Same name in other branches

1. 8.9.x core/modules/system/src/Controller/EntityAutocompleteController.php \Drupal\system\Controller\EntityAutocompleteController::handleAutocomplete()
2. 10 core/modules/system/src/Controller/EntityAutocompleteController.php \Drupal\system\Controller\EntityAutocompleteController::handleAutocomplete()
3. 11.x core/modules/system/src/Controller/EntityAutocompleteController.php \Drupal\system\Controller\EntityAutocompleteController::handleAutocomplete()

Autocomplete the label of an entity.

Parameters

\Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request $request: The request object that contains the typed tags.

string $target_type: The ID of the target entity type.

string $selection_handler: The plugin ID of the entity reference selection handler.

string $selection_settings_key: The hashed key of the key/value entry that holds the selection handler settings.

Return value

\Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\JsonResponse The matched entity labels as a JSON response.

Throws

\Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\AccessDeniedHttpException Thrown if the selection settings key is not found in the key/value store or if it does not match the stored data.

1 string reference to 'EntityAutocompleteController::handleAutocomplete'

system.routing.yml in core/modules/system/system.routing.yml

core/modules/system/system.routing.yml

File

core/modules/system/src/Controller/EntityAutocompleteController.php, line 78

Class

EntityAutocompleteController

Defines a route controller for entity autocomplete form elements.

Namespace

Drupal\system\Controller

Code

public function handleAutocomplete(Request $request, $target_type, $selection_handler, $selection_settings_key) {
    $matches = [];
    // Get the typed string from the URL, if it exists.
    if ($input = $request->query
        ->get('q')) {
        $tag_list = Tags::explode($input);
        $typed_string = !empty($tag_list) ? mb_strtolower(array_pop($tag_list)) : '';
        // Selection settings are passed in as a hashed key of a serialized array
        // stored in the key/value store.
        $selection_settings = $this->keyValue
            ->get($selection_settings_key, FALSE);
        if ($selection_settings !== FALSE) {
            $selection_settings_hash = Crypt::hmacBase64(serialize($selection_settings) . $target_type . $selection_handler, Settings::getHashSalt());
            if (!hash_equals($selection_settings_hash, $selection_settings_key)) {
                // Disallow access when the selection settings hash does not match the
                // passed-in key.
                throw new AccessDeniedHttpException('Invalid selection settings key.');
            }
        }
        else {
            // Disallow access when the selection settings key is not found in the
            // key/value store.
            throw new AccessDeniedHttpException();
        }
        $matches = $this->matcher
            ->getMatches($target_type, $selection_handler, $selection_settings, $typed_string);
    }
    return new JsonResponse($matches);
}

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