RequestHandler
class RequestHandler extends ViewableData
This class is the base class of any SilverStripe object that can be used to handle HTTP requests.
Any RequestHandler object can be made responsible for handling its own segment of the URL namespace. The {@link Director} begins the URL parsing process; it will parse the beginning of the URL to identify which controller is being used. It will then call {@link handleRequest()} on that Controller, passing it the parameters that it parsed from the URL, and the {@link SS_HTTPRequest} that contains the remainder of the URL to be parsed.
You can use ?debug_request=1 to view information about the different components and rule matches for a specific URL.
In SilverStripe, URL parsing is distributed throughout the object graph. For example, suppose that we have a search form that contains a {@link TreeMultiSelectField} named "Groups". We want to use ajax to load segments of this tree as they are needed rather than downloading the tree right at the beginning. We could use this URL to get the tree segment that appears underneath
Group #36: "admin/crm/SearchForm/field/Groups/treesegment/36" - Director will determine that admin/crm is controlled by a new ModelAdmin object, and pass control to that. Matching Director Rule: "admin/crm" => "ModelAdmin" (defined in mysite/_config.php) - ModelAdmin will determine that SearchForm is controlled by a Form object returned by $this->SearchForm(), and pass control to that. Matching $url_handlers: "$Action" => "$Action" (defined in RequestHandler class) - Form will determine that field/Groups is controlled by the Groups field, a TreeMultiselectField, and pass control to that. Matching $url_handlers: 'field/$FieldName!' => 'handleField' (defined in Form class) - TreeMultiselectField will determine that treesegment/36 is handled by its treesegment() method. This method will return an HTML fragment that is output to the screen. Matching $url_handlers: "$Action/$ID" => "handleItem" (defined in TreeMultiSelectField class)
{@link RequestHandler::handleRequest()} is where this behaviour is implemented.
Config options
| url_segment | string|null | Optional url_segment for this request handler | |
| url_handlers | The default URL handling rules. This specifies that the next component of the URL corresponds to a method to be called on this RequestHandlingData object. | ||
| allowed_actions | Define a list of action handling methods that are allowed to be called directly by URLs. | ||
| require_allowed_actions | boolean |
Properties
| string | $class | from SS_Object |
Methods
Get a configuration accessor for this class. Short hand for Config::inst()->get($this->class, .
An implementation of the factory method, allows you to create an instance of a class
Creates a class instance by the "singleton" design pattern.
Create an object from a string representation. It treats it as a PHP constructor without the 'new' keyword. It also manages to construct the object without the use of eval().
Parses a class-spec, such as "Versioned('Stage','Live')", as passed to create_from_string().
Similar to {@link Object::create()}, except that classes are only overloaded if you set the $strong parameter to TRUE when using {@link Object::useCustomClass()}
This class allows you to overload classes with other classes when they are constructed using the factory method {@link Object::create()}
If a class has been overloaded, get the class name it has been overloaded with - otherwise return the class name
Get the value of a static property of a class, even in that property is declared protected (but not private), without any inheritance, merging or parent lookup if it doesn't exist on the given class.
Return TRUE if a class has a specified extension.
Add an extension to a specific class.
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Attemps to locate and call a method dynamically added to a class at runtime if a default cannot be located
Return the names of all the methods available on this object
Check if this class is an instance of a specific class, or has that class as one of its parents
Calls a method if available on both this object and all applied {@link Extensions}, and then attempts to merge all results into an array
Run the given function on all of this object's extensions. Note that this method originally returned void, so if you wanted to return results, you're hosed
Get an extension instance attached to this object by name.
Returns TRUE if this object instance has a specific extension applied in {@link $extension_instances}. Extension instances are initialized at constructor time, meaning if you use {@link add_extension()} afterwards, the added extension will just be added to new instances of the extended class. Use the static method {@link has_extension()} to check if a class (not an instance) has a specific extension.
Get all extension instances for this specific object instance.
Cache the results of an instance method in this object to a file, or if it is already cache return the cached results
Clears the cache for the given cacheToFile call
Converts a field spec into an object creator. For example: "Int" becomes "new Int($fieldName);" and "Varchar(50)" becomes "new Varchar($fieldName, 50);".
Convert a field schema (e.g. "Varchar(50)") into a casting object creator array that contains both a className and castingHelper constructor code. See {@link castingObjectCreator} for more information about the constructor.
Check if a field exists on this object or its failover.
Get the value of a property/field on this object. This will check if a method called get{$property} exists, then check if a field is available using {@link ViewableData::getField()}, then fall back on a failover object.
Set a property/field on this object. This will check for the existence of a method called set{$property}, then use the {@link ViewableData::setField()} method.
Set a failover object to attempt to get data from if it is not present on this object.
Check if a field exists on this object. This should be overloaded in child classes.
Get the value of a field on this object. This should be overloaded in child classes.
Set a field on this object. This should be overloaded in child classes.
Add methods from the {@link ViewableData::$failover} object, as well as wrapping any methods prefixed with an underscore into a {@link ViewableData::cachedCall()}.
Method to facilitate deprecation of underscore-prefixed methods automatically being cached.
Merge some arbitrary data in with this object. This method returns a {@link ViewableData_Customised} instance with references to both this and the new custom data.
Get the class a field on this object would be casted to, as well as the casting helper for casting a field to an object (see {@link ViewableData::castingHelper()} for information on casting helpers).
Return the "casting helper" (a piece of PHP code that when evaluated creates a casted value object) for a field on this object.
Get the class name a field on this object will be casted to
Return the string-format type for the given field.
Save the casting cache for this object (including data from any failovers) into a variable
Render this object into the template, and get the result as a string. You can pass one of the following as the $template parameter: - a template name (e.g. Page) - an array of possible template names - the first valid one will be used - an SSViewer instance
Get the value of a field on this object, automatically inserting the value into any available casting objects that have been specified.
A simple wrapper around {@link ViewableData::obj()} that automatically caches the result so it can be used again without re-running the method.
Checks if a given method/field has a valid value. If the result is an object, this will return the result of the exists method, otherwise will check if the result is not just an empty paragraph tag.
Get the string value of a field on this object that has been suitable escaped to be inserted directly into a template.
Return the value of the field without any escaping being applied.
Return the value of a field in an SQL-safe format.
Return the value of a field in a JavaScript-save format.
Return the value of a field escaped suitable to be inserted into an XML node attribute.
Return a single-item iterator so you can iterate over the fields of a single record.
When rendering some objects it is necessary to iterate over the object being rendered, to do this, you need access to itself.
Return the directory if the current active theme (relative to the site root).
Get part of the current classes ancestry to be used as a CSS class.
Return debug information about this object that can be rendered into a template
Set the DataModel for this request.
Get a array of allowed actions defined on this controller, any parent classes or extensions.
Checks if this request handler has a specific action, even if the current user cannot access it.
Check that the given action is allowed to be called from a URL.
Throws a HTTP error response encased in a {@link SS_HTTPResponse_Exception}, which is later caught in {@link RequestHandler::handleAction()} and returned to the user.
Returns the SS_HTTPRequest object that this controller is using.
Typically the request is set through {@link handleAction()} or {@link handleRequest()}, but in some based we want to set it manually.
Returns a link to this controller. Overload with your own Link rules if they exist.
Details
in SS_Object at line 60
static Config_ForClass|null
config()
Get a configuration accessor for this class. Short hand for Config::inst()->get($this->class, .
....).
in SS_Object at line 132
static SS_Object
create()
An implementation of the factory method, allows you to create an instance of a class
This method first for strong class overloads (singletons & DB interaction), then custom class overloads. If an overload is found, an instance of this is returned rather than the original class. To overload a class, use {@link Object::useCustomClass()}
This can be called in one of two ways - either calling via the class directly, or calling on Object and passing the class name as the first parameter. The following are equivalent: $list = DataList::create('SiteTree'); $list = SiteTree::get();
in SS_Object at line 155
static SS_Object
singleton()
Creates a class instance by the "singleton" design pattern.
It will always return the same instance for this class, which can be used for performance reasons and as a simple way to access instance methods which don't rely on instance data (e.g. the custom SilverStripe static handling).
in SS_Object at line 190
static
create_from_string($classSpec, $firstArg = null)
Create an object from a string representation. It treats it as a PHP constructor without the 'new' keyword. It also manages to construct the object without the use of eval().
Construction itself is done with Object::create(), so that Object::useCustomClass() calls are respected.
Object::create_from_string("Versioned('Stage','Live')") will return the result of
Versioned::create('Stage', 'Live);
It is designed for simple, clonable objects. The first time this method is called for a given string it is cached, and clones of that object are returned.
If you pass the $firstArg argument, this will be prepended to the constructor arguments. It's impossible to pass null as the firstArg argument.
Object::create_from_string("Varchar(50)", "MyField") will return the result of
Vachar::create('MyField', '50');
Arguments are always strings, although this is a quirk of the current implementation rather than something that can be relied upon.
in SS_Object at line 215
static
parse_class_spec($classSpec)
Parses a class-spec, such as "Versioned('Stage','Live')", as passed to create_from_string().
Returns a 2-elemnent array, with classname and arguments
in SS_Object at line 341
static SS_Object
strong_create()
Similar to {@link Object::create()}, except that classes are only overloaded if you set the $strong parameter to TRUE when using {@link Object::useCustomClass()}
in SS_Object at line 361
static
useCustomClass(string $oldClass, string $newClass, bool $strong = false)
This class allows you to overload classes with other classes when they are constructed using the factory method {@link Object::create()}
in SS_Object at line 375
static string
getCustomClass(string $class)
If a class has been overloaded, get the class name it has been overloaded with - otherwise return the class name
in SS_Object at line 396
static any
static_lookup($class, $name, null $default = null)
Get the value of a static property of a class, even in that property is declared protected (but not private), without any inheritance, merging or parent lookup if it doesn't exist on the given class.
in SS_Object at line 436
static
get_static($class, $name, $uncached = false)
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deprecated
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static
set_static($class, $name, $value)
deprecated
deprecated
in SS_Object at line 452
static
uninherited_static($class, $name, $uncached = false)
deprecated
deprecated
in SS_Object at line 460
static
combined_static($class, $name, $ceiling = false)
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deprecated
in SS_Object at line 470
static
addStaticVars($class, $properties, $replace = false)
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deprecated
in SS_Object at line 478
static
add_static_var($class, $name, $value, $replace = false)
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deprecated
in SS_Object at line 494
static
has_extension(string $classOrExtension, string $requiredExtension = null, boolean $strict = false)
Return TRUE if a class has a specified extension.
This supports backwards-compatible format (static Object::has_extension($requiredExtension)) and new format ($object->has_extension($class, $requiredExtension))
in SS_Object at line 536
static
add_extension(string $classOrExtension, string $extension = null)
Add an extension to a specific class.
The preferred method for adding extensions is through YAML config, since it avoids autoloading the class, and is easier to override in more specific configurations.
As an alternative, extensions can be added to a specific class directly in the {@link Object::$extensions} array. See {@link SiteTree::$extensions} for examples. Keep in mind that the extension will only be applied to new instances, not existing ones (including all instances created through {@link singleton()}).
in SS_Object at line 594
static
remove_extension(string $extension)
Remove an extension from a class.
Keep in mind that this won't revert any datamodel additions of the extension at runtime, unless its used before the schema building kicks in (in your _config.php). Doesn't remove the extension from any {@link Object} instances which are already created, but will have an effect on new extensions. Clears any previously created singletons through {@link singleton()} to avoid side-effects from stale extension information.
in SS_Object at line 633
static array
get_extensions(string $class, bool $includeArgumentString = false)
in SS_Object at line 655
static
get_extra_config_sources($class = null)
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__construct()
in SS_Object at line 725
mixed
__call(string $method, array $arguments)
Attemps to locate and call a method dynamically added to a class at runtime if a default cannot be located
You can add extra methods to a class using {@link Extensions}, {@link Object::createMethod()} or {@link Object::addWrapperMethod()}
in SS_Object at line 792
bool
hasMethod(string $method)
Return TRUE if a method exists on this object
This should be used rather than PHP's inbuild method_exists() as it takes into account methods added via extensions
in SS_Object at line 802
array
allMethodNames(bool $custom = false)
Return the names of all the methods available on this object
in SS_Object at line 963
stat($name, $uncached = false)
in SS_Object at line 970
set_stat($name, $value)
in SS_Object at line 977
uninherited($name)
in SS_Object at line 991
bool
exists()
Return true if this object "exists" i.e. has a sensible value
This method should be overriden in subclasses to provide more context about the classes state. For example, a {@link DataObject} class could return false when it is deleted from the database
in SS_Object at line 998
string
parentClass()
in SS_Object at line 1008
bool
is_a(string $class)
Check if this class is an instance of a specific class, or has that class as one of its parents
in SS_Object at line 1015
string
__toString()
in SS_Object at line 1030
mixed
invokeWithExtensions(string $method, mixed $argument = null)
Calls a method if available on both this object and all applied {@link Extensions}, and then attempts to merge all results into an array
in SS_Object at line 1058
array
extend(string $method, mixed $a1 = null, mixed $a2 = null, mixed $a3 = null, mixed $a4 = null, mixed $a5 = null, mixed $a6 = null, mixed $a7 = null)
Run the given function on all of this object's extensions. Note that this method originally returned void, so if you wanted to return results, you're hosed
Currently returns an array, with an index resulting every time the function is called. Only adds returns if they're not NULL, to avoid bogus results from methods just defined on the parent extension. This is important for permission-checks through extend, as they use min() to determine if any of the returns is FALSE. As min() doesn't do type checking, an included NULL return would fail the permission checks.
The extension methods are defined during {@link __construct()} in {@link defineMethods()}.
in SS_Object at line 1097
Extension
getExtensionInstance(string $extension)
Get an extension instance attached to this object by name.
in SS_Object at line 1115
bool
hasExtension(string $extension)
Returns TRUE if this object instance has a specific extension applied in {@link $extension_instances}. Extension instances are initialized at constructor time, meaning if you use {@link add_extension()} afterwards, the added extension will just be added to new instances of the extended class. Use the static method {@link has_extension()} to check if a class (not an instance) has a specific extension.
Caution: Don't use singleton(
in SS_Object at line 1126
array
getExtensionInstances()
Get all extension instances for this specific object instance.
See {@link get_extensions()} to get all applied extension classes for this class (not the instance).
in SS_Object at line 1142
mixed
cacheToFile(string $method, int $lifetime = 3600, string $ID = false, array $arguments = array())
Cache the results of an instance method in this object to a file, or if it is already cache return the cached results
in SS_Object at line 1171
clearCache($method, $ID = false, $arguments = array())
Clears the cache for the given cacheToFile call
in ViewableData at line 72
static string
castingObjectCreator(string $fieldSchema)
Converts a field spec into an object creator. For example: "Int" becomes "new Int($fieldName);" and "Varchar(50)" becomes "new Varchar($fieldName, 50);".
in ViewableData at line 83
static array
castingObjectCreatorPair(string $fieldSchema)
Convert a field schema (e.g. "Varchar(50)") into a casting object creator array that contains both a className and castingHelper constructor code. See {@link castingObjectCreator} for more information about the constructor.
in ViewableData at line 95
bool
__isset(string $property)
Check if a field exists on this object or its failover.
in ViewableData at line 117
mixed
__get(string $property)
Get the value of a property/field on this object. This will check if a method called get{$property} exists, then check if a field is available using {@link ViewableData::getField()}, then fall back on a failover object.
in ViewableData at line 138
__set(string $property, mixed $value)
Set a property/field on this object. This will check for the existence of a method called set{$property}, then use the {@link ViewableData::setField()} method.
in ViewableData at line 151
setFailover(ViewableData $failover)
Set a failover object to attempt to get data from if it is not present on this object.
in ViewableData at line 166
ViewableData|null
getFailover()
Get the current failover object if set
in ViewableData at line 176
bool
hasField(string $field)
Check if a field exists on this object. This should be overloaded in child classes.
in ViewableData at line 186
mixed
getField(string $field)
Get the value of a field on this object. This should be overloaded in child classes.
in ViewableData at line 196
setField(string $field, mixed $value)
Set a field on this object. This should be overloaded in child classes.
in ViewableData at line 206
defineMethods()
Add methods from the {@link ViewableData::$failover} object, as well as wrapping any methods prefixed with an underscore into a {@link ViewableData::cachedCall()}.
in ViewableData at line 236
unknown
deprecatedCachedCall($method, $args = null, $identifier = null)
Method to facilitate deprecation of underscore-prefixed methods automatically being cached.
in ViewableData at line 255
ViewableData_Customised
customise(array|ViewableData $data)
Merge some arbitrary data in with this object. This method returns a {@link ViewableData_Customised} instance with references to both this and the new custom data.
Note that any fields you specify will take precedence over the fields on this object.
in ViewableData at line 272
ViewableData
getCustomisedObj()
in ViewableData at line 279
setCustomisedObj(ViewableData $object)
in ViewableData at line 296
array
castingHelperPair(string $field)
Get the class a field on this object would be casted to, as well as the casting helper for casting a field to an object (see {@link ViewableData::castingHelper()} for information on casting helpers).
The returned array contains two keys: - className: the class the field would be casted to (e.g. "Varchar") - castingHelper: the casting helper for casting the field (e.g. "return new Varchar($fieldName)")
in ViewableData at line 308
string
castingHelper(string $field)
Return the "casting helper" (a piece of PHP code that when evaluated creates a casted value object) for a field on this object.
in ViewableData at line 331
string
castingClass(string $field)
Get the class name a field on this object will be casted to
in ViewableData at line 346
string
escapeTypeForField(string $field)
Return the string-format type for the given field.
in ViewableData at line 357
buildCastingCache(reference $cache)
Save the casting cache for this object (including data from any failovers) into a variable
in ViewableData at line 394
HTMLText
renderWith(string|array|SSViewer $template, array $customFields = null)
Render this object into the template, and get the result as a string. You can pass one of the following as the $template parameter: - a template name (e.g. Page) - an array of possible template names - the first valid one will be used - an SSViewer instance
in ViewableData at line 456
obj(string $fieldName, array $arguments = null, bool $forceReturnedObject = true, bool $cache = false, string $cacheName = null)
Get the value of a field on this object, automatically inserting the value into any available casting objects that have been specified.
in ViewableData at line 503
cachedCall(string $field, array $arguments = null, string $identifier = null)
A simple wrapper around {@link ViewableData::obj()} that automatically caches the result so it can be used again without re-running the method.
in ViewableData at line 516
bool
hasValue(string $field, array $arguments = null, bool $cache = true)
Checks if a given method/field has a valid value. If the result is an object, this will return the result of the exists method, otherwise will check if the result is not just an empty paragraph tag.
in ViewableData at line 538
XML_val($field, $arguments = null, $cache = false)
Get the string value of a field on this object that has been suitable escaped to be inserted directly into a template.
in ViewableData at line 546
RAW_val($field, $arguments = null, $cache = true)
Return the value of the field without any escaping being applied.
in ViewableData at line 553
SQL_val($field, $arguments = null, $cache = true)
Return the value of a field in an SQL-safe format.
in ViewableData at line 560
JS_val($field, $arguments = null, $cache = true)
Return the value of a field in a JavaScript-save format.
in ViewableData at line 567
ATT_val($field, $arguments = null, $cache = true)
Return the value of a field escaped suitable to be inserted into an XML node attribute.
in ViewableData at line 579
array
getXMLValues($fields)
Get an array of XML-escaped values by field name
in ViewableData at line 599
ArrayIterator
getIterator()
Return a single-item iterator so you can iterate over the fields of a single record.
This is useful so you can use a single record inside a <% control %> block in a template - and then use to access individual fields on this object.
in ViewableData at line 611
ViewableData
Me()
When rendering some objects it is necessary to iterate over the object being rendered, to do this, you need access to itself.
in ViewableData at line 627
string
ThemeDir(string $subtheme = false)
Return the directory if the current active theme (relative to the site root).
This method is useful for things such as accessing theme images from your template without hardcoding the theme
page - e.g. 
.
This method should only be used when a theme is currently active. However, it will fall over to the current project directory.
in ViewableData at line 648
string
CSSClasses(string $stopAtClass = 'ViewableData')
Get part of the current classes ancestry to be used as a CSS class.
This method returns an escaped string of CSS classes representing the current classes ancestry until it hits a stop point - e.g. "Page DataObject ViewableData".
in ViewableData at line 671
ViewableData_Debugger
Debug()
Return debug information about this object that can be rendered into a template
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setDataModel($model)
Set the DataModel for this request.
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SS_HTTPResponse|RequestHandler|string|array
handleRequest(SS_HTTPRequest $request, DataModel $model)
Handles URL requests.
- ViewableData::handleRequest() iterates through each rule in {@link self::$url_handlers}.
- If the rule matches, the named method will be called.
- If there is still more URL to be processed, then handleRequest() is called on the object that that method returns.
Once all of the URL has been processed, the final result is returned. However, if the final result is an array, this array is interpreted as being additional template data to customise the 2nd to last result with, rather than an object in its own right. This is most frequently used when a Controller's action will return an array of data with which to customise the controller.
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array|null
allowedActions(String $limitToClass = null)
Get a array of allowed actions defined on this controller, any parent classes or extensions.
Caution: Since 3.1, allowed_actions definitions only apply to methods on the controller they're defined on, so it is recommended to use the $class argument when invoking this method.
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bool
hasAction(string $action)
Checks if this request handler has a specific action, even if the current user cannot access it.
Includes class ancestry and extensions in the checks.
at line 413
checkAccessAction($action)
Check that the given action is allowed to be called from a URL.
It will interrogate {@link self::$allowed_actions} to determine this.
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httpError(int $errorCode, string $errorMessage = null)
Throws a HTTP error response encased in a {@link SS_HTTPResponse_Exception}, which is later caught in {@link RequestHandler::handleAction()} and returned to the user.
at line 494
SS_HTTPRequest|NullHTTPRequest
getRequest()
Returns the SS_HTTPRequest object that this controller is using.
Returns a placeholder {@link NullHTTPRequest} object unless {@link handleAction()} or {@link handleRequest()} have been called, which adds a reference to an actual {@link SS_HTTPRequest} object.
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setRequest(SS_HTTPRequest $request)
Typically the request is set through {@link handleAction()} or {@link handleRequest()}, but in some based we want to set it manually.
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string
Link()
Returns a link to this controller. Overload with your own Link rules if they exist.