Class craft\controllers\SectionsController

Inheritance: craft\controllers\SectionsController » craft\web\Controller » yii\web\Controller » yii\base\Controller » yii\base\Component » yii\base\BaseObject
Implements: yii\base\Configurable, yii\base\ViewContextInterface
Available since version: 3.0
Source Code: https://github.com/craftcms/cms/blob/master/src/controllers/SectionsController.php

The SectionsController class is a controller that handles various section and entry type related tasks such as displaying, saving, deleting and reordering them in the control panel.

Note that all actions in this controller require administrator access in order to execute.

Public Properties
Property	Type	Description	Defined By
`$action`	yii\base\Action	The action that is currently being executed.	yii\base\Controller
`$actionParams`	array	The parameters bound to the current action.	yii\web\Controller
`$defaultAction`	string	The ID of the action that is used when the action ID is not specified in the request.	yii\base\Controller
`$enableCsrfValidation`	boolean	Whether to enable CSRF validation for the actions in this controller.	yii\web\Controller
`$id`	string	The ID of this controller.	yii\base\Controller
`$layout`	null, string, false	The name of the layout to be applied to this controller's views.	yii\base\Controller
`$module`	yii\base\Module	The module that this controller belongs to.	yii\base\Controller

Protected Properties
Property	Type	Description	Defined By
`$allowAnonymous`	boolean, string[]	Whether this controller’s actions can be accessed anonymously If set to false, you are required to be logged in to execute any of the given controller's actions.	craft\web\Controller

Public Methods
Method	Description	Defined By
`__call()`	Calls the named method which is not a class method.	yii\base\BaseObject
`__clone()`	This method is called after the object is created by cloning an existing one.	yii\base\Component
`__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
`actionDeleteEntryType()`	Deletes an entry type.	craft\controllers\SectionsController
`actionDeleteSection()`	Deletes a section.	craft\controllers\SectionsController
`actionEditEntryType()`	Edit an entry type	craft\controllers\SectionsController
`actionEditSection()`	Edit a section.	craft\controllers\SectionsController
`actionEntryTypesIndex()`	Entry types index	craft\controllers\SectionsController
`actionIndex()`	Sections index.	craft\controllers\SectionsController
`actionReorderEntryTypes()`	Reorders entry types.	craft\controllers\SectionsController
`actionSaveEntryType()`	Saves an entry type.	craft\controllers\SectionsController
`actionSaveSection()`	Saves a section.	craft\controllers\SectionsController
`actions()`	Declares external actions for the controller.	yii\base\Controller
`afterAction()`	This method is invoked right after an action is executed.	yii\base\Controller
`asErrorJson()`	Responds to the request with a JSON error message.	craft\web\Controller
`asJson()`	Send data formatted as JSON.	yii\web\Controller
`asJsonP()`	Sets the response format of the given data as JSONP.	craft\web\Controller
`asRaw()`	Sets the response format of the given data as RAW.	craft\web\Controller
`asXml()`	Send data formatted as XML.	yii\web\Controller
`attachBehavior()`	Attaches a behavior to this component.	yii\base\Component
`attachBehaviors()`	Attaches a list of behaviors to the component.	yii\base\Component
`beforeAction()`	{@inheritdoc}	craft\web\Controller
`behaviors()`	Returns a list of behaviors that this component should behave as.	yii\base\Component
`bindActionParams()`	Binds the parameters to the action.	yii\base\Controller
`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
`createAction()`	Creates an action based on the given action ID.	yii\base\Controller
`detachBehavior()`	Detaches a behavior from the component.	yii\base\Component
`detachBehaviors()`	Detaches all behaviors from the component.	yii\base\Component
`ensureBehaviors()`	Makes sure that the behaviors declared in behaviors() are attached to this component.	yii\base\Component
`findLayoutFile()`	Finds the applicable layout file.	yii\base\Controller
`getBehavior()`	Returns the named behavior object.	yii\base\Component
`getBehaviors()`	Returns all behaviors attached to this component.	yii\base\Component
`getModules()`	Returns all ancestor modules of this controller.	yii\base\Controller
`getRoute()`	Returns the route of the current request.	yii\base\Controller
`getUniqueId()`	Returns the unique ID of the controller.	yii\base\Controller
`getView()`	Returns the view object that can be used to render views or view files.	yii\base\Controller
`getViewPath()`		yii\base\ViewContextInterface
`goBack()`	Redirects the browser to the last visited page.	yii\web\Controller
`goHome()`	Redirects the browser to the home page.	yii\web\Controller
`hasEventHandlers()`	Returns a value indicating whether there is any handler attached to the named event.	yii\base\Component
`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.	craft\controllers\SectionsController
`off()`	Detaches an existing event handler from this component.	yii\base\Component
`on()`	Attaches an event handler to an event.	yii\base\Component
`redirect()`	Redirects the browser to the specified URL.	craft\web\Controller
`redirectToPostedUrl()`	Redirects to the URI specified in the POST.	craft\web\Controller
`refresh()`	Refreshes the current page.	yii\web\Controller
`render()`	Renders a view and applies layout if available.	yii\base\Controller
`renderAjax()`	Renders a view in response to an AJAX request.	yii\web\Controller
`renderContent()`	Renders a static string by applying a layout.	yii\base\Controller
`renderFile()`	Renders a view file.	yii\base\Controller
`renderPartial()`	Renders a view without applying layout.	yii\base\Controller
`renderTemplate()`	Renders a template.	craft\web\Controller
`requireAcceptsJson()`	Throws a 400 error if the request doesn't accept JSON.	craft\web\Controller
`requireAdmin()`	Throws a 403 error if the current user is not an admin.	craft\web\Controller
`requireAuthorization()`	Checks whether the current user can perform a given action, and ends the request with a 403 error if they don’t.	craft\web\Controller
`requireElevatedSession()`	Requires that the user has an elevated session.	craft\web\Controller
`requireLogin()`	Redirects the user to the login template if they're not logged in.	craft\web\Controller
`requirePermission()`	Checks whether the current user has a given permission, and ends the request with a 403 error if they don’t.	craft\web\Controller
`requirePostRequest()`	Throws a 400 error if this isn’t a POST request	craft\web\Controller
`requireToken()`	Throws a 400 error if the current request doesn’t have a valid token.	craft\web\Controller
`run()`	Runs a request specified in terms of a route.	yii\base\Controller
`runAction()`	Runs an action within this controller with the specified action ID and parameters.	craft\web\Controller
`setView()`	Sets the view object to be used by this controller.	yii\base\Controller
`setViewPath()`	Sets the directory that contains the view files.	yii\base\Controller
`trigger()`	Triggers an event.	yii\base\Component

Events
Event	Type	Description	Defined By
`EVENT_AFTER_ACTION`	yii\base\ActionEvent	An event raised right after executing a controller action.	yii\base\Controller
`EVENT_BEFORE_ACTION`	yii\base\ActionEvent	An event raised right before executing a controller action.	yii\base\Controller

Method Details

`actionDeleteEntryType()` public method #

Deletes an entry type.

public yii\web\Response actionDeleteEntryType ( )

`actionDeleteSection()` public method #

Deletes a section.

public yii\web\Response actionDeleteSection ( )

`actionEditEntryType()` public method #

Edit an entry type

public yii\web\Response actionEditEntryType ( \craft\controllers\int $sectionId, \craft\controllers\int $entryTypeId = null, craft\models\EntryType $entryType = null )

`$sectionId`	integer	The section’s ID.
`$entryTypeId`	integer, null	The entry type’s ID, if any.
`$entryType`	craft\models\EntryType, null	The entry type being edited, if there were any validation errors.
throws	yii\web\NotFoundHttpException	if the requested section/entry type cannot be found
throws	yii\web\BadRequestHttpException	if the requested entry type does not belong to the requested section

`actionEditSection()` public method #

Edit a section.

public yii\web\Response actionEditSection ( \craft\controllers\int $sectionId = null, craft\models\Section $section = null )

`$sectionId`	integer, null	The section’s id, if any.
`$section`	craft\models\Section, null	The section being edited, if there were any validation errors.
throws	yii\web\NotFoundHttpException	if the requested section cannot be found
throws	yii\web\BadRequestHttpException	if attempting to do something not allowed by the current Craft edition

`actionEntryTypesIndex()` public method #

Entry types index

public yii\web\Response actionEntryTypesIndex ( \craft\controllers\int $sectionId )

`$sectionId`	integer	The ID of the section whose entry types we’re listing
throws	yii\web\NotFoundHttpException	if the requested section cannot be found

`actionIndex()` public method #

Sections index.

public yii\web\Response actionIndex ( array $variables = [] )

`$variables`	array
return	yii\web\Response	The rendering result

`actionReorderEntryTypes()` public method #

Reorders entry types.

public yii\web\Response actionReorderEntryTypes ( )

`actionSaveEntryType()` public method #

Saves an entry type.

public yii\web\Response, null actionSaveEntryType ( )

throws	yii\web\NotFoundHttpException	if the requested entry type cannot be found

`actionSaveSection()` public method #

Saves a section.

public yii\web\Response, null actionSaveSection ( )

throws	yii\web\BadRequestHttpException	if any invalid site IDs are specified in the request

`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 ( )

Method Details

actionDeleteEntryType() public method #

actionDeleteSection() public method #

actionEditEntryType() public method #

actionEditSection() public method #

actionEntryTypesIndex() public method #

actionIndex() public method #

actionReorderEntryTypes() public method #

actionSaveEntryType() public method #

actionSaveSection() public method #

init() public method #