class MachineName

Same name in this branch
  1. 9 core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/field/MachineName.php \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\field\MachineName
  2. 9 core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/process/MachineName.php \Drupal\migrate\Plugin\migrate\process\MachineName
Same name in other branches
  1. 8.9.x core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/field/MachineName.php \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\field\MachineName
  2. 8.9.x core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/process/MachineName.php \Drupal\migrate\Plugin\migrate\process\MachineName
  3. 8.9.x core/lib/Drupal/Core/Render/Element/MachineName.php \Drupal\Core\Render\Element\MachineName
  4. 10 core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/field/MachineName.php \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\field\MachineName
  5. 10 core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/process/MachineName.php \Drupal\migrate\Plugin\migrate\process\MachineName
  6. 10 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Render/Element/MachineName.php \Drupal\Core\Render\Element\MachineName
  7. 11.x core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/field/MachineName.php \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\field\MachineName
  8. 11.x core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/process/MachineName.php \Drupal\migrate\Plugin\migrate\process\MachineName
  9. 11.x core/lib/Drupal/Core/Render/Element/MachineName.php \Drupal\Core\Render\Element\MachineName

Provides a machine name render element.

Provides a form element to enter a machine name, which is validated to ensure that the name is unique and does not contain disallowed characters.

The element may be automatically populated via JavaScript when used in conjunction with a separate "source" form element (typically specifying the human-readable name). As the user types text into the source element, the JavaScript converts all values to lower case, replaces any remaining disallowed characters with a replacement, and populates the associated machine name form element.

Properties:

  • #machine_name: An associative array containing:

    • exists: A callable to invoke for checking whether a submitted machine name value already exists. The arguments passed to the callback will be:

      • The submitted value.
      • The element array.
      • The form state object.

      In most cases, an existing API or menu argument loader function can be re-used. The callback is only invoked if the submitted value differs from the element's initial #default_value. The initial #default_value is stored in form state so AJAX forms can be reliably validated.

    • source: (optional) The #array_parents of the form element containing the human-readable name (i.e., as contained in the $form structure) to use as source for the machine name. Defaults to array('label').
    • label: (optional) Text to display as label for the machine name value after the human-readable name form element. Defaults to t('Machine name').
    • replace_pattern: (optional) A regular expression (without delimiters) matching disallowed characters in the machine name. Defaults to '[^a-z0-9_]+'.
    • replace: (optional) A character to replace disallowed characters in the machine name via JavaScript. Defaults to '_' (underscore). When using a different character, 'replace_pattern' needs to be set accordingly.
    • error: (optional) A custom form error message string to show, if the machine name contains disallowed characters.
    • standalone: (optional) Whether the live preview should stay in its own form element rather than in the suffix of the source element. The source element must appear in the form structure before this element. Defaults to FALSE.
  • #maxlength: (optional) Maximum allowed length of the machine name. Defaults to 64.
  • #disabled: (optional) Should be set to TRUE if an existing machine name must not be changed after initial creation.

Usage example:

$form['id'] = array(
    '#type' => 'machine_name',
    '#default_value' => $this->entity
        ->id(),
    '#disabled' => !$this->entity
        ->isNew(),
    '#maxlength' => 64,
    '#description' => $this->t('A unique name for this item. It must only contain lowercase letters, numbers, and underscores.'),
    '#machine_name' => array(
        'exists' => array(
            $this,
            'exists',
        ),
    ),
);

Plugin annotation

@FormElement("machine_name");

Hierarchy

Expanded class hierarchy of MachineName

See also

\Drupal\Core\Render\Element\Textfield

1 file declares its use of MachineName
MachineNameTest.php in core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Render/Element/MachineNameTest.php
4 string references to 'MachineName'
BlockTemplateSuggestionsTest::testBlockThemeHookSuggestions in core/modules/block/tests/src/Kernel/BlockTemplateSuggestionsTest.php
Tests template suggestions from block_theme_suggestions_block().
SystemMenuBlockTest::testConfigExpanded in core/modules/system/tests/src/Kernel/Block/SystemMenuBlockTest.php
Tests the config expanded option.
SystemMenuBlockTest::testConfigLevelDepth in core/modules/system/tests/src/Kernel/Block/SystemMenuBlockTest.php
Tests the config start level and depth.
SystemMenuBlockTest::testSystemMenuBlockConfigDependencies in core/modules/system/tests/src/Kernel/Block/SystemMenuBlockTest.php
Tests calculation of a system menu block's configuration dependencies.
31 #type uses of MachineName
ActionFormBase::form in core/modules/action/src/Form/ActionFormBase.php
Gets the actual form array to be built.
BlockContentTypeForm::form in core/modules/block_content/src/BlockContentTypeForm.php
Gets the actual form array to be built.
BlockForm::form in core/modules/block/src/BlockForm.php
Gets the actual form array to be built.
CommentTypeForm::form in core/modules/comment/src/CommentTypeForm.php
Gets the actual form array to be built.
ConfigTestForm::form in core/modules/config/tests/config_test/src/ConfigTestForm.php
Gets the actual form array to be built.

... See full list

File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Render/Element/MachineName.php, line 73

Namespace

Drupal\Core\Render\Element
View source
class MachineName extends Textfield {
    
    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function getInfo() {
        $class = static::class;
        return [
            '#input' => TRUE,
            '#default_value' => NULL,
            '#required' => TRUE,
            '#maxlength' => 64,
            '#size' => 60,
            '#autocomplete_route_name' => FALSE,
            '#process' => [
                [
                    $class,
                    'processMachineName',
                ],
                [
                    $class,
                    'processAutocomplete',
                ],
                [
                    $class,
                    'processAjaxForm',
                ],
            ],
            '#element_validate' => [
                [
                    $class,
                    'validateMachineName',
                ],
            ],
            '#pre_render' => [
                [
                    $class,
                    'preRenderTextfield',
                ],
            ],
            '#theme' => 'input__textfield',
            '#theme_wrappers' => [
                'form_element',
            ],
        ];
    }
    
    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public static function valueCallback(&$element, $input, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
        if ($input !== FALSE && $input !== NULL) {
            // This should be a string, but allow other scalars since they might be
            // valid input in programmatic form submissions.
            return is_scalar($input) ? (string) $input : '';
        }
        return NULL;
    }
    
    /**
     * Processes a machine-readable name form element.
     *
     * @param array $element
     *   The form element to process. See main class documentation for properties.
     * @param \Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface $form_state
     *   The current state of the form.
     * @param array $complete_form
     *   The complete form structure.
     *
     * @return array
     *   The processed element.
     */
    public static function processMachineName(&$element, FormStateInterface $form_state, &$complete_form) {
        // We need to pass the langcode to the client.
        $language = \Drupal::languageManager()->getCurrentLanguage();
        // Apply default form element properties.
        $element += [
            '#title' => t('Machine-readable name'),
            '#description' => t('A unique machine-readable name. Can only contain lowercase letters, numbers, and underscores.'),
            '#machine_name' => [],
            '#field_prefix' => '',
            '#field_suffix' => '',
            '#suffix' => '',
        ];
        // A form element that only wants to set one #machine_name property (usually
        // 'source' only) would leave all other properties undefined, if the defaults
        // were defined by an element plugin. Therefore, we apply the defaults here.
        $element['#machine_name'] += [
            'source' => [
                'label',
            ],
            'target' => '#' . $element['#id'],
            'label' => t('Machine name'),
            'replace_pattern' => '[^a-z0-9_]+',
            'replace' => '_',
            'standalone' => FALSE,
            'field_prefix' => $element['#field_prefix'],
            'field_suffix' => $element['#field_suffix'],
        ];
        // Store the initial value in form state. The machine name needs this to
        // ensure that the exists function is not called for existing values when
        // editing them.
        $initial_values = $form_state->get('machine_name.initial_values') ?: [];
        // Store the initial values in an array so we can differentiate between a
        // NULL default value and a new machine name element.
        if (!array_key_exists($element['#name'], $initial_values)) {
            $initial_values[$element['#name']] = $element['#default_value'];
            $form_state->set('machine_name.initial_values', $initial_values);
        }
        // By default, machine names are restricted to Latin alphanumeric characters.
        // So, default to LTR directionality.
        if (!isset($element['#attributes'])) {
            $element['#attributes'] = [];
        }
        $element['#attributes'] += [
            'dir' => LanguageInterface::DIRECTION_LTR,
        ];
        // The source element defaults to array('name'), but may have been overridden.
        if (empty($element['#machine_name']['source'])) {
            return $element;
        }
        // Retrieve the form element containing the human-readable name from the
        // complete form in $form_state. By reference, because we may need to append
        // a #field_suffix that will hold the live preview.
        $key_exists = NULL;
        $source = NestedArray::getValue($form_state->getCompleteForm(), $element['#machine_name']['source'], $key_exists);
        if (!$key_exists) {
            return $element;
        }
        // The source element must be defined before the machine name element.
        if (!isset($source['#id'])) {
            $element_parents = implode('][', $element['#array_parents']);
            $source_parents = implode('][', $element['#machine_name']['source']);
            throw new \LogicException(sprintf('The machine name element "%s" is defined before the source element "%s", it must be defined after or the source element must specify an id.', $element_parents, $source_parents));
        }
        $suffix_id = $source['#id'] . '-machine-name-suffix';
        $element['#machine_name']['suffix'] = '#' . $suffix_id;
        if ($element['#machine_name']['standalone']) {
            $element['#suffix'] = $element['#suffix'] . ' <small id="' . $suffix_id . '">&nbsp;</small>';
        }
        else {
            // Append a field suffix to the source form element, which will contain
            // the live preview of the machine name.
            $source += [
                '#field_suffix' => '',
            ];
            $source['#field_suffix'] = $source['#field_suffix'] . ' <small id="' . $suffix_id . '">&nbsp;</small>';
            $parents = array_merge($element['#machine_name']['source'], [
                '#field_suffix',
            ]);
            NestedArray::setValue($form_state->getCompleteForm(), $parents, $source['#field_suffix']);
        }
        $element['#attached']['library'][] = 'core/drupal.machine-name';
        $options = [
            'replace_pattern',
            'replace_token',
            'replace',
            'maxlength',
            'target',
            'label',
            'field_prefix',
            'field_suffix',
            'suffix',
        ];
        
        /** @var \Drupal\Core\Access\CsrfTokenGenerator $token_generator */
        $token_generator = \Drupal::service('csrf_token');
        $element['#machine_name']['replace_token'] = $token_generator->get($element['#machine_name']['replace_pattern']);
        $element['#attached']['drupalSettings']['machineName']['#' . $source['#id']] = array_intersect_key($element['#machine_name'], array_flip($options));
        $element['#attached']['drupalSettings']['langcode'] = $language->getId();
        return $element;
    }
    
    /**
     * Form element validation handler for machine_name elements.
     *
     * Note that #maxlength is validated by _form_validate() already.
     *
     * This checks that the submitted value:
     * - Does not contain the replacement character only.
     * - Does not contain disallowed characters.
     * - Is unique; i.e., does not already exist.
     * - Does not exceed the maximum length (via #maxlength).
     * - Cannot be changed after creation (via #disabled).
     */
    public static function validateMachineName(&$element, FormStateInterface $form_state, &$complete_form) {
        // Verify that the machine name not only consists of replacement tokens.
        if (preg_match('@^' . $element['#machine_name']['replace'] . '+$@', $element['#value'])) {
            $form_state->setError($element, t('The machine-readable name must contain unique characters.'));
        }
        // Verify that the machine name contains no disallowed characters.
        if (preg_match('@' . $element['#machine_name']['replace_pattern'] . '@', $element['#value'])) {
            if (!isset($element['#machine_name']['error'])) {
                // Since a hyphen is the most common alternative replacement character,
                // a corresponding validation error message is supported here.
                if ($element['#machine_name']['replace'] == '-') {
                    $form_state->setError($element, t('The machine-readable name must contain only lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens.'));
                }
                else {
                    $form_state->setError($element, t('The machine-readable name must contain only lowercase letters, numbers, and underscores.'));
                }
            }
            else {
                $form_state->setError($element, $element['#machine_name']['error']);
            }
        }
        // Verify that the machine name is unique. If the value matches the initial
        // default value then it does not need to be validated as the machine name
        // element assumes the form is editing the existing value.
        $initial_values = $form_state->get('machine_name.initial_values') ?: [];
        if (!array_key_exists($element['#name'], $initial_values) || $initial_values[$element['#name']] !== $element['#value']) {
            $function = $element['#machine_name']['exists'];
            if (call_user_func($function, $element['#value'], $element, $form_state)) {
                $form_state->setError($element, t('The machine-readable name is already in use. It must be unique.'));
            }
        }
    }

}

Members

Title Sort descending Modifiers Object type Summary Overriden Title Overrides
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.
MachineName::getInfo public function Returns the element properties for this element. Overrides Textfield::getInfo
MachineName::processMachineName public static function Processes a machine-readable name form element.
MachineName::validateMachineName public static function Form element validation handler for machine_name elements.
MachineName::valueCallback public static function Determines how user input is mapped to an element&#039;s #value property. Overrides Textfield::valueCallback
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&#039;s class attribute. Overrides ElementInterface::setAttributes
Textfield::preRenderTextfield public static function Prepares a #type &#039;textfield&#039; render element for input.html.twig.

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