Drupal 9

How to check that module installed in Drupal 9?

LOBsTerr — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 09:03:12 +0000

How to check that module installed in Drupal 9? LOBsTerr 07/14/2021

if (\Drupal::service('module_handler')->moduleExists('locale')) {
  // your code here
}

Drupal 9

Module

How to provide full access to route in Drupal?

LOBsTerr — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 13:10:49 +0000

How to provide full access to route in Drupal? LOBsTerr 03/17/2021

Let's imagine we don't want to have any restrictions for our route. For this we can set _access requirement to TRUE.

your_module.route_name:
  path: '/your_path'
  defaults:
     _controller: 'Drupal\your_module\Controller\YourController::yourMethod'
  requirements:
    _access: 'TRUE'

Routing API

Routing

Drupal 9

How to check if the current user has a role in Drupal?

LOBsTerr — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 09:33:46 +0000

How to check if the current user has a role in Drupal? LOBsTerr 03/10/2021

\Drupal::currentUser()->hasRole('administrator')

Drupal 9

User

How to check if the current user has a permission in Drupal

LOBsTerr — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 09:28:39 +0000

How to check if the current user has a permission in Drupal LOBsTerr 03/10/2021

\Drupal::currentUser()->hasPermission('permission name');

Drupal 9

User

How to use entity query conditions for complex fields in drupal?

LOBsTerr — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 13:53:15 +0000

How to use entity query conditions for complex fields in drupal?

Entity query conditions can be tricky, but at the same time it does a lot of things in the background for us. Let's check how to use it.

LOBsTerr 03/03/2021

Select nodes of the specific content type using entity query

Let's start from the most simple example. Fetch all nodes of type article

$query = \Drupal::service('entity_type.manager')->getStorage('node')->getQuery()
  ->condition('type', 'article')
$results = $query->execute();

Select nodes by a simple field using entity query

Let's imagine our node have a simple field field_text and we want to fetch all nodes with some value.

$query = \Drupal::service('entity_type.manager')->getStorage('node')->getQuery()
  ->condition('field_text', 'my value')
$results = $query->execute();

Select nodes by a complex fields (containing several subvalues) using entity query

Let's imagine we have a field_link of type Link. Such fields contain uri and title.

$query = \Drupal::service('entity_type.manager')->getStorage('node')->getQuery()
  ->condition('field_link', 'my value')
$results = $query->execute();

In this case by default uri will be used and we will get

WHERE node__field_link.field_link_uri = '1'

To filter by the title of the link we need to use the next code

$results = \Drupal::service('entity_type.manager')->getStorage('node')->getQuery()
  ->condition('field_link.title', 'my value')
$results = $query->execute();

Select nodes by a reference fields using entity query

Let's imagine we have field_tags which has a reference to taxonomy tags.

$query = \Drupal::service('entity_type.manager')->getStorage('node')->getQuery()
  ->condition('type', 'article')
  ->condition('field_tag.entity:taxonomy_term.name', 'My tag')
$results = $query->execute();

As a result we will get such SQL query:

SELECT base_table.vid AS vid, base_table.nid AS nid FROM node base_table INNER JOIN node__field_tag node__field_tag ON node__field_tag.entity_id = base_table.nid LEFT OUTER JOIN taxonomy_term_data taxonomy_term_data ON taxonomy_term_data.tid = node__field_tag.field_tag_target_id INNER JOIN taxonomy_term_field_data taxonomy_term_field_data ON taxonomy_term_field_data.tid = taxonomy_term_data.tid WHERE taxonomy_term_field_data.name LIKE 'My tag' ESCAPE '\\'SELECT base_table.vid AS vid, base_table.nid AS nid FROM node base_table INNER JOIN node__field_tag node__field_tag ON node__field_tag.entity_id = base_table.nid LEFT OUTER JOIN taxonomy_term_data taxonomy_term_data ON taxonomy_term_data.tid = node__field_tag.field_tag_target_id INNER JOIN taxonomy_term_field_data taxonomy_term_field_data ON taxonomy_term_field_data.tid = taxonomy_term_data.tid WHERE taxonomy_term_field_data.name LIKE 'My tag' ESCAPE '\\'SELECT base_table.vid AS vid, base_table.nid AS nid FROM node base_table INNER JOIN node__field_tag node__field_tag ON node__field_tag.entity_id = base_table.nid LEFT OUTER JOIN taxonomy_term_data taxonomy_term_data ON taxonomy_term_data.tid = node__field_tag.field_tag_target_id INNER JOIN taxonomy_term_field_data taxonomy_term_field_data ON taxonomy_term_field_data.tid = taxonomy_term_data.tid WHERE taxonomy_term_field_data.name LIKE 'My tag' ESCAPE '\\'

We can the same way extract the field of referenced entities and their referenced entities.

Drupal 9

Entity API

How to extract entity id from autocomplete string in Drupal?

LOBsTerr — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 11:57:48 +0000

How to extract entity id from autocomplete string in Drupal? LOBsTerr 02/22/2021

When we use autocomplete field, the submitted value will look something like this "Title of the entity (10)". To extract the current entity id from this string we can use helper function extractEntityIdFromAutocompleteInput from EntityAutocomplete

$autocomplete_data = 'Title of the entity (10)';
$entity_id = EntityAutocomplete::extractEntityIdFromAutocompleteInput($autocomplete_data);

Drupal 9

Entity

Field

How to display / place a block based on route in Drupal?

LOBsTerr — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 22:31:00 +0000

How to display / place a block based on route in Drupal?

By default Drupal provides and option to set visibility of block based on path, but quite often it is not what actually want.

LOBsTerr 02/16/2021

To solve this issue we can use a small, but a very useful module Route condition. This module provides condition plugin, which will display the block based on routes. Basically it works the same way as Pages condition plugin. So, I believe you will not find any issues configure it.

Drupal 9

Module

How prepopulate values on a form from request in Drupal?

LOBsTerr — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 16:23:42 +0000

How prepopulate values on a form from request in Drupal? LOBsTerr 02/16/2021

Let's imagine we have a node with field category and we want to create a link in the view and pass a category in the request ?field_category=1. Unfortunately, it will not like this by default. Fortunately, we have a solution! We need a module prepopulated and pass a parameter a special way:

1) For entity reference fields

http://yourdoamain.com/node/add/page?edit[field_category][widget][0][target_id]=1

2) Normal fields

http://yourdoamain.com/node/add/page?edit[field_body][widget][0][value]=Something

Module

Drupal 9

How to get a route by URI in Drupal?

LOBsTerr — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 12:59:18 +0000

How to get a route by URI in Drupal? LOBsTerr 02/05/2021

If you have a basic path we can get route using router.no_access_checks service. Keep in my you have to have a leading slash

$router = \Drupal::service('router.no_access_checks');
$result = $router->match('/node/2');

In case you have URL object we can get route from it like this

$router = \Drupal::service('router.no_access_checks');
$result = $router->match($url->toString());

Drupal 9

Routing

Routing API

How to get a route by name in Drupal 9?

LOBsTerr — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 12:57:32 +0000

How to get a route by name in Drupal 9? LOBsTerr 02/05/2021

To get route by name in Drupal 9 we need to use router.route_provider service.

$route_provider = \Drupal::service('router.route_provider');
$route = $route_provider->getRouteByName('user.page');

Drupal 9

Routing

Routing API