12

Returns the source path for a given source key, step key, and context.

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Arguments

• $sourceKey (string)
• $stepKey (string)
• $context (string, null)

Returns

array[], null

sources()

Returns the source definitions that elements of this type may belong to.

This defines what will show up in the source list on element indexes and element selector modals.

Each item in the array should be set to an array that has the following keys:

• key – The source’s key. This is the string that will be passed into the $source argument of actions(), indexHtml(), and defaultTableAttributes().
• label – The human-facing label of the source.
• status – The status color that should be shown beside the source label. Possible values include green, orange, red, yellow, pink, purple, blue, turquoise, light, grey, black, and white. (Optional)
• badgeCount – The badge count that should be displayed alongside the label. (Optional)
• badgeLabel – The badge count label that should be provided for screen readers. (Optional)
• sites – An array of site IDs or UUIDs that the source should be shown for, on multi-site element indexes. (Optional; by default the source will be shown for all sites.)
• criteria – An array of element criteria parameters that the source should use when the source is selected. (Optional)
• data – An array of data-X attributes that should be set on the source’s <a> tag in the source list’s, HTML, where each key is the name of the attribute (without the “data-” prefix), and each value is the value of the attribute. (Optional)
• defaultSort – A string identifying the sort attribute that should be selected by default, or an array where the first value identifies the sort attribute, and the second determines which direction to sort by. (Optional)
• defaultFilter – An element condition instance or config, which should be used by default when the source is first selected.
• hasThumbs – A bool that defines whether this source supports Thumbs View. (Use your element’s \craft\base\getThumbUrl() method to define your elements’ thumb URL.) (Optional)
• structureId – The ID of the Structure that contains the elements in this source. If set, Structure View will be available to this source. (Optional)
• newChildUrl – The URL that should be loaded when a user selects the “New child” menu option on an element in this source while it is in Structure View. (Optional)
• nested – An array of sources that are nested within this one. Each nested source can have the same keys as top-level sources.

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Element types that extend craft\base\Element should override craft\base\Element::defineSources() instead of this method.

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Arguments

• $context (string) – The context ('index', 'modal', 'field', or 'settings').

Returns

array – The sources.

statuses()

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tableAttributes()

Defines all of the available columns that can be shown in table views.

This method should return an array whose keys represent element attribute names, and whose values make up the table’s column headers.

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Returns

array – The table attributes.

toArray()

Converts the model into an array.

This method will first identify which fields to be included in the resulting array by calling resolveFields(). It will then turn the model into an array with these fields. If $recursive is true, any embedded objects will also be converted into arrays. When embedded objects are \craft\base\Arrayable, their respective nested fields will be extracted and passed to toArray().

If the model implements the \craft\base\Linkable interface, the resulting array will also have a _link element which refers to a list of links as specified by the interface.

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Arguments

• $fields (array) – The fields being requested. If empty or if it contains '*', all fields as specified by fields() will be returned. Fields can be nested, separated with dots (.). e.g.: item.field.sub-field $recursive must be true for nested fields to be extracted. If $recursive is false, only the root fields will be extracted.
• $expand (array) – The additional fields being requested for exporting. Only fields declared in extraFields() will be considered. Expand can also be nested, separated with dots (.). e.g.: item.expand1.expand2 $recursive must be true for nested expands to be extracted. If $recursive is false, only the root expands will be extracted.
• $recursive (boolean) – Whether to recursively return array representation of embedded objects.

Returns

array – The array representation of the object

trackChanges()

Since

3.4.0

Returns whether Craft should keep track of attribute and custom field changes made to this element type, including when the last time they were changed, and who was logged-in at the time.

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Returns

boolean – Whether to track changes made to elements of this type.

validate()

Performs the data validation.

This method executes the validation rules applicable to the current scenario. The following criteria are used to determine whether a rule is currently applicable:

• the rule must be associated with the attributes relevant to the current scenario;
• the rules must be effective for the current scenario.

This method will call beforeValidate() and afterValidate() before and after the actual validation, respectively. If beforeValidate() returns false, the validation will be cancelled and afterValidate() will not be called.

Errors found during the validation can be retrieved via getErrors(), getFirstErrors() and getFirstError().

View source

Arguments

• $attributeNames (string[], string, null) – Attribute name or list of attribute names that should be validated. If this parameter is empty, it means any attribute listed in the applicable validation rules should be validated.
• $clearErrors (boolean) – Whether to call clearErrors() before performing validation

Returns

boolean – Whether the validation is successful without any error.

Throws

• yii\base\InvalidArgumentException
  if the current scenario is unknown.

validateCustomFieldAttribute()

Calls a custom validation function on a custom field.

This will be called by yii\validators\InlineValidator if a custom field specified a closure or the name of a class-level method as the validation type.

View source

Arguments

• $attribute (string) – The field handle
• $params (array, null)

Protected Methods

Method	Description
attributeHtml()	Returns the HTML that should be shown for a given attribute in table and card views.
cacheTags()	Returns the cache tags that should be cleared when this element is saved.
cpEditUrl()	Returns the element’s edit URL in the control panel.
cpRevisionsUrl()	Returns the element’s revisions index URL in the control panel.
crumbs()	Returns the breadcrumbs that lead up to the element.
defineActions()	Defines the available bulk element actions for a given source.
defineBehaviors()	Returns the behaviors to attach to this class.
defineDefaultTableAttributes()	Returns the list of table attribute keys that should be shown by default.
defineExporters()	Defines the available element exporters for a given source.
defineFieldLayouts()	Defines the field layouts associated with elements for a given source.
defineRules()	Returns the validation rules for attributes.
defineSearchableAttributes()	Defines which element attributes should be searchable.
defineSortOptions()	Returns the sort options for the element type.
defineSources()	Defines the sources that elements of this type may belong to.
defineTableAttributes()	Defines all of the available columns that can be shown in table views.
destructiveActionMenuItems()	Returns destructive action menu items for the element’s edit screens.
extractFieldsFor()	Extract nested fields from a fields collection for a given root field Nested fields are separated with dots (.). e.g: "item.id" The previous example would extract "id".
extractRootFields()	Extracts the root field names from nested fields.
fieldByHandle()	Returns the field with a given handle.
fieldLayoutFields()	Returns each of this element’s fields.
findByCondition()	Finds Element instance(s) by the given condition.
hasCheckeredThumb()	Returns whether the element’s thumbnail should have a checkered background.
hasFieldLayout()	Returns whether the element has a field layout with at least one tab.
hasNewParent()	Returns whether the element has been assigned a new parent.
hasRoundedThumb()	Returns whether the element’s thumbnail should be rounded.
htmlAttributes()	Returns any attributes that should be included in the element’s chips and cards.
includeSetStatusAction()	Returns whether the Set Status action should be included in actions() automatically.
indexElements()	Returns the resulting elements for an element index.
inlineAttributeInputHtml()	Returns the HTML that should be shown for a given attribute’s inline input.
metaFieldsHtml()	Returns the HTML for any meta fields that should be shown within the editor sidebar.
metadata()	Returns element metadata that should be shown within the editor sidebar.
normalizeFieldValue()	Normalizes a field’s value.
notesFieldHtml()	Returns the notes field HTML for the sidebar.
prepElementQueryForTableAttribute()	Prepares an element query for an element index that includes a given table attribute.
previewTargets()	Returns the additional locations that should be available for previewing the element, besides its primary URL.
resolveFields()	Determines which fields can be returned by toArray().
route()	Returns the route that should be used when the element’s URI is requested.
safeActionMenuItems()	Returns action menu items for the element’s edit screens.
searchKeywords()	Returns the search keywords for a given search attribute.
shouldValidateTitle()	Returns whether the element’s title attribute should be validated
showStatusField()	Returns whether the Status field should be shown for this element.
slugFieldHtml()	Returns the HTML for the element’s Slug field.
statusFieldHtml()	Returns the status field HTML for the sidebar.
thumbAlt()	Returns alt text for the element’s thumbnail.
thumbSvg()	Returns the element’s thumbnail SVG contents, which should be used as a fallback when \craft\base\getThumbUrl() returns null.
thumbUrl()	Returns the URL to the element’s thumbnail, if it has one.
uiLabel()	Returns what the element should be called within the control panel.

attributeHtml()

Since

5.0.0

Returns the HTML that should be shown for a given attribute in table and card views.

For example, if your elements have an email attribute that you want to wrap in a mailto: link, your attributeHtml() method could do this:

return match ($attribute) {
    'email' => $this->email ? Html::mailto(Html::encode($this->email)) : '',
    default => parent::attributeHtml($attribute),
};

WARNING

All untrusted text should be passed through craft\helpers\Html::encode() to prevent XSS attacks.

By default, the following will be returned:

• If the attribute name is link or uri, it will be linked to the front-end URL.
• If the attribute is a custom field handle, it will pass the responsibility off to the field type.
• If the attribute value is a \craft\base\DateTime object, the date will be formatted with a localized date format.
• For anything else, it will output the attribute value as a string.

See also getAttributeHtml()View source

Arguments

• $attribute (string) – The attribute name.

Returns

string – The HTML that should be shown for a given attribute in table and card views.

Throws

• yii\base\InvalidConfigException

cacheTags()

Since

4.1.0

Returns the cache tags that should be cleared when this element is saved.

View source

Returns

string[]

cpEditUrl()

Since

3.7.0

Returns the element’s edit URL in the control panel.

View source

Returns

string, null

cpRevisionsUrl()

Since

4.4.0

Returns the element’s revisions index URL in the control panel.

View source

Returns

string, null

crumbs()

Since

5.0.0

Returns the breadcrumbs that lead up to the element.

See also getCrumbs()View source

Returns

array

defineActions()

Defines the available bulk element actions for a given source.

See also actions()View source

Arguments

• $source (string) – The selected source’s key, if any.

Returns

array – The available bulk element actions.

defineBehaviors()

Since

4.0.0

Returns the behaviors to attach to this class.

See behaviors() for details about what should be returned.

Models should override this method instead of behaviors() so EVENT_DEFINE_BEHAVIORS handlers can modify the class-defined behaviors.

View source

Returns

array

defineDefaultTableAttributes()

Returns the list of table attribute keys that should be shown by default.

See also:

• defaultTableAttributes()
• tableAttributes()

View source

Arguments

• $source (string) – The selected source’s key

Returns

string[] – The table attributes.

defineExporters()

Since

3.4.0

Defines the available element exporters for a given source.

See also exporters()View source

Arguments

• $source (string) – The selected source’s key

Returns

array – The available element exporters

defineFieldLayouts()

Since

3.5.0

Defines the field layouts associated with elements for a given source.

See also fieldLayouts()View source

Arguments

• $source (string, null) – The selected source’s key, or null if all known field layouts should be returned

Returns

craft\models\FieldLayout[] – The associated field layouts

defineRules()

Since

3.4.0

Returns the validation rules for attributes.

See rules() for details about what should be returned.

Models should override this method instead of rules() so EVENT_DEFINE_RULES handlers can modify the class-defined rules.

View source

Returns

array

defineSearchableAttributes()

Defines which element attributes should be searchable.

See also searchableAttributes()View source

Returns

string[] – The element attributes that should be searchable

defineSortOptions()

Returns the sort options for the element type.

See also sortOptions()View source

Returns

array – The attributes that elements can be sorted by

defineSources()

Defines the sources that elements of this type may belong to.

See also sources()View source

Arguments

• $context (string) – The context ('index', 'modal', 'field', or 'settings').

Returns

array – The sources.

defineTableAttributes()

Defines all of the available columns that can be shown in table views.

See also tableAttributes()View source

Returns

array – The table attributes.

destructiveActionMenuItems()

Since

5.0.0

Returns destructive action menu items for the element’s edit screens.

See craft\helpers\Cp::disclosureMenu() for documentation on supported item properties.

'destructive' => true will be automatically added to all returned items.

See also:

• getActionMenuItems()
• craft\helpers\Cp::disclosureMenu()

View source

Returns

array

fieldByHandle()

Returns the field with a given handle.

View source

Arguments

• $handle (string)

Returns

craft\base\FieldInterface, null

fieldLayoutFields()

Returns each of this element’s fields.

View source

Arguments

• $visibleOnly (boolean) – Whether to only return fields that are visible for this element

Returns

craft\base\FieldInterface[] – This element’s fields

findByCondition()

Finds Element instance(s) by the given condition.

This method is internally called by findOne() and findAll().

View source

Arguments

• $criteria (mixed) – Refer to findOne() and findAll() for the explanation of this parameter
• $one (boolean) – Whether this method is called by findOne() or findAll()

Returns

static, static[], null

hasCheckeredThumb()

Since

5.0.0

Returns whether the element’s thumbnail should have a checkered background.

View source

Returns

boolean

hasFieldLayout()

Since

3.7.0

Returns whether the element has a field layout with at least one tab.

View source

Returns

boolean – Returns whether the element has a field layout with at least one tab.

hasNewParent()

Returns whether the element has been assigned a new parent.

View source

Returns

boolean

hasRoundedThumb()

Since

5.0.0

Returns whether the element’s thumbnail should be rounded.

View source

Returns

boolean

htmlAttributes()

Returns any attributes that should be included in the element’s chips and cards.

See also getHtmlAttributes()View source

Arguments

• $context (string) – The context that the element is being rendered in ('index', 'modal', 'field', or 'settings'.)

Returns

array

includeSetStatusAction()

Since

4.3.2

Returns whether the Set Status action should be included in actions() automatically.

View source

Returns

boolean

indexElements()

Since

4.4.0

Returns the resulting elements for an element index.

View source

Arguments

• $elementQuery (craft\elements\db\ElementQueryInterface)
• $sourceKey (string, null)

Returns

craft\base\ElementInterface[]

inlineAttributeInputHtml()

Since

5.0.0

Returns the HTML that should be shown for a given attribute’s inline input.

See also getInlineAttributeInputHtml()View source

Arguments

• $attribute (string) – The attribute name.

Returns

string – The HTML that should be shown for a given attribute’s inline input.

metaFieldsHtml()

Since

3.7.0

Returns the HTML for any meta fields that should be shown within the editor sidebar.

View source

Arguments

• $static (boolean) – Whether the fields should be static (non-interactive)

Returns

string

metadata()

Since

3.7.0

Returns element metadata that should be shown within the editor sidebar.

View source

Returns

array – The data, with keys representing the labels. The values can either be strings or callables. If a value is false, it will be omitted.

normalizeFieldValue()

Normalizes a field’s value.

View source

Arguments

• $fieldHandle (string) – The field handle

Throws

• craft\errors\InvalidFieldException
  if the element doesn’t have a field with the handle specified by $fieldHandle

notesFieldHtml()

Since

4.0.0

Returns the notes field HTML for the sidebar.

View source

Returns

string

prepElementQueryForTableAttribute()

Prepares an element query for an element index that includes a given table attribute.

View source

Arguments

• $elementQuery (craft\elements\db\ElementQueryInterface)
• $attribute (string)

previewTargets()

Since

3.2.0

Returns the additional locations that should be available for previewing the element, besides its primary URL.

Each target should be represented by a sub-array with 'label' and 'url' keys.

See also getPreviewTargets()View source

Returns

array

route()

Returns the route that should be used when the element’s URI is requested.

See also getRoute()View source

Returns

string, array, null – The route that the request should use, or null if no special action should be taken

safeActionMenuItems()

Since

5.0.0

Returns action menu items for the element’s edit screens.

See craft\helpers\Cp::disclosureMenu() for documentation on supported item properties.

See also:

• getActionMenuItems()
• craft\helpers\Cp::disclosureMenu()

View source

Returns

array

searchKeywords()

Since

3.5.0

Returns the search keywords for a given search attribute.

View source

Arguments

• $attribute (string)

Returns

string

shouldValidateTitle()

Since

5.0.0

Returns whether the element’s title attribute should be validated

View source

Returns

boolean

showStatusField()

Since

4.5.0

Returns whether the Status field should be shown for this element.

If set to false, the element’s status can't be updated via edit forms, the Set Status action, or resave/* commands.

View source

Returns

boolean

slugFieldHtml()

Since

3.7.0

Returns the HTML for the element’s Slug field.

View source

Arguments

• $static (boolean) – Whether the fields should be static (non-interactive)

Returns

string

statusFieldHtml()

Since

4.0.0

Returns the status field HTML for the sidebar.

View source

Returns

string

thumbAlt()

Since

5.0.0

Returns alt text for the element’s thumbnail.

View source

Returns

string, null

thumbSvg()

Since

4.5.0

Returns the element’s thumbnail SVG contents, which should be used as a fallback when \craft\base\getThumbUrl() returns null.

View source

Returns

string, null

thumbUrl()

Since

5.0.0

Returns the URL to the element’s thumbnail, if it has one.

View source

Arguments

• $size (integer) – The maximum width and height the thumbnail should have.

Returns

string, null

uiLabel()

Since

3.6.4

Returns what the element should be called within the control panel.

View source

Returns

string, null

Constants

Constant	Description
HOMEPAGE_URI
SCENARIO_DEFAULT	The name of the default scenario.
SCENARIO_ESSENTIALS
SCENARIO_LIVE
STATUS_ARCHIVED
STATUS_DISABLED
STATUS_DRAFT
STATUS_ENABLED

Events

EVENT_AFTER_DELETE

Type

yii\base\Event

The event that is triggered after the element is deleted.

---

EVENT_AFTER_MOVE_IN_STRUCTURE

DEPRECATED

Deprecated in 4.5.0. craft\services\Structures::EVENT_AFTER_INSERT_ELEMENT or EVENT_AFTER_MOVE_ELEMENT should be used instead.

Type

craft\events\ElementStructureEvent

The event that is triggered after the element is moved in a structure.

---

EVENT_AFTER_PROPAGATE

Type

craft\events\ModelEvent

Since

3.2.0

The event that is triggered after the element is fully saved and propagated to other sites.

If you want to ignore events for drafts or revisions, call craft\helpers\ElementHelper::isDraftOrRevision() from your event handler:

use craft\base\Element;
use craft\elements\Entry;
use craft\events\ModelEvent;
use craft\helpers\ElementHelper;
use yii\base\Event;

Event::on(Entry::class, Element::EVENT_AFTER_PROPAGATE, function(ModelEvent $e) {
    // @var Entry $entry
    $entry = $e->sender;

    if (ElementHelper::isDraftOrRevision($entry) {
        return;
    }

    // ...
});

---

EVENT_AFTER_RESTORE

Type

yii\base\Event

Since

3.1.0

The event that is triggered after the element is restored.

---

EVENT_AFTER_SAVE

Type

craft\events\ModelEvent

The event that is triggered after the element is saved.

If you want to ignore events for drafts or revisions, call craft\helpers\ElementHelper::isDraftOrRevision() from your event handler:

use craft\base\Element;
use craft\elements\Entry;
use craft\events\ModelEvent;
use craft\helpers\ElementHelper;
use yii\base\Event;

Event::on(Entry::class, Element::EVENT_AFTER_SAVE, function(ModelEvent $e) {
    // @var Entry $entry
    $entry = $e->sender;

    if (ElementHelper::isDraftOrRevision($entry)) {
        return;
    }

    // ...
});

---

EVENT_AUTHORIZE_CREATE_DRAFTS

DEPRECATED

Deprecated in 4.3.0. craft\services\Elements::EVENT_AUTHORIZE_CREATE_DRAFTS should be used instead.

Type

craft\events\AuthorizationCheckEvent

Since

4.0.0

The event that is triggered when determining whether a user is authorized to create drafts for the element.

To authorize the user, set craft\events\AuthorizationCheckEvent::$authorized to true.

Event::on(
    Entry::class,
    Element::EVENT_AUTHORIZE_CREATE_DRAFTS,
    function(AuthorizationCheckEvent $event) {
        $event->authorized = true;
    }
);

See also canCreateDrafts()

---

EVENT_AUTHORIZE_DELETE

DEPRECATED

Deprecated in 4.3.0. craft\services\Elements::EVENT_AUTHORIZE_DELETE should be used instead.

Type

craft\events\AuthorizationCheckEvent

Since

4.0.0

The event that is triggered when determining whether a user is authorized to delete the element.

To authorize the user, set craft\events\AuthorizationCheckEvent::$authorized to true.

Event::on(
    Entry::class,
    Element::EVENT_AUTHORIZE_DELETE,
    function(AuthorizationCheckEvent $event) {
        $event->authorized = true;
    }
);

See also canDelete()

---

EVENT_AUTHORIZE_DELETE_FOR_SITE

DEPRECATED

Deprecated in 4.3.0. craft\services\Elements::EVENT_AUTHORIZE_DELETE_FOR_SITE should be used instead.

Type

craft\events\AuthorizationCheckEvent

Since

4.0.0

The event that is triggered when determining whether a user is authorized to delete the element for its current site.

To authorize the user, set craft\events\AuthorizationCheckEvent::$authorized to true.

Event::on(
    Entry::class,
    Element::EVENT_AUTHORIZE_DELETE_FOR_SITE,
    function(AuthorizationCheckEvent $event) {
        $event->authorized = true;
    }
);

See also canDeleteForSite()

---

EVENT_AUTHORIZE_DUPLICATE

DEPRECATED

Deprecated in 4.3.0. craft\services\Elements::EVENT_AUTHORIZE_DUPLICATE should be used instead.

Type

craft\events\AuthorizationCheckEvent

Since

4.0.0

The event that is triggered when determining whether a user is authorized to duplicate the element.

To authorize the user, set craft\events\AuthorizationCheckEvent::$authorized to true.

Event::on(
    Entry::class,
    Element::EVENT_AUTHORIZE_DUPLICATE,
    function(AuthorizationCheckEvent $event) {
        $event->authorized = true;
    }
);

See also canDuplicate()

---

EVENT_AUTHORIZE_SAVE

DEPRECATED

Deprecated in 4.3.0. craft\services\Elements::EVENT_AUTHORIZE_SAVE should be used instead.

Type

craft\events\AuthorizationCheckEvent

Since

4.0.0

The event that is triggered when determining whether a user is authorized to save the element in its current state.

To authorize the user, set craft\events\AuthorizationCheckEvent::$authorized to true.

Event::on(
    Entry::class,
    Element::EVENT_AUTHORIZE_SAVE,
    function(AuthorizationCheckEvent $event) {
        $event->authorized = true;
    }
);

See also canSave()

---

EVENT_AUTHORIZE_VIEW

DEPRECATED

Deprecated in 4.3.0. craft\services\Elements::EVENT_AUTHORIZE_VIEW should be used instead.

Type

craft\events\AuthorizationCheckEvent

Since

4.0.0

The event that is triggered when determining whether a user is authorized to view the element’s edit page.

To authorize the user, set craft\events\AuthorizationCheckEvent::$authorized to true.

Event::on(
    Entry::class,
    Element::EVENT_AUTHORIZE_VIEW,
    function(AuthorizationCheckEvent $event) {
        $event->authorized = true;
    }
);

See also canView()

---

EVENT_BEFORE_DEFINE_URL

Type

craft\events\DefineUrlEvent

Since

4.4.6

The event that is triggered before defining the element’s URL.

It can be used to provide a custom URL, completely bypassing the default URL generation.

use craft\base\Element;
use craft\elements\Entry;
use craft\events\DefineUrlEvent;
use craft\helpers\UrlHelper;
use yii\base\Event;

Event::on(
    Entry::class,
    Element::EVENT_BEFORE_DEFINE_URL,
    function(DefineUrlEvent $e
) {
    // @var Entry $entry
    $entry = $e->sender;

    $event->url = '...';
});

To prevent the element from getting a URL, ensure $event->url is set to null, and set $event->handled to true.

Note that EVENT_DEFINE_URL will still be called regardless of what happens with this event.

See also getUrl()

---

EVENT_BEFORE_DELETE

Type

craft\events\ModelEvent

The event that is triggered before the element is deleted.

You may set yii\base\ModelEvent::$isValid to false to prevent the element from getting deleted.

---

EVENT_BEFORE_MOVE_IN_STRUCTURE

DEPRECATED

Deprecated in 4.5.0. craft\services\Structures::EVENT_BEFORE_INSERT_ELEMENT or EVENT_BEFORE_MOVE_ELEMENT should be used instead.

Type

craft\events\ElementStructureEvent

The event that is triggered before the element is moved in a structure.

You may set yii\base\ModelEvent::$isValid to false to prevent the element from getting moved.

---

EVENT_BEFORE_RESTORE

Type

craft\events\ModelEvent

Since

3.1.0

The event that is triggered before the element is restored.

You may set yii\base\ModelEvent::$isValid to false to prevent the element from getting restored.

---

EVENT_BEFORE_SAVE

Type

craft\events\ModelEvent

The event that is triggered before the element is saved.

You may set yii\base\ModelEvent::$isValid to false to prevent the element from getting saved.

If you want to ignore events for drafts or revisions, call craft\helpers\ElementHelper::isDraftOrRevision() from your event handler:

use craft\base\Element;
use craft\elements\Entry;
use craft\events\ModelEvent;
use craft\helpers\ElementHelper;
use yii\base\Event;

Event::on(Entry::class, Element::EVENT_BEFORE_SAVE, function(ModelEvent $e) {
    // @var Entry $entry
    $entry = $e->sender;

    if (ElementHelper::isDraftOrRevision($entry)) {
        return;
    }

    // ...
});

---

EVENT_DEFINE_ACTION_MENU_ITEMS

Type

craft\events\DefineMenuItemsEvent

Since

5.0.0

The event that is triggered when defining action menu items..

See also getActionMenuItems()

---

EVENT_DEFINE_ADDITIONAL_BUTTONS

Type

craft\events\DefineHtmlEvent

Since

4.0.0

The event that is triggered when defining additional buttons that should be shown at the top of the element’s edit page.

See also getAdditionalButtons()

---

EVENT_DEFINE_ATTRIBUTE_HTML

Type

craft\events\DefineAttributeHtmlEvent

Since

5.0.0

The event that is triggered when defining an attribute’s HTML for table and card views.

See also getAttributeHtml()

---

EVENT_DEFINE_CACHE_TAGS

Type

craft\events\DefineValueEvent

Since

4.1.0

The event that is triggered when defining the cache tags that should be cleared when this element is saved.

See also getCacheTags()

---

EVENT_DEFINE_EAGER_LOADING_MAP

Type

craft\events\DefineEagerLoadingMapEvent

Since

3.1.0

The event that is triggered when defining an eager-loading map.

use craft\base\Element;
use craft\base\ElementInterface;
use craft\db\Query;
use craft\elements\Entry;
use craft\events\DefineEagerLoadingMapEvent;
use yii\base\Event;

// Add support for `with(['bookClub'])` to entries
Event::on(
    Entry::class,
    Element::EVENT_DEFINE_EAGER_LOADING_MAP,
    function(DefineEagerLoadingMapEvent $event) {
        if ($event->handle === 'bookClub') {
            $bookEntryIds = array_map(fn(ElementInterface $element) => $element->id, $event->elements);
            $event->elementType = \my\plugin\BookClub::class,
            $event->map = (new Query)
                ->select(['source' => 'bookId', 'target' => 'clubId'])
                ->from('{{%bookclub_books}}')
                ->where(['bookId' => $bookEntryIds])
                ->all();
            $event->handled = true;
        }
    }
);

---

EVENT_DEFINE_INLINE_ATTRIBUTE_INPUT_HTML

Type

craft\events\DefineAttributeHtmlEvent

Since

5.0.0

The event that is triggered when defining an attribute’s inline input HTML.

See also getInlineAttributeInputHtml()

---

EVENT_DEFINE_KEYWORDS

Type

craft\events\DefineAttributeKeywordsEvent

Since

3.5.0

The event that is triggered when defining the search keywords for an element attribute.

Note that you must set yii\base\Event::$handled to true if you want the element to accept your custom $keywords value.

Event::on(
    craft\elements\Entry::class,
    craft\base\Element::EVENT_DEFINE_KEYWORDS,
    function(craft\events\DefineAttributeKeywordsEvent $e
) {
    // @var craft\elements\Entry $entry
    $entry = $e->sender;

    // Prevent entry titles in the Parts section from getting search keywords
    if ($entry->section->handle === 'parts' && $e->attribute === 'title') {
        $e->keywords = '';
        $e->handled = true;
    }
});

---

EVENT_DEFINE_METADATA

Type

craft\events\DefineMetadataEvent

Since

3.7.0

The event that is triggered when defining the element’s metadata info.

See also getMetadata()

---

EVENT_DEFINE_META_FIELDS_HTML

Type

craft\events\DefineHtmlEvent

Since

3.7.0

The event that is triggered when defining the HTML for meta fields within the editor sidebar.

See also metaFieldsHtml()

---

EVENT_DEFINE_SIDEBAR_HTML

Type

craft\events\DefineHtmlEvent

Since

3.7.0

The event that is triggered when defining the HTML for the editor sidebar.

See also getSidebarHtml()

---

EVENT_DEFINE_URL

Type

craft\events\DefineUrlEvent

Since

4.3.0

The event that is triggered when defining the element’s URL.

use craft\base\Element;
use craft\elements\Entry;
use craft\events\DefineUrlEvent;
use craft\helpers\UrlHelper;
use yii\base\Event;

Event::on(
    Entry::class,
    Element::EVENT_DEFINE_URL,
    function(DefineUrlEvent $e
) {
    // @var Entry $entry
    $entry = $e->sender;

    // Add a custom query string param to the URL
    if ($event->value !== null) {
        $event->url = UrlHelper::urlWithParams($event->url, [
            'foo' => 'bar',
        ]);
    }
});

To prevent the element from getting a URL, ensure $event->url is set to null, and set $event->handled to true.

See also getUrl()

---

EVENT_PREP_QUERY_FOR_TABLE_ATTRIBUTE

Type

craft\events\ElementIndexTableAttributeEvent

Since

3.7.14

The event that is triggered when preparing an element query for an element index, for each attribute present in the table.

Paired with EVENT_REGISTER_TABLE_ATTRIBUTES and \craft\base\EVENT_SET_TABLE_ATTRIBUTE_HTML, this allows optimization of queries on element indexes.

use craft\base\Element;
use craft\elements\Entry;
use craft\events\DefineAttributeHtmlEvent;
use craft\events\PrepareElementQueryForTableAttributeEvent;
use craft\events\RegisterElementTableAttributesEvent;
use craft\helpers\Cp;
use yii\base\Event;

Event::on(
    Entry::class,
    Element::EVENT_REGISTER_TABLE_ATTRIBUTES,
    function(RegisterElementTableAttributesEvent $e) {
        $e->attributes[] = 'authorExpertise';
    }
);

Event::on(
    Entry::class,
    Element::EVENT_PREP_QUERY_FOR_TABLE_ATTRIBUTE,
    function(PrepareElementQueryForTableAttributeEvent $e) {
        $query = $e->query;
        $attr = $e->attribute;

        if ($attr === 'authorExpertise') {
            $query->andWith(['author.areasOfExpertiseCategoryField']);
        }
    }
);

Event::on(
    Entry::class,
    Element::EVENT_SET_TABLE_ATTRIBUTE_HTML,
    function(DefineAttributeHtmlEvent $e) {
        $attribute = $e->attribute;

        if ($attribute !== 'authorExpertise') {
            return;
        }

        // The field data is eager-loaded!
        $author = $e->sender->getAuthor();
        $categories = $author->areasOfExpertiseCategoryField;

        $e->html = Cp::elementPreviewHtml($categories);
    }
);

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EVENT_REGISTER_ACTIONS

Type

craft\events\RegisterElementActionsEvent

The event that is triggered when registering the available bulk actions for the element type.

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EVENT_REGISTER_DEFAULT_TABLE_ATTRIBUTES

Type

craft\events\RegisterElementTableAttributesEvent

The event that is triggered when registering the table attributes for the element type.

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EVENT_REGISTER_EXPORTERS

Type

craft\events\RegisterElementExportersEvent

Since

3.4.0

The event that is triggered when registering the available exporters for the element type.

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EVENT_REGISTER_FIELD_LAYOUTS

Type

craft\events\RegisterElementFieldLayoutsEvent

Since

3.5.0

The event that is triggered when registering all of the field layouts associated with elements from a given source.

See also fieldLayouts()

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EVENT_REGISTER_HTML_ATTRIBUTES

Type

craft\events\RegisterElementHtmlAttributesEvent

The event that is triggered when registering the HTML attributes that should be included in the element’s DOM representation in the control panel.

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EVENT_REGISTER_PREVIEW_TARGETS

Type

craft\events\RegisterPreviewTargetsEvent

Since

3.2.0

The event that is triggered when registering the element’s preview targets.

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EVENT_REGISTER_SEARCHABLE_ATTRIBUTES

Type

craft\events\RegisterElementSearchableAttributesEvent

The event that is triggered when registering the searchable attributes for the element type.

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EVENT_REGISTER_SORT_OPTIONS

Type

craft\events\RegisterElementSortOptionsEvent

The event that is triggered when registering the sort options for the element type.

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EVENT_REGISTER_SOURCES

Type

craft\events\RegisterElementSourcesEvent

The event that is triggered when registering the available sources for the element type.

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EVENT_REGISTER_TABLE_ATTRIBUTES

Type

craft\events\RegisterElementTableAttributesEvent

The event that is triggered when registering the table attributes for the element type.

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EVENT_SET_EAGER_LOADED_ELEMENTS

Type

craft\events\SetEagerLoadedElementsEvent

Since

3.5.0

The event that is triggered when setting eager-loaded elements.

Set yii\base\Event::$handled to true to prevent the elements from getting stored to the private $_eagerLoadedElements array.

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EVENT_SET_ROUTE

Type

craft\events\SetElementRouteEvent

The event that is triggered when defining the route that should be used when this element’s URL is requested.

Set yii\base\Event::$handled to true to explicitly tell the element that a route has been set (even if you’re setting it to null).

Event::on(craft\elements\Entry::class, craft\base\Element::EVENT_SET_ROUTE, function(craft\events\SetElementRouteEvent $e) {
    // @var craft\elements\Entry $entry
    $entry = $e->sender;

    if ($entry->uri === 'pricing') {
        $e->route = 'module/pricing/index';

        // Explicitly tell the element that a route has been set,
        // and prevent other event handlers from running, and tell
        $e->handled = true;
    }
});

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