$helpers
$helpers : array
helpers
Text helper library.
Text manipulations: Highlight, excerpt, truncate, strip of links, convert email addresses to mailto: links...
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$_View : \Cake\View\View
The View instance this helper is attached to
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$_configInitialized : boolean
Whether the config property has already been configured with defaults
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$_placeholders : array
An array of hashes and their contents.
Used when inserting links into text.
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$_engine : \Cake\Utility\Text
Cake Utility Text instance
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__construct(\Cake\View\View $View, array $config = array())
Constructor
engine Class name to use to replace String functionality.
The class needs to be placed in the Utility directory.| \Cake\View\View | $View | the view object the helper is attached to.  | 
                            
| array | $config | Settings array Settings array  | 
                            
when the engine class could not be found.
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__call(string $method, array $params) : mixed
Call methods from String utility class
| string | $method | Method to invoke  | 
                            
| array | $params | Array of params for the method.  | 
                            
Whatever is returned by called method, or false on failure
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__get(string  $name) : \Cake\View\Helper|null
                Lazy loads helpers.
| string | $name | Name of the property being accessed.  | 
                            
Helper instance if helper with provided name exists
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__set(string $name, mixed $value) : void
Magic setter for removed properties.
| string | $name | Property name.  | 
                            
| mixed | $value | Value to set.  | 
                            
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getView() : \Cake\View\View
Get the view instance this helper is bound to.
The bound view instance.
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addClass(array $options = array(), string|null $class = null, string $key = 'class') : array
Adds the given class to the element options
| array | $options | Array options/attributes to add a class to  | 
                            
| string|null | $class | The class name being added.  | 
                            
| string | $key | the key to use for class.  | 
                            
Array of options with $key set.
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implementedEvents() : array
Event listeners.
By defining one of the callback methods a helper is assumed to be interested in the related event.
Override this method if you need to add non-conventional event listeners. Or if you want helpers to listen to non-standard events.
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initialize(array  $config) : void
                Constructor hook method.
Implement this method to avoid having to overwrite the constructor and call parent.
| array | $config | The configuration settings provided to this helper.  | 
                            
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__debugInfo() : array
Returns an array that can be used to describe the internal state of this object.
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setConfig(string|array $key, mixed|null $value = null, boolean $merge = true) : $this
Sets the config.
Setting a specific value:
$this->setConfig('key', $value);
Setting a nested value:
$this->setConfig('some.nested.key', $value);
Updating multiple config settings at the same time:
$this->setConfig(['one' => 'value', 'another' => 'value']);
                                    | string|array | $key | The key to set, or a complete array of configs.  | 
                            
| mixed|null | $value | The value to set.  | 
                            
| boolean | $merge | Whether to recursively merge or overwrite existing config, defaults to true.  | 
                            
When trying to set a key that is invalid.
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getConfig(string|null $key = null, mixed $default = null) : mixed
Returns the config.
Reading the whole config:
$this->getConfig();
Reading a specific value:
$this->getConfig('key');
Reading a nested value:
$this->getConfig('some.nested.key');
Reading with default value:
$this->getConfig('some-key', 'default-value');
                                    | string|null | $key | The key to get or null for the whole config.  | 
                            
| mixed | $default | The return value when the key does not exist.  | 
                            
Config value being read.
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config(string|array|null $key = null, mixed|null $value = null, boolean $merge = true) : mixed
Gets/Sets the config.
Reading the whole config:
$this->config();
Reading a specific value:
$this->config('key');
Reading a nested value:
$this->config('some.nested.key');
Setting a specific value:
$this->config('key', $value);
Setting a nested value:
$this->config('some.nested.key', $value);
Updating multiple config settings at the same time:
$this->config(['one' => 'value', 'another' => 'value']);
                                    | string|array|null | $key | The key to get/set, or a complete array of configs.  | 
                            
| mixed|null | $value | The value to set.  | 
                            
| boolean | $merge | Whether to recursively merge or overwrite existing config, defaults to true.  | 
                            
When trying to set a key that is invalid.
Config value being read, or the object itself on write operations.
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configShallow(string|array $key, mixed|null $value = null) : $this
Merge provided config with existing config. Unlike `config()` which does a recursive merge for nested keys, this method does a simple merge.
Setting a specific value:
$this->configShallow('key', $value);
Setting a nested value:
$this->configShallow('some.nested.key', $value);
Updating multiple config settings at the same time:
$this->configShallow(['one' => 'value', 'another' => 'value']);
                                    | string|array | $key | The key to set, or a complete array of configs.  | 
                            
| mixed|null | $value | The value to set.  | 
                            
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autoLinkUrls(string $text, array $options = array()) : string
Adds links (<a href=.
...) to a given text, by finding text that begins with strings like http:// and ftp://.
escape Control HTML escaping of input. Defaults to true.| string | $text | Text  | 
                            
| array | $options | Array of HTML options, and options listed above.  | 
                            
The text with links
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autoLinkEmails(string $text, array $options = array()) : string
Adds email links (<a href="mailto:.
...) to a given text.
escape Control HTML escaping of input. Defaults to true.| string | $text | Text  | 
                            
| array | $options | Array of HTML options, and options listed above.  | 
                            
The text with links
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autoLink(string $text, array $options = array()) : string
Convert all links and email addresses to HTML links.
escape Control HTML escaping of input. Defaults to true.| string | $text | Text  | 
                            
| array | $options | Array of HTML options, and options listed above.  | 
                            
The text with links
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highlight(string $text, string $phrase, array $options = array()) : string
Highlights a given phrase in a text. You can specify any expression in highlighter that may include the \1 expression to include the $phrase found.
| string | $text | Text to search the phrase in  | 
                            
| string | $phrase | The phrase that will be searched  | 
                            
| array | $options | An array of HTML attributes and options.  | 
                            
The highlighted text
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autoParagraph(string  $text) : string
                Formats paragraphs around given text for all line breaks <br /> added for single line return <p> added for double line return
| string | $text | Text  | 
                            
The text with proper
 and 
 tags
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stripLinks(string  $text) : string
                Strips given text of all links (<a href=.
...)
| string | $text | Text  | 
                            
The text without links
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truncate(string $text, integer $length = 100, array $options = array()) : string
Truncates text.
Cuts a string to the length of $length and replaces the last characters with the ellipsis if the text is longer than length.
ellipsis Will be used as Ending and appended to the trimmed stringexact If false, $text will not be cut mid-wordhtml If true, HTML tags would be handled correctly| string | $text | String to truncate.  | 
                            
| integer | $length | Length of returned string, including ellipsis.  | 
                            
| array | $options | An array of HTML attributes and options.  | 
                            
Trimmed string.
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tail(string $text, integer $length = 100, array $options = array()) : string
Truncates text starting from the end.
Cuts a string to the length of $length and replaces the first characters with the ellipsis if the text is longer than length.
ellipsis Will be used as Beginning and prepended to the trimmed stringexact If false, $text will not be cut mid-word| string | $text | String to truncate.  | 
                            
| integer | $length | Length of returned string, including ellipsis.  | 
                            
| array | $options | An array of HTML attributes and options.  | 
                            
Trimmed string.
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excerpt(string $text, string $phrase, integer $radius = 100, string $ending = '...') : string
Extracts an excerpt from the text surrounding the phrase with a number of characters on each side determined by radius.
| string | $text | String to search the phrase in  | 
                            
| string | $phrase | Phrase that will be searched for  | 
                            
| integer | $radius | The amount of characters that will be returned on each side of the founded phrase  | 
                            
| string | $ending | Ending that will be appended  | 
                            
Modified string
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toList(array $list, string|null $and = null, string $separator = ', ') : string
Creates a comma separated list where the last two items are joined with 'and', forming natural language.
| array | $list | The list to be joined.  | 
                            
| string|null | $and | The word used to join the last and second last items together with. Defaults to 'and'.  | 
                            
| string | $separator | The separator used to join all the other items together. Defaults to ', '.  | 
                            
The glued together string.
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_confirm(string $message, string $okCode, string $cancelCode = '', array $options = array()) : string
Returns a string to be used as onclick handler for confirm dialogs.
| string | $message | Message to be displayed  | 
                            
| string | $okCode | Code to be executed after user chose 'OK'  | 
                            
| string | $cancelCode | Code to be executed after user chose 'Cancel'  | 
                            
| array | $options | Array of options  | 
                            
onclick JS code
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_cleanConfirmMessage(string  $message) : mixed
                Returns a string read to be used in confirm()
| string | $message | The message to clean  | 
                            
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_configRead(string|null  $key) : mixed
                Reads a config key.
| string|null | $key | Key to read.  | 
                            
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_configWrite(string|array $key, mixed $value, boolean|string $merge = false) : void
Writes a config key.
| string|array | $key | Key to write to.  | 
                            
| mixed | $value | Value to write.  | 
                            
| boolean|string | $merge | True to merge recursively, 'shallow' for simple merge, false to overwrite, defaults to false.  | 
                            
if attempting to clobber existing config
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_configDelete(string  $key) : void
                Deletes a single config key.
| string | $key | Key to delete.  | 
                            
if attempting to clobber existing config
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_insertPlaceHolder(array  $matches) : string
                Saves the placeholder for a string, for later use. This gets around double escaping content in URL's.
| array | $matches | An array of regexp matches.  | 
                            
Replaced values.
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_linkUrls(string $text, array $htmlOptions) : string
Replace placeholders with links.
| string | $text | The text to operate on.  | 
                            
| array | $htmlOptions | The options for the generated links.  | 
                            
The text with links inserted.
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_linkEmails(string $text, array $options) : string
Links email addresses
| string | $text | The text to operate on  | 
                            
| array | $options | An array of options to use for the HTML.  | 
                            
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