Elgg\Event Class Reference

Models an event passed to event handlers. More...

Public Member Functions
	__construct (protected PublicContainer $dic, protected string $name, protected string $type, protected $value=null, protected $params=[])
	Constructor. More...
	getName ()
	Get the name of the event. More...
	getType ()
	Get the type of the event object. More...
	getObject ()
	Get the object of the event. More...
	getValue ()
	Get the current value of the event. More...
	setValue ($value)
	Update the value. More...
	getParams ()
	Get the parameters passed to the trigger call. More...
	getParam (string $key, $default=null)
	Get an element of the params array. More...
	getEntityParam ()
	Gets the "entity" key from the params if it holds an ElggEntity. More...
	getUserParam ()
	Gets the "user" key from the params if it holds an ElggUser. More...
	elgg ()
	Get the DI container. More...
	getSequenceID ()
	When the event is part of a sequence a unique ID is set for each sequence. More...

Detailed Description

Models an event passed to event handlers.

Since

2.0.0

Definition at line 11 of file Event.php.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Elgg\Event::__construct	(	protected PublicContainer	$dic,
		protected string	$name,
		protected string	$type,
		protected	$value = null,
		protected	$params = []
	)

Constructor.

Parameters

PublicContainer	$dic	DI container
string	$name	Event name
string	$type	Event type
mixed	$value	Event value
mixed	$params	Event params

Definition at line 22 of file Event.php.

Member Function Documentation

Elgg\Event::elgg

(

)

Get the DI container.

Returns

PublicContainer

Definition at line 136 of file Event.php.

Elgg\Event::getEntityParam

(

)

Gets the "entity" key from the params if it holds an ElggEntity.

Returns

|null

Definition at line 110 of file Event.php.

Elgg\Event::getName

(

)

Get the name of the event.

Returns

string

Definition at line 36 of file Event.php.

Elgg\Event::getObject

(

)

Get the object of the event.

Returns

mixed

Definition at line 54 of file Event.php.

Elgg\Event::getParam	(	string	$key,
			$default = null
	)

Get an element of the params array.

If the params array is not an array, the default will always be returned.

Parameters

string	$key	The key of the value in the params array
mixed	$default	The value to return if missing

Returns

mixed

Definition at line 97 of file Event.php.

Elgg\Event::getParams

(

)

Get the parameters passed to the trigger call.

Returns

mixed

Definition at line 84 of file Event.php.

Elgg\Event::getSequenceID

(

)

When the event is part of a sequence a unique ID is set for each sequence.

Returns

string|null

Definition at line 145 of file Event.php.

Elgg\Event::getType

(

)

Get the type of the event object.

Returns

string

Definition at line 45 of file Event.php.

Elgg\Event::getUserParam

(

)

Gets the "user" key from the params if it holds an ElggUser.

Returns

|null

Definition at line 123 of file Event.php.

Elgg\Event::getValue

(

)

Get the current value of the event.

Returns

mixed

Definition at line 63 of file Event.php.

Elgg\Event::setValue

(

$value

)

Update the value.

Parameters

mixed

$value

The new value

Returns

void

Definition at line 75 of file Event.php.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• engine/classes/Elgg/Event.php