Class yii\behaviors\SluggableBehavior

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Inheritance	yii\behaviors\SluggableBehavior » yii\behaviors\AttributeBehavior » yii\base\Behavior » yii\base\BaseObject
Implements	yii\base\Configurable
Available since version	2.0
Source Code	https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2/blob/master/framework/behaviors/SluggableBehavior.php

SluggableBehavior automatically fills the specified attribute with a value that can be used a slug in a URL.

Note: This behavior relies on php-intl extension for transliteration. If it is not installed it falls back to replacements defined in yii\helpers\Inflector::$transliteration.

To use SluggableBehavior, insert the following code to your ActiveRecord class:

use yii\behaviors\SluggableBehavior;

public function behaviors()
{
    return [
        [
            'class' => SluggableBehavior::className(),
            'attribute' => 'title',
            // 'slugAttribute' => 'slug',
        ],
    ];
}

By default, SluggableBehavior will fill the slug attribute with a value that can be used a slug in a URL when the associated AR object is being validated.

Because attribute values will be set automatically by this behavior, they are usually not user input and should therefore not be validated, i.e. the slug attribute should not appear in the rules() method of the model.

If your attribute name is different, you may configure the $slugAttribute property like the following:

public function behaviors()
{
    return [
        [
            'class' => SluggableBehavior::className(),
            'slugAttribute' => 'alias',
        ],
    ];
}

Public Properties

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Property	Type	Description	Defined By
$attribute	string\|array\|null	The attribute or list of attributes whose value will be converted into a slug or `null` meaning that the `$value` property will be used to generate a slug.	yii\behaviors\SluggableBehavior
$attributes	array	List of attributes that are to be automatically filled with the value specified via $value.	yii\behaviors\AttributeBehavior
$ensureUnique	boolean	Whether to ensure generated slug value to be unique among owner class records.	yii\behaviors\SluggableBehavior
$immutable	boolean	Whether to generate a new slug if it has already been generated before.	yii\behaviors\SluggableBehavior
$owner	yii\base\Component\|null	The owner of this behavior	yii\base\Behavior
$preserveNonEmptyValues	boolean	Whether to preserve non-empty attribute values.	yii\behaviors\AttributeBehavior
$skipOnEmpty	boolean	Whether to skip slug generation if $attribute is null or an empty string.	yii\behaviors\SluggableBehavior
$skipUpdateOnClean	boolean	Whether to skip this behavior when the `$owner` has not been modified	yii\behaviors\AttributeBehavior
$slugAttribute	string	The attribute that will receive the slug value	yii\behaviors\SluggableBehavior
$uniqueSlugGenerator	callable	Slug unique value generator.	yii\behaviors\SluggableBehavior
$uniqueValidator	array	Configuration for slug uniqueness validator.	yii\behaviors\SluggableBehavior
$value	callable\|string\|null	The value that will be used as a slug.	yii\behaviors\SluggableBehavior

Public Methods

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Method	Description	Defined By
__call()	Calls the named method which is not a class method.	yii\base\BaseObject
__construct()	Constructor.	yii\base\BaseObject
__get()	Returns the value of an object property.	yii\base\BaseObject
__isset()	Checks if a property is set, i.e. defined and not null.	yii\base\BaseObject
__set()	Sets value of an object property.	yii\base\BaseObject
__unset()	Sets an object property to null.	yii\base\BaseObject
attach()	Attaches the behavior object to the component.	yii\base\Behavior
canGetProperty()	Returns a value indicating whether a property can be read.	yii\base\BaseObject
canSetProperty()	Returns a value indicating whether a property can be set.	yii\base\BaseObject
className()	Returns the fully qualified name of this class.	yii\base\BaseObject
detach()	Detaches the behavior object from the component.	yii\base\Behavior
evaluateAttributes()	Evaluates the attribute value and assigns it to the current attributes.	yii\behaviors\AttributeBehavior
events()	Declares event handlers for the $owner's events.	yii\base\Behavior
hasMethod()	Returns a value indicating whether a method is defined.	yii\base\BaseObject
hasProperty()	Returns a value indicating whether a property is defined.	yii\base\BaseObject
init()	Initializes the object.	yii\behaviors\SluggableBehavior

Protected Methods

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Method	Description	Defined By
generateSlug()	This method is called by getValue() to generate the slug.	yii\behaviors\SluggableBehavior
generateUniqueSlug()	Generates slug using configured callback or increment of iteration.	yii\behaviors\SluggableBehavior
getValue()	Returns the value for the current attributes.	yii\behaviors\SluggableBehavior
isEmpty()	Checks if $slugPart is empty string or null.	yii\behaviors\SluggableBehavior
isNewSlugNeeded()	Checks whether the new slug generation is needed This method is called by getValue() to check whether the new slug generation is needed.	yii\behaviors\SluggableBehavior
makeUnique()	This method is called by getValue() when $ensureUnique is true to generate the unique slug.	yii\behaviors\SluggableBehavior
validateSlug()	Checks if given slug value is unique.	yii\behaviors\SluggableBehavior

Property Details

$attribute public property

The attribute or list of attributes whose value will be converted into a slug or null meaning that the $value property will be used to generate a slug.

public string|array|null $attribute = null

$ensureUnique public property

Whether to ensure generated slug value to be unique among owner class records. If enabled behavior will validate slug uniqueness automatically. If validation fails it will attempt generating unique slug value from based one until success.

public boolean $ensureUnique = false

$immutable public property (available since version 2.0.2)

Whether to generate a new slug if it has already been generated before. If true, the behavior will not generate a new slug even if $attribute is changed.

public boolean $immutable = false

$skipOnEmpty public property (available since version 2.0.13)

Whether to skip slug generation if $attribute is null or an empty string. If true, the behaviour will not generate a new slug if $attribute is null or an empty string.

public boolean $skipOnEmpty = false

$slugAttribute public property

The attribute that will receive the slug value

public string $slugAttribute = 'slug'

$uniqueSlugGenerator public property

Slug unique value generator. It is used in case $ensureUnique enabled and generated slug is not unique. This should be a PHP callable with following signature:

function ($baseSlug, $iteration, $model)
{
    // return uniqueSlug
}

If not set unique slug will be generated adding incrementing suffix to the base slug.

public callable $uniqueSlugGenerator = null

$uniqueValidator public property

Configuration for slug uniqueness validator. Parameter 'class' may be omitted - by default yii\validators\UniqueValidator will be used.

public array $uniqueValidator = []

$value public property

The value that will be used as a slug. This can be an anonymous function or an arbitrary value or null. If the former, the return value of the function will be used as a slug. If null then the $attribute property will be used to generate a slug. The signature of the function should be as follows,

function ($event)
{
    // return slug
}

public callable|string|null $value = null

Method Details

generateSlug() protected method

This method is called by getValue() to generate the slug.

You may override it to customize slug generation. The default implementation calls yii\helpers\Inflector::slug() on the input strings concatenated by dashes (-).

protected string generateSlug ( $slugParts )
$slugParts	array	An array of strings that should be concatenated and converted to generate the slug value.
return	string	The conversion result.

generateUniqueSlug() protected method

Generates slug using configured callback or increment of iteration.

protected string generateUniqueSlug ( $baseSlug, $iteration )
$baseSlug	string	Base slug value
$iteration	integer	Iteration number
return	string	New slug value
throws	yii\base\InvalidConfigException

getValue() protected method

Returns the value for the current attributes.

This method is called by evaluateAttributes(). Its return value will be assigned to the attributes corresponding to the triggering event.

protected mixed getValue ( $event )
$event	yii\base\Event	The event that triggers the current attribute updating.
return	mixed	The attribute value

init() public method

Initializes the object.

This method is invoked at the end of the constructor after the object is initialized with the given configuration.

public void init ( )

isEmpty() protected method (available since version 2.0.13)

Checks if $slugPart is empty string or null.

protected boolean isEmpty ( $slugPart )
$slugPart	string	One of attributes that is used for slug generation.
return	boolean	Whether $slugPart empty or not.

isNewSlugNeeded() protected method (available since version 2.0.7)

Checks whether the new slug generation is needed This method is called by getValue() to check whether the new slug generation is needed.

You may override it to customize checking.

protected boolean isNewSlugNeeded ( )

makeUnique() protected method (available since version 2.0.7)

This method is called by getValue() when $ensureUnique is true to generate the unique slug.

Calls generateUniqueSlug() until generated slug is unique and returns it.

protected string makeUnique ( $slug )
$slug	string	Basic slug value
return	string	Unique slug

protected boolean validateSlug ( $slug )
$slug	string	Slug value
return	boolean	Whether slug is unique.