Component

Type

Class

Namespace

craft\helpers

Inherits

craft\helpers\Component

Since

3.0.0

Component helper

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Public Methods

Method	Description
cleanseConfig()	Cleanses a component config of any on X or as X keys.
createComponent()	Instantiates and populates a component, and ensures that it is an instance of a given interface.
datetimeAttributes()	Return all DateTime attributes for given model.
iconSvg()	Returns an SVG icon’s contents, namespaced and with aria-hidden="true" added to it.
mergeSettings()	Extracts settings from a given component config, and returns a new config array with the settings merged in.
validateComponentClass()	Returns whether a component class exists, is an instance of a given interface, and doesn't belong to a disabled plugin.

cleanseConfig()

Since

4.4.15

Cleanses a component config of any on X or as X keys.

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Arguments

• $config (array)

Returns

array

createComponent()

Instantiates and populates a component, and ensures that it is an instance of a given interface.

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Arguments

• $config (class-string<\craft\helpers\T>, array) – The component’s class name, or its config, with a type value and optionally a settings value.
• $instanceOf (class-string<\craft\helpers\T>, null) – The class or interface that the component must be an instance of.

Returns

\craft\helpers\T – The component

Throws

• yii\base\InvalidConfigException
  if $config doesn’t contain a type value, or the type isn’t compatible with|null $instanceOf.
• craft\errors\MissingComponentException
  if the class specified by $config doesn’t exist, or belongs to an uninstalled plugin

datetimeAttributes()

Return all DateTime attributes for given model.

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Arguments

• $model (craft\base\Model, craft\base\ElementInterface)

Returns

array

iconSvg()

DEPRECATED

Deprecated in 5.0.0. craft\helpers\Cp::iconSvg() or craft\helpers\Cp::fallbackIconSvg() should be used instead.

Since

3.5.0

Returns an SVG icon’s contents, namespaced and with aria-hidden="true" added to it.

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Arguments

• $icon (string, null) – The path to the SVG icon, or the actual SVG contents
• $label (string) – The label of the component

Returns

string

mergeSettings()

Extracts settings from a given component config, and returns a new config array with the settings merged in.

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Arguments

• $config (array)

Returns

array

validateComponentClass()

Since

3.2.0

Returns whether a component class exists, is an instance of a given interface, and doesn't belong to a disabled plugin.

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Arguments

• $class (class-string<\craft\base\ComponentInterface>) – The component’s class name.
• $instanceOf (class-string<\craft\base\ComponentInterface>, null) – The class or interface that the component must be an instance of.
• $throwException (boolean) – Whether an exception should be thrown if an issue is encountered

Returns

boolean

Throws

• yii\base\InvalidConfigException
  if $config doesn’t contain a type value, or the type isn’t compatible with|null $instanceOf.
• craft\errors\MissingComponentException
  if the class specified by $config doesn’t exist, or belongs to an uninstalled plugin