function HelpController::helpMain

Same name in other branches
  1. 9 core/modules/help/src/Controller/HelpController.php \Drupal\help\Controller\HelpController::helpMain()
  2. 8.9.x core/modules/help/src/Controller/HelpController.php \Drupal\help\Controller\HelpController::helpMain()
  3. 11.x core/modules/help/src/Controller/HelpController.php \Drupal\help\Controller\HelpController::helpMain()

Prints a page listing various types of help.

The page has sections defined by \Drupal\help\HelpSectionPluginInterface plugins.

Return value

array A render array for the help page.

1 string reference to 'HelpController::helpMain'
help.routing.yml in core/modules/help/help.routing.yml
core/modules/help/help.routing.yml

File

core/modules/help/src/Controller/HelpController.php, line 109

Class

HelpController
Controller routines for help routes.

Namespace

Drupal\help\Controller

Code

public function helpMain() {
    $output = [];
    // We are checking permissions, so add the user.permissions cache context.
    $cacheability = new CacheableMetadata();
    $cacheability->addCacheContexts([
        'user.permissions',
    ]);
    $plugins = $this->helpManager
        ->getDefinitions();
    $cacheability->addCacheableDependency($this->helpManager);
    foreach ($plugins as $plugin_id => $plugin_definition) {
        // Check the provided permission.
        if (!empty($plugin_definition['permission']) && !$this->currentUser()
            ->hasPermission($plugin_definition['permission'])) {
            continue;
        }
        // Add the section to the page.
        
        /** @var \Drupal\help\HelpSectionPluginInterface $plugin */
        $plugin = $this->helpManager
            ->createInstance($plugin_id);
        $this_output = [
            '#theme' => 'help_section',
            '#title' => $plugin->getTitle(),
            '#description' => $plugin->getDescription(),
            '#empty' => $this->t('There is currently nothing in this section.'),
            '#links' => [],
            '#weight' => $plugin_definition['weight'],
        ];
        $links = $plugin->listTopics();
        if (is_array($links) && count($links)) {
            $this_output['#links'] = $links;
        }
        $cacheability->addCacheableDependency($plugin);
        $output[$plugin_id] = $this_output;
    }
    $cacheability->applyTo($output);
    return $output;
}

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