CategoryMenuUtility
Utility class for menus based on category collections of pages.
Returns all the relevant pages for rendering with a menu content object.
this is only used for internal purposes and solely used for EXT:frontend and not part of TYPO3's Core API.
Table of Contents
Properties
- $sortingField : string
Methods
- collectPages() : array<string|int, mixed>
- Collects all pages for the selected categories, sorted according to configuration.
- sortPages() : array<string|int, mixed>
- Sorts the selected pages
Properties
$sortingField
protected
static string
$sortingField
Name of the field used for sorting the pages
Methods
collectPages()
Collects all pages for the selected categories, sorted according to configuration.
public
collectPages(string $selectedCategories, array<string|int, mixed>|null $configuration, AbstractMenuContentObject $parentObject) : array<string|int, mixed>
Parameters
- $selectedCategories : string
-
Comma-separated list of system categories primary keys
- $configuration : array<string|int, mixed>|null
-
TypoScript configuration for the "special." keyword
- $parentObject : AbstractMenuContentObject
-
Back-reference to the calling object
Return values
array<string|int, mixed> —List of selected pages
sortPages()
Sorts the selected pages
protected
sortPages(array<string|int, mixed> $pages, string $order) : array<string|int, mixed>
If the sorting field is not defined or does not corresponding to an existing field of the "pages" tables, the list of pages will remain unchanged.
Parameters
- $pages : array<string|int, mixed>
-
List of selected pages
- $order : string
-
Order for sorting (should "asc" or "desc")
Return values
array<string|int, mixed> —Sorted list of pages