\Cake\ViewCellTrait

Provides cell() method for usage in Controller and View classes.

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cell()
_createCell()
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Methods

cell()

cell(string  $cell, array  $data = array(), array  $options = array()) : \Cake\View\Cell

Renders the given cell.

Example:

// Taxonomy\View\Cell\TagCloudCell::smallList()
$cell = $this->cell('Taxonomy.TagCloud::smallList', ['limit' => 10]);

// App\View\Cell\TagCloudCell::smallList()
$cell = $this->cell('TagCloud::smallList', ['limit' => 10]);

The display action will be used by default when no action is provided:

// Taxonomy\View\Cell\TagCloudCell::display()
$cell = $this->cell('Taxonomy.TagCloud');

Cells are not rendered until they are echoed.

Parameters

string $cell

You must indicate cell name, and optionally a cell action. e.g.: TagCloud::smallList will invoke View\Cell\TagCloudCell::smallList(), display action will be invoked by default when none is provided.

array $data

Additional arguments for cell method. e.g.: cell('TagCloud::smallList', ['a1' => 'v1', 'a2' => 'v2']) maps to View\Cell\TagCloud::smallList(v1, v2)

array $options

Options for Cell's constructor

Throws

\Cake\View\Exception\MissingCellException

If Cell class was not found.

\BadMethodCallException

If Cell class does not specified cell action.

Returns

\Cake\View\Cell

The cell instance

_createCell()

_createCell(string  $className, string  $action, string  $plugin, array  $options) : \Cake\View\Cell

Create and configure the cell instance.

Parameters

string $className

The cell classname.

string $action

The action name.

string $plugin

The plugin name.

array $options

The constructor options for the cell.

Returns

\Cake\View\Cell