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Cakephp 3: how to implement events in helper


in Cakephp 3 im trying to implement events in the helper class, this is example of what im trying to do:

protected $_View;

    public function __construct(View $View, $config = [])
    {
        //debug($View);die;
        $this->_View = $View;

        parent::__construct($View, $config);
        $this->_setupEvents();
    }

    /**
 * setup events
 */
    protected function _setupEvents() {
        $events = [
            'filter' => [$this, 'filter'],
        ];

        foreach ($events as $callable) {
                $this->_View->eventManager()->on("Helper.Layout.beforeFilter", $callable);
        }
    }

    public function filter(&$content, $options = array()) {
            preg_match_all('/\[(menu|m):([A-Za-z0-9_\-]*)(.*?)\]/i', $content, $tagMatches);
            for ($i = 0, $ii = count($tagMatches[1]); $i < $ii; $i++) {
                    $regex = '/(\S+)=[\'"]?((?:.(?![\'"]?\s+(?:\S+)=|[>\'"]))+.)[\'"]?/i';
                    preg_match_all($regex, $tagMatches[3][$i], $attributes);
                    $menuAlias = $tagMatches[2][$i];
                    $options = array();
                    for ($j = 0, $jj = count($attributes[0]); $j < $jj; $j++) {
                            $options[$attributes[1][$j]] = $attributes[2][$j];
                    }
                    $content = str_replace($tagMatches[0][$i], $this->menu($menuAlias, $options), $content);
            }
            return $content;
    }

But im getting warning for the line where im calling constructor of parent Helper class:

Warning (4096): Argument 1 passed to App\View\Helper\MenusHelper::__construct() must be an instance of App\View\Helper\View, instance of App\View\AppView given, called in C:\wamp\www\CookieCMS\vendor\cakephp\cakephp\src\View\HelperRegistry.php on line 142 and defined [APP/View\Helper\MenusHelper.php, line 26]

Is it possible to implement events in helper this way and what is it that im doing wrong?


Solution

  • The Helper class is already implements EventlistenerInterface, so as explained in the manual all you have to do in your custom helper is return a proper array with required event name to callback mapping from implementedEvents() method.

    So something like:

    public function implementedEvents()
    {
        $mapping = parent::implementedEvents();
    
        $mapping += [
            'Helper.Layout.beforeFilter' => 'someMethodOfYourHelper',
        ];
    
        return $mapping;
    }