ConcreteCMS Helpers Suite

Collection of useful helpers for ConcreteCMS

• in_array_all Verify that all needles are in haystack array.
• in_array_any Verify that at least one of needles is in haystack array.
• strip_spaces Remove all spaces from the given string.
• current_locale Get Current Page Locale.
• current_language Get Current Page Language.
• active_locale An Alias of \Localization::activeLocale().
• active_language An Alias of \Localization::activeLanguage().
• theme_path Get Site Theme Path
• c5_date_format An Alias of \Concrete\Core\Localization\Service\Date::formatDate().
• c5_date_format_custom An Alias of \Concrete\Core\Localization\Service\Date::formatCustom().
• Xanweb\Helper\Page::getBlock and Xanweb\Helper\Page::getBlocks for fetching block(s) from page

Installation

Include library to your composer.json

composer require xanweb/c5-helpers

Usage of Xanweb\Helper\Page

    use Xanweb\Helper\Page as PageHelper;

    $ph = new PageHelper(
        $page, // Page Object
        ['Header', 'Footer'], // Optional argument to exclude some areas from fetching
        ['Main'] // Optional argument to include some areas in fetching
    );
    
    // Get the first valid instance of required block
    $contentBlockController = $ph->getBlock(
        'content', // Block Type Handle 
        function (BlockController $bController) { // Optional callable to test for valid block
            return !empty($bController->getContent());
        }
    );

    // Get the first valid instances of required blocks
    $blocksControllers = $ph->getBlocks(
        ['image', 'content'], // Block Types Handle 
        function (BlockController $bController) { // Optional callable to test for valid block
            if ($bController instanceof \Concrete\Block\Image\Controller) {
                return is_object($this->getFileObject());
            }

            if ($bController instanceof \Concrete\Block\Content\Controller) {
                return !empty($bController->getContent());
            }

            return false;
        }
    );

    /**
     *  - $blocksControllers array is indexed by btHandle: ['image' => $bController, 'content' => $bController]
     *  - If no block is found $blocksControllers will be an empty array 
     */