class EntityAutocomplete
Same name in other branches
- 8.9.x core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Element/EntityAutocomplete.php \Drupal\Core\Entity\Element\EntityAutocomplete
- 10 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Element/EntityAutocomplete.php \Drupal\Core\Entity\Element\EntityAutocomplete
- 11.x core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Element/EntityAutocomplete.php \Drupal\Core\Entity\Element\EntityAutocomplete
Provides an entity autocomplete form element.
The autocomplete form element allows users to select one or multiple entities, which can come from all or specific bundles of an entity type.
Properties:
- #target_type: (required) The ID of the target entity type.
- #tags: (optional) TRUE if the element allows multiple selection. Defaults to FALSE.
- #default_value: (optional) The default entity or an array of default entities, depending on the value of #tags.
- #selection_handler: (optional) The plugin ID of the entity reference selection handler (a plugin of type EntityReferenceSelection). The default value is the lowest-weighted plugin that is compatible with #target_type.
- #selection_settings: (optional) An array of settings for the selection
handler. Settings for the default selection handler
\Drupal\Core\Entity\Plugin\EntityReferenceSelection\DefaultSelection are:
- target_bundles: Array of bundles to allow (omit to allow all bundles).
- sort: Array with 'field' and 'direction' keys, determining how results will be sorted. Defaults to unsorted.
- #autocreate: (optional) Array of settings used to auto-create entities
that do not exist (omit to not auto-create entities). Elements:
- bundle: (required) Bundle to use for auto-created entities.
- uid: User ID to use as the author of auto-created entities. Defaults to the current user.
- #process_default_value: (optional) Set to FALSE if the #default_value property is processed and access checked elsewhere (such as by a Field API widget). Defaults to TRUE.
- #validate_reference: (optional) Set to FALSE if validation of the selected entities is performed elsewhere. Defaults to TRUE.
Usage example:
$form['my_element'] = [
'#type' => 'entity_autocomplete',
'#target_type' => 'node',
'#tags' => TRUE,
'#default_value' => $node,
'#selection_handler' => 'default',
'#selection_settings' => [
'target_bundles' => ['article', 'page'],
],
'#autocreate' => [
'bundle' => 'article',
'uid' => <a valid user ID>,
],
];
Plugin annotation
@FormElement("entity_autocomplete");
Hierarchy
- class \Drupal\Component\Plugin\PluginBase implements \Drupal\Component\Plugin\PluginInspectionInterface, \Drupal\Component\Plugin\DerivativeInspectionInterface
- class \Drupal\Core\Plugin\PluginBase extends \Drupal\Component\Plugin\PluginBase uses \Drupal\Core\StringTranslation\StringTranslationTrait, \Drupal\Core\DependencyInjection\DependencySerializationTrait, \Drupal\Core\Messenger\MessengerTrait
- class \Drupal\Core\Render\Element\RenderElement extends \Drupal\Core\Plugin\PluginBase implements \Drupal\Core\Render\Element\ElementInterface
- class \Drupal\Core\Render\Element\FormElement extends \Drupal\Core\Render\Element\RenderElement implements \Drupal\Core\Render\Element\FormElementInterface
- class \Drupal\Core\Render\Element\Textfield extends \Drupal\Core\Render\Element\FormElement
- class \Drupal\Core\Entity\Element\EntityAutocomplete extends \Drupal\Core\Render\Element\Textfield
- class \Drupal\Core\Render\Element\Textfield extends \Drupal\Core\Render\Element\FormElement
- class \Drupal\Core\Render\Element\FormElement extends \Drupal\Core\Render\Element\RenderElement implements \Drupal\Core\Render\Element\FormElementInterface
- class \Drupal\Core\Render\Element\RenderElement extends \Drupal\Core\Plugin\PluginBase implements \Drupal\Core\Render\Element\ElementInterface
- class \Drupal\Core\Plugin\PluginBase extends \Drupal\Component\Plugin\PluginBase uses \Drupal\Core\StringTranslation\StringTranslationTrait, \Drupal\Core\DependencyInjection\DependencySerializationTrait, \Drupal\Core\Messenger\MessengerTrait
Expanded class hierarchy of EntityAutocomplete
See also
\Drupal\Core\Entity\Plugin\EntityReferenceSelection\DefaultSelection
4 files declare their use of EntityAutocomplete
- EntityAutocompleteElementFormTest.php in core/
tests/ Drupal/ KernelTests/ Core/ Entity/ Element/ EntityAutocompleteElementFormTest.php - LinkWidget.php in core/
modules/ link/ src/ Plugin/ Field/ FieldWidget/ LinkWidget.php - Name.php in core/
modules/ user/ src/ Plugin/ views/ filter/ Name.php - TaxonomyIndexTid.php in core/
modules/ taxonomy/ src/ Plugin/ views/ filter/ TaxonomyIndexTid.php
7 #type uses of EntityAutocomplete
- AssignOwnerNode::buildConfigurationForm in core/
modules/ node/ src/ Plugin/ Action/ AssignOwnerNode.php - Form constructor.
- CommentForm::form in core/
modules/ comment/ src/ CommentForm.php - Gets the actual form array to be built.
- ContentTranslationHandler::entityFormAlter in core/
modules/ content_translation/ src/ ContentTranslationHandler.php - Performs the needed alterations to the entity form.
- EntityAutocompleteElementFormTest::buildForm in core/
tests/ Drupal/ KernelTests/ Core/ Entity/ Element/ EntityAutocompleteElementFormTest.php - Form constructor.
- EntityReferenceAutocompleteWidget::formElement in core/
lib/ Drupal/ Core/ Field/ Plugin/ Field/ FieldWidget/ EntityReferenceAutocompleteWidget.php - Returns the form for a single field widget.
File
-
core/
lib/ Drupal/ Core/ Entity/ Element/ EntityAutocomplete.php, line 68
Namespace
Drupal\Core\Entity\ElementView source
class EntityAutocomplete extends Textfield {
/**
* {@inheritdoc}
*/
public function getInfo() {
$info = parent::getInfo();
$class = static::class;
// Apply default form element properties.
$info['#target_type'] = NULL;
$info['#selection_handler'] = 'default';
$info['#selection_settings'] = [];
$info['#tags'] = FALSE;
$info['#autocreate'] = NULL;
// This should only be set to FALSE if proper validation by the selection
// handler is performed at another level on the extracted form values.
$info['#validate_reference'] = TRUE;
// IMPORTANT! This should only be set to FALSE if the #default_value
// property is processed at another level (e.g. by a Field API widget) and
// its value is properly checked for access.
$info['#process_default_value'] = TRUE;
$info['#element_validate'] = [
[
$class,
'validateEntityAutocomplete',
],
];
array_unshift($info['#process'], [
$class,
'processEntityAutocomplete',
]);
return $info;
}
/**
* {@inheritdoc}
*/
public static function valueCallback(&$element, $input, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
// Process the #default_value property.
if ($input === FALSE && isset($element['#default_value']) && $element['#process_default_value']) {
if (is_array($element['#default_value']) && $element['#tags'] !== TRUE) {
throw new \InvalidArgumentException('The #default_value property is an array but the form element does not allow multiple values.');
}
elseif (!empty($element['#default_value']) && !is_array($element['#default_value'])) {
// Convert the default value into an array for easier processing in
// static::getEntityLabels().
$element['#default_value'] = [
$element['#default_value'],
];
}
if ($element['#default_value']) {
if (!reset($element['#default_value']) instanceof EntityInterface) {
throw new \InvalidArgumentException('The #default_value property has to be an entity object or an array of entity objects.');
}
// Extract the labels from the passed-in entity objects, taking access
// checks into account.
return static::getEntityLabels($element['#default_value']);
}
}
// Potentially the #value is set directly, so it contains the 'target_id'
// array structure instead of a string.
if ($input !== FALSE && is_array($input)) {
$entity_ids = array_map(function (array $item) {
return $item['target_id'];
}, $input);
$entities = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage($element['#target_type'])
->loadMultiple($entity_ids);
return static::getEntityLabels($entities);
}
}
/**
* Adds entity autocomplete functionality to a form element.
*
* @param array $element
* The form element to process. Properties used:
* - #target_type: The ID of the target entity type.
* - #selection_handler: The plugin ID of the entity reference selection
* handler.
* - #selection_settings: An array of settings that will be passed to the
* selection handler.
* @param \Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface $form_state
* The current state of the form.
* @param array $complete_form
* The complete form structure.
*
* @return array
* The form element.
*
* @throws \InvalidArgumentException
* Exception thrown when the #target_type or #autocreate['bundle'] are
* missing.
*/
public static function processEntityAutocomplete(array &$element, FormStateInterface $form_state, array &$complete_form) {
// Nothing to do if there is no target entity type.
if (empty($element['#target_type'])) {
throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Missing required #target_type parameter.');
}
// Provide default values and sanity checks for the #autocreate parameter.
if ($element['#autocreate']) {
if (!isset($element['#autocreate']['bundle'])) {
throw new \InvalidArgumentException("Missing required #autocreate['bundle'] parameter.");
}
// Default the autocreate user ID to the current user.
$element['#autocreate']['uid'] = $element['#autocreate']['uid'] ?? \Drupal::currentUser()->id();
}
// Store the selection settings in the key/value store and pass a hashed key
// in the route parameters.
$selection_settings = $element['#selection_settings'] ?? [];
$data = serialize($selection_settings) . $element['#target_type'] . $element['#selection_handler'];
$selection_settings_key = Crypt::hmacBase64($data, Settings::getHashSalt());
$key_value_storage = \Drupal::keyValue('entity_autocomplete');
if (!$key_value_storage->has($selection_settings_key)) {
$key_value_storage->set($selection_settings_key, $selection_settings);
}
$element['#autocomplete_route_name'] = 'system.entity_autocomplete';
$element['#autocomplete_route_parameters'] = [
'target_type' => $element['#target_type'],
'selection_handler' => $element['#selection_handler'],
'selection_settings_key' => $selection_settings_key,
];
return $element;
}
/**
* Form element validation handler for entity_autocomplete elements.
*/
public static function validateEntityAutocomplete(array &$element, FormStateInterface $form_state, array &$complete_form) {
$value = NULL;
if (!empty($element['#value'])) {
$options = $element['#selection_settings'] + [
'target_type' => $element['#target_type'],
'handler' => $element['#selection_handler'],
];
/** @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityReferenceSelection\SelectionInterface $handler */
$handler = \Drupal::service('plugin.manager.entity_reference_selection')->getInstance($options);
$autocreate = (bool) $element['#autocreate'] && $handler instanceof SelectionWithAutocreateInterface;
// GET forms might pass the validated data around on the next request, in
// which case it will already be in the expected format.
if (is_array($element['#value'])) {
$value = $element['#value'];
}
else {
$input_values = $element['#tags'] ? Tags::explode($element['#value']) : [
$element['#value'],
];
foreach ($input_values as $input) {
$match = static::extractEntityIdFromAutocompleteInput($input);
if ($match === NULL) {
// Try to get a match from the input string when the user didn't use
// the autocomplete but filled in a value manually.
$match = static::matchEntityByTitle($handler, $input, $element, $form_state, !$autocreate);
}
if ($match !== NULL) {
$value[] = [
'target_id' => $match,
];
}
elseif ($autocreate) {
/** @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityReferenceSelection\SelectionWithAutocreateInterface $handler */
// Auto-create item. See an example of how this is handled in
// \Drupal\Core\Field\Plugin\Field\FieldType\EntityReferenceItem::presave().
$value[] = [
'entity' => $handler->createNewEntity($element['#target_type'], $element['#autocreate']['bundle'], $input, $element['#autocreate']['uid']),
];
}
}
}
// Check that the referenced entities are valid, if needed.
if ($element['#validate_reference'] && !empty($value)) {
// Validate existing entities.
$ids = array_reduce($value, function ($return, $item) {
if (isset($item['target_id'])) {
$return[] = $item['target_id'];
}
return $return;
});
if ($ids) {
$valid_ids = $handler->validateReferenceableEntities($ids);
if ($invalid_ids = array_diff($ids, $valid_ids)) {
foreach ($invalid_ids as $invalid_id) {
$form_state->setError($element, t('The referenced entity (%type: %id) does not exist.', [
'%type' => $element['#target_type'],
'%id' => $invalid_id,
]));
}
}
}
// Validate newly created entities.
$new_entities = array_reduce($value, function ($return, $item) {
if (isset($item['entity'])) {
$return[] = $item['entity'];
}
return $return;
});
if ($new_entities) {
if ($autocreate) {
$valid_new_entities = $handler->validateReferenceableNewEntities($new_entities);
$invalid_new_entities = array_diff_key($new_entities, $valid_new_entities);
}
else {
// If the selection handler does not support referencing newly
// created entities, all of them should be invalidated.
$invalid_new_entities = $new_entities;
}
foreach ($invalid_new_entities as $entity) {
/** @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity */
$form_state->setError($element, t('This entity (%type: %label) cannot be referenced.', [
'%type' => $element['#target_type'],
'%label' => $entity->label(),
]));
}
}
}
// Use only the last value if the form element does not support multiple
// matches (tags).
if (!$element['#tags'] && !empty($value)) {
$last_value = $value[count($value) - 1];
$value = $last_value['target_id'] ?? $last_value;
}
}
$form_state->setValueForElement($element, $value);
}
/**
* Finds an entity from an autocomplete input without an explicit ID.
*
* The method will return an entity ID if one single entity unambiguously
* matches the incoming input, and assign form errors otherwise.
*
* @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityReferenceSelection\SelectionInterface $handler
* Entity reference selection plugin.
* @param string $input
* Single string from autocomplete element.
* @param array $element
* The form element to set a form error.
* @param \Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface $form_state
* The current form state.
* @param bool $strict
* Whether to trigger a form error if an element from $input (eg. an entity)
* is not found.
*
* @return int|null
* Value of a matching entity ID, or NULL if none.
*/
protected static function matchEntityByTitle(SelectionInterface $handler, $input, array &$element, FormStateInterface $form_state, $strict) {
$entities_by_bundle = $handler->getReferenceableEntities($input, '=', 6);
$entities = array_reduce($entities_by_bundle, function ($flattened, $bundle_entities) {
return $flattened + $bundle_entities;
}, []);
$params = [
'%value' => $input,
'@value' => $input,
'@entity_type_plural' => \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getDefinition($element['#target_type'])
->getPluralLabel(),
];
if (empty($entities)) {
if ($strict) {
// Error if there are no entities available for a required field.
$form_state->setError($element, t('There are no @entity_type_plural matching "%value".', $params));
}
}
elseif (count($entities) > 5) {
$params['@id'] = key($entities);
// Error if there are more than 5 matching entities.
$form_state->setError($element, t('Many @entity_type_plural are called %value. Specify the one you want by appending the id in parentheses, like "@value (@id)".', $params));
}
elseif (count($entities) > 1) {
// More helpful error if there are only a few matching entities.
$multiples = [];
foreach ($entities as $id => $name) {
$multiples[] = $name . ' (' . $id . ')';
}
$params['@id'] = $id;
$form_state->setError($element, t('Multiple @entity_type_plural match this reference; "%multiple". Specify the one you want by appending the id in parentheses, like "@value (@id)".', [
'%multiple' => strip_tags(implode('", "', $multiples)),
] + $params));
}
else {
// Take the one and only matching entity.
return key($entities);
}
}
/**
* Converts an array of entity objects into a string of entity labels.
*
* This method is also responsible for checking the 'view label' access on the
* passed-in entities.
*
* @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface[] $entities
* An array of entity objects.
*
* @return string
* A string of entity labels separated by commas.
*/
public static function getEntityLabels(array $entities) {
/** @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityRepositoryInterface $entity_repository */
$entity_repository = \Drupal::service('entity.repository');
$entity_labels = [];
foreach ($entities as $entity) {
// Set the entity in the correct language for display.
$entity = $entity_repository->getTranslationFromContext($entity);
// Use the special view label, since some entities allow the label to be
// viewed, even if the entity is not allowed to be viewed.
$label = $entity->access('view label') ? $entity->label() : t('- Restricted access -');
// Take into account "autocreated" entities.
if (!$entity->isNew()) {
$label .= ' (' . $entity->id() . ')';
}
// Labels containing commas or quotes must be wrapped in quotes.
$entity_labels[] = Tags::encode($label);
}
return implode(', ', $entity_labels);
}
/**
* Extracts the entity ID from the autocompletion result.
*
* @param string $input
* The input coming from the autocompletion result.
*
* @return mixed|null
* An entity ID or NULL if the input does not contain one.
*/
public static function extractEntityIdFromAutocompleteInput($input) {
$match = NULL;
// Take "label (entity id)', match the ID from inside the parentheses.
// @todo Add support for entities containing parentheses in their ID.
// @see https://www.drupal.org/node/2520416
if (preg_match("/.+\\s\\(([^\\)]+)\\)/", $input, $matches)) {
$match = $matches[1];
}
return $match;
}
}
Members
Title Sort descending | Modifiers | Object type | Summary | Overriden Title | Overrides |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
EntityAutocomplete::extractEntityIdFromAutocompleteInput | public static | function | Extracts the entity ID from the autocompletion result. | ||
EntityAutocomplete::getEntityLabels | public static | function | Converts an array of entity objects into a string of entity labels. | ||
EntityAutocomplete::getInfo | public | function | Returns the element properties for this element. | Overrides Textfield::getInfo | |
EntityAutocomplete::matchEntityByTitle | protected static | function | Finds an entity from an autocomplete input without an explicit ID. | ||
EntityAutocomplete::processEntityAutocomplete | public static | function | Adds entity autocomplete functionality to a form element. | ||
EntityAutocomplete::validateEntityAutocomplete | public static | function | Form element validation handler for entity_autocomplete elements. | ||
EntityAutocomplete::valueCallback | public static | function | Determines how user input is mapped to an element's #value property. | Overrides Textfield::valueCallback | |
FormElement::processAutocomplete | public static | function | Adds autocomplete functionality to elements. | ||
FormElement::processPattern | public static | function | #process callback for #pattern form element property. | ||
FormElement::validatePattern | public static | function | #element_validate callback for #pattern form element property. | ||
PluginInspectionInterface::getPluginDefinition | public | function | Gets the definition of the plugin implementation. | 6 | |
PluginInspectionInterface::getPluginId | public | function | Gets the plugin_id of the plugin instance. | 2 | |
RenderElement::preRenderAjaxForm | public static | function | Adds Ajax information about an element to communicate with JavaScript. | ||
RenderElement::preRenderGroup | public static | function | Adds members of this group as actual elements for rendering. | ||
RenderElement::processAjaxForm | public static | function | Form element processing handler for the #ajax form property. | 1 | |
RenderElement::processGroup | public static | function | Arranges elements into groups. | ||
RenderElement::setAttributes | public static | function | Sets a form element's class attribute. | Overrides ElementInterface::setAttributes | |
Textfield::preRenderTextfield | public static | function | Prepares a #type 'textfield' render element for input.html.twig. |
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