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Class TextareaWidget

Input widget class for generating a textarea control.

This class is usually used internally by Cake\View\Helper\FormHelper, it but can be used to generate standalone text areas.

Namespace: Cake\View\Widget

Property Summary

  • $_templates protected
    Cake\View\StringTemplate

    StringTemplate instance.

  • $defaults protected
    array<string, mixed>

    Data defaults.

Method Summary

  • __construct() public

    Constructor.

  • mergeDefaults() protected

    Merge default values with supplied data.

  • render() public

    Render a text area form widget.

  • secureFields() public

    Returns a list of fields that need to be secured for this widget.

  • setMaxLength() protected

    Set value for "maxlength" attribute if applicable.

  • setRequired() protected

    Set value for "required" attribute if applicable.

  • setStep() protected

    Set value for "step" attribute if applicable.

Method Detail

__construct() public

__construct(Cake\View\StringTemplate $templates)

Constructor.

Parameters

Cake\View\StringTemplate $templates

Templates list.

mergeDefaults() protected

mergeDefaults(array<string, mixed> $data, Cake\View\Form\ContextInterface $context): array<string, mixed>

Merge default values with supplied data.

Parameters

array<string, mixed> $data

Data array

Cake\View\Form\ContextInterface $context

Context instance.

Returns

array<string, mixed>

render() public

render(array<string, mixed> $data, Cake\View\Form\ContextInterface $context): string

Render a text area form widget.

Data supports the following keys:

  • name - Set the input name.
  • val - A string of the option to mark as selected.
  • escape - Set to false to disable HTML escaping.

All other keys will be converted into HTML attributes.

Parameters

array<string, mixed> $data

The data to build a textarea with.

Cake\View\Form\ContextInterface $context

The current form context.

Returns

string

secureFields() public

secureFields(array<string, mixed> $data): array<string>

Returns a list of fields that need to be secured for this widget.

Parameters

array<string, mixed> $data

Returns

array<string>

setMaxLength() protected

setMaxLength(array<string, mixed> $data, Cake\View\Form\ContextInterface $context, string $fieldName): array<string, mixed>

Set value for "maxlength" attribute if applicable.

Parameters

array<string, mixed> $data

Data array

Cake\View\Form\ContextInterface $context

Context instance.

string $fieldName

Field name.

Returns

array<string, mixed>

setRequired() protected

setRequired(array<string, mixed> $data, Cake\View\Form\ContextInterface $context, string $fieldName): array<string, mixed>

Set value for "required" attribute if applicable.

Parameters

array<string, mixed> $data

Data array

Cake\View\Form\ContextInterface $context

Context instance.

string $fieldName

Field name.

Returns

array<string, mixed>

setStep() protected

setStep(array<string, mixed> $data, Cake\View\Form\ContextInterface $context, string $fieldName): array<string, mixed>

Set value for "step" attribute if applicable.

Parameters

array<string, mixed> $data

Data array

Cake\View\Form\ContextInterface $context

Context instance.

string $fieldName

Field name.

Returns

array<string, mixed>

Property Detail

$_templates protected

StringTemplate instance.

Type

Cake\View\StringTemplate

$defaults protected

Data defaults.

Type

array<string, mixed>

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