List of events in core
For more information on how events work visit Events.
Contents
Note
Some events are marked with this means those events also have a :before
and :after
event
Also see Event sequence
Some events are marked with this means those events allow altering the output of an event
System events
- activate, plugin
Return false to prevent activation of the plugin.
- cache:clear, system
Clear internal and external caches, by default including system_cache, simplecache, and memcache. One might use it to reset others such as APC, OPCache, or WinCache.
- cache:generate, <view>
Filters the view output for a
/cache
URL when simplecache is disabled. Note this will be fired for every/cache
request–no Expires headers are used when simplecache is disabled.- cache:invalidate, system
Invalidate internal and external caches.
- cache:purge, system
Purge internal and external caches. This is meant to remove old/stale content from the caches.
- commands, cli
Allows plugins to register their own commands executable via
elgg-cli
binary. Handlers must return an array of command class names. Commands must extend\Elgg\Cli\Command
to be executable.- cron, <period>
Triggered by cron for each period.
The
$params
array will contain:time
- the timestamp of when the cron command was starteddt
- the\DateTime
object of when the cron command was startedlogger
- instance of\Elgg\Logger\Cron
to log any information to the cron log
- cron:intervals, system
Allow the configuration of custom cron intervals
- deactivate, plugin
Return false to prevent deactivation of the plugin.
- diagnostics:report, system
Filter the output for the diagnostics report download.
- elgg.data, page
Filters uncached, page-specific configuration data to pass to the client. More info
- format, friendly:title
Formats the “friendly” title for strings. This is used for generating URLs.
- format, friendly:time
Formats the “friendly” time for the timestamp
$params['time']
.- format, strip_tags
Filters a string to remove tags. The original string is passed as
$params['original_string']
and an optional set of allowed tags is passed as$params['allowed_tags']
.- gc, system
Allows plugins to run garbage collection for
$params['period']
.- generate, password
Allows plugins to generate new random cleartext passwords.
- init:cookie, <name>
Return false to override setting a cookie.
- init, system
Plugins tend to use this event for initialization (extending views, registering callbacks, etc.)
- languages, translations
Allows plugins to add/remove languages from the configurable languages in the system.
- log, systemlog
Called for all triggered events by
system_log
plugin. Used internally byElgg\SystemLog\Logger::log()
to populate thesystem_log
table.- login_url, site
Filters site’s login URL.
$params
array contains an array of query elements added to the login URL by the invoking script. The event must return an absolute URL of the login page.- output:before, page
In
elgg_view_page()
, this filters$vars
before it’s passed to the page shell view (page/<page_shell>
). To stop sending the X-Frame-Options header, unregister the handlerElgg\Page\SetXFrameOptionsHeaderHandler::class
from this event.- output, page
In
elgg_view_page()
, this filters the output return value.- parameters, menu:<menu_name>
Triggered by
elgg_view_menu()
. Used to change menu variables (like sort order) before rendering.The
$params
array will contain:name
- name of the menusort_by
- preferring sorting parameterother parameters passed to
elgg_view_menu()
- plugins_load, system
Triggered before the plugins are loaded. Rarely used. init, system is used instead. Can be used to load additional libraries.
- plugins_boot, system
Triggered just after the plugins are loaded. Rarely used. init, system is used instead.
- prepare, html
Triggered by
elgg_format_html()
and used to prepare untrusted HTML.The
$return
value is an array:html
- HTML string being preparedoptions
- Preparation options
- prepare, menu:<menu_name>
Filters the array of menu sections before they’re displayed. Each section is a string key mapping to an area of menu items. This is a good event to sort, add, remove, and modify menu items. Triggered by
elgg_view_menu()
andelgg()->menus->prepareMenu()
.The
$params
array will contain:selected_item
-ElggMenuItem
selected in the menu, if any
The return value is an instance of
\Elgg\Menu\PreparedMenu
. The prepared menu is a collection of\Elgg\Menu\MenuSection
, which in turn are collections of\ElggMenuItem
objects.- prepare, menu:<menu_name>:<type>:<subtype>
More granular version of the menu event triggered before the prepare, menu:<menu_name> event.
Only applied if menu params contain - params[‘entity’] with an
\ElggEntity
(<type>
is\ElggEntity::type
and<subtype>
is\ElggEntity::subtype
) or - params[‘annotation’] with an\ElggAnnotation
(<type>
is\ElggAnnotation::getType()
and<subtype>
is\ElggAnnotation::getSubtype()
) or - params[‘relationship’] with an\ElggRelationship
(<type>
is\ElggRelationship::getType()
and<subtype>
is\ElggRelationship::getSubtype()
)- ready, system
Triggered after the
init, system
event. All plugins are fully loaded and the engine is ready to serve pages.- regenerate_site_secret:before, system
Return false to cancel regenerating the site secret. You should also provide a message to the user.
- regenerate_site_secret:after, system
Triggered after the site secret has been regenerated.
- register, menu:<menu_name>
Filters the initial list of menu items pulled from configuration, before the menu has been split into sections. Triggered by
elgg_view_menu()
andelgg()->menus->getMenu()
.The
$params
array will contain parameters returned byparameters, menu:<menu_name>
event.The return value is an instance of
\Elgg\Menu\MenuItems
containing\ElggMenuItem
objects.Event handlers can add/remove items to the collection using the collection API, as well as array access operations.
- register, menu:<menu_name>:<type>:<subtype>
More granular version of the menu event triggered before the register, menu:<menu_name> event.
Only applied if menu params contain - params[‘entity’] with an
\ElggEntity
(<type>
is\ElggEntity::type
and<subtype>
is\ElggEntity::subtype
) or - params[‘annotation’] with an\ElggAnnotation
(<type>
is\ElggAnnotation::getType()
and<subtype>
is\ElggAnnotation::getSubtype()
) or - params[‘relationship’] with an\ElggRelationship
(<type>
is\ElggRelationship::getType()
and<subtype>
is\ElggRelationship::getSubtype()
)- register, menu:filter:<filter_id>
Allows plugins to modify layout filter tabs on layouts that specify
<filter_id>
parameter. Parameters and return values are same as inregister, menu:<menu_name>
event.If
filter_id
isfilter
(the default) then theall
,mine
andfriends
tabs will be generated base on some provided information or be tried for routes similar to the current route.params[‘all_link’] will be used for the
all
tabparams[‘mine_link’] will be used for the
mine
tabparams[‘friends_link’] will be used for the
friend
tab
If the above are not provided than a route will be tried based on
params['entity_type']
andparams['entity_subtype']
. If not providedentity_type
andentity_subtype
will be based on route detection of the current route. For example if the current route iscollection:object:blog:all
entity_type
will beobject
andentity_subtype
will beblog
. - Theall
tab will be based on the routecollection:<entity_type>:<entity_subtype>:all
- Themine
tab will be based on the routecollection:<entity_type>:<entity_subtype>:owner
- Thefriend
tab will be based on the routecollection:<entity_type>:<entity_subtype>:friends
If the routes aren’t registered the tabs will not appear.
- registration_url, site
Filters site’s registration URL. Can be used by plugins to attach invitation codes, referrer codes etc. to the registration URL.
$params
array contains an array of query elements added to the registration URL by the invoking script. The event must return an absolute URL to the registration page.- reload:after, translations
Triggered after the translations are (re)loaded.
- sanitize, input
Filter GET and POST input. This is used by
get_input()
to sanitize user input.- seeds, database
Allows plugins to register their own database seeds. Seeds populate the database with fake entities for testing purposes. Seeds must extend
\Elgg\Database\Seeds\Seed
class to be executable viaelgg-cli database:seed
.- send:before, http_response
Triggered before an HTTP response is sent. Handlers will receive an instance of SymfonyComponentHttpFoundationResponse that is to be sent to the requester. Handlers can terminate the event and prevent the response from being sent by returning false.
- send:after, http_response
Triggered after an HTTP response is sent. Handlers will receive an instance of SymfonyComponentHttpFoundationResponse that was sent to the requester.
- shutdown, system
Triggered after the page has been sent to the user. Expensive operations could be done here and not make the user wait.
Note
Depending upon your server configuration the PHP output might not be shown until after the process is completed. This means that any long-running processes will still delay the page load.
Note
This event is prefered above using register_shutdown_function
as you may not have access
to all the Elgg services (eg. database) in the shutdown function but you will in the event.
Note
The Elgg session is already closed before this event. Manipulating session is not possible.
- simplecache:generate, <view>
Filters the view output for a
/cache
URL when simplecache is enabled.- upgrade, system
Triggered after a system upgrade has finished. All upgrade scripts have run, but the caches are not cleared.
- upgrade:execute, system
Triggered when executing an
ElggUpgrade
. The$object
of the event is theElggUpgrade
.
User events
- ban, user
Triggered before a user is banned. Return false to prevent.
- change:email, user
Triggered before the user email is changed. Allows plugins to implement additional logic required to change email, e.g. additional email validation. The event handler must return false to prevent the email from being changed right away.
The
$params
array will contain:user
-\ElggUser
, whose settings are being savedemail
- Email address that passes sanity checksrequest
-\Elgg\Request
to the action controller
- invalidate:after, user
Triggered when user’s account validation has been revoked.
- login, user
Triggered when a user is being logged in.
- login:forward, user
Filters the URL to which the user will be forwarded after login.
- login:first, user
Triggered after a successful login. Only if there is no previous login.
- logout:after, user
Triggered after the user logouts.
- logout:before, user
Triggered during logout. Returning false should prevent the user from logging out.
- make_admin, user
Triggered before a user is promoted to an admin. Return false to prevent.
- profileiconupdate, user
User has changed profile icon
- profileupdate, user
User has changed profile
- register, user
Triggered by the
register
action after the user registers. Returnfalse
to delete the user. Note the functionregister_user
does not trigger this event. Event handlers can throw\Elgg\Exceptions\Configuration\RegistrationException
with an error message to be displayed to the user.The
$params
array will contain:user
- Newly registered user entityAll parameters sent with the request to the action (incl.
password
,friend_guid
,invitecode
etc)
- registeruser:validate:email, all
Return boolean for if the string in
$params['email']
is valid for an email address. Event handler can throw\Elgg\Exceptions\Configuration\RegistrationException
with an error message to be shown to the user.- registeruser:validate:password, all
Return boolean for if the string in
$params['password']
is valid for a password. Event handler can throw\Elgg\Exceptions\Configuration\RegistrationException
with an error message to be shown to the user.- registeruser:validate:username, all
Return boolean for if the string in
$params['username']
is valid for a username. Event handler can throw\Elgg\Exceptions\Configuration\RegistrationException
with an error message to be shown to the user.- remove_admin, user
Triggered before a user is demoted from an admin. Return false to prevent.
- unban, user
Triggered before a user is unbanned. Return false to prevent.
- username:character_blacklist, user
Filters the string of blacklisted characters used to validate username during registration. The return value should be a string consisting of the disallowed characters. The default string can be found from
$params['blacklist']
.- usersettings:save, user
Triggered in the aggregate action to save user settings. The event handler must return
false
to prevent sticky forms from being cleared (i.e. to indicate that some of the values were not saved). Do not returntrue
from your event handler, as you will override other events’ output, instead returnnull
to indicate successful operation.The
$params
array will contain:user
-\ElggUser
, whose settings are being savedrequest
-\Elgg\Request
to the action controller
- validate, user
When a user registers, the user’s account is disabled. This event is triggered to allow a plugin to determine how the user should be validated (for example, through an email with a validation link).
- validate:after, user
Triggered when user’s account has been validated.
Relationship events
- create, relationship
Triggered during the creation of a relationship.
- delete, relationship
Triggered during the deletion of a relationship.
- join, group
Triggered after the user
$params['user']
has joined the group$params['group']
.- leave, group
Triggered before the user
$params['user']
has left the group$params['group']
.
Entity events
- comments, <entity_type>
Triggered in
elgg_view_comments()
. If returning content, this overrides thepage/elements/comments
view.- comments:count, <entity_type>
Return the number of comments on
$params['entity']
.- create, <entity type>
Triggered for user, group, object, and site entities after creation. Triggered just before the
create:after
event, mostly for BC reasons. The use of thecreate:after
event is preferred.- create:after, <entity type>
Triggered for user, group, object, and site entities after creation.
- create:before, <entity type>
Triggered for user, group, object, and site entities before creation. Return false to prevent creating the entity.
- delete, <entity type>
Triggered when an entity is permanently removed from the database. Also see Restore capability
- disable, <entity type>
Triggered before the entity is disabled. Return false to prevent disabling.
- disable:after, <entity type>
Triggered after the entity is disabled.
- enable, <entity type>
Return false to prevent enabling.
- enable:after, <entity type>
Triggered after the entity is enabled.
- likes:count, <entity_type>
Return the number of likes for
$params['entity']
.- trash, <entity type>
Triggered when an entity is marked as deleted in the database. Also see Restore capability
- update, <entity type>
Triggered before an update for the user, group, object, and site entities. Return false to prevent update. The entity method
getOriginalAttributes()
can be used to identify which attributes have changed since the entity was last saved.- update:after, <entity type>
Triggered after an update for the user, group, object, and site entities. The entity method
getOriginalAttributes()
can be used to identify which attributes have changed since the entity was last saved.
Metadata events
- create, metadata
Called after the metadata has been created. Return false to delete the metadata that was just created.
- delete, metadata
Called before metadata is deleted. Return false to prevent deletion.
- update, metadata
Called after the metadata has been updated. Return false to delete the metadata.
Annotation events
- annotate, <entity type>
Called before the annotation has been created. Return false to prevent annotation of this entity.
- create, annotation
Called after the annotation has been created. Return false to delete the annotation.
- delete, annotation
Called before annotation is deleted. Return false to prevent deletion.
- update, annotation
Called after the annotation has been updated. Return false to delete the annotation.
River events
- create:after, river
Called after a river item is created.
- create:before, river
Called before the river item is saved to the database. Return
false
to prevent the item from being created.- delete:after, river
Triggered after a river item was deleted.
- delete:before, river
Triggered before a river item is deleted. Returning false cancels the deletion.
Access events
- access_collection:url, access_collection
Can be used to filter the URL of the access collection.
The
$params
array will contain:access_collection
- ElggAccessCollection
- access_collection:name, access_collection
Can be used to filter the display name (readable access level) of the access collection.
The
$params
array will contain:access_collection
- ElggAccessCollection
- access:collections:read, user
Filters an array of access IDs that the user
$params['user_id']
can see.Warning
The handler needs to either not use parts of the API that use the access system (triggering the event again) or to ignore the second call. Otherwise, an infinite loop will be created.
- access:collections:write, user
Filters an array of access IDs that the user
$params['user_id']
can write to. Inelgg_get_write_access_array()
, this event filters the return value, so it can be used to alter the available options in theinput/access
view. For core plugins, the value “input_params” has the keys “entity” (ElggEntity|false), “entity_type” (string), “entity_subtype” (string), “container_guid” (int) are provided. An empty entity value generally means the form is to create a new object.Warning
The handler needs to either not use parts of the API that use the access system (triggering the event again) or to ignore the second call. Otherwise, an infinite loop will be created.
- access:collections:write:subtypes, user
Returns an array of access collection subtypes to be used when retrieving access collections owned by a user as part of the
elgg_get_write_access_array()
function.- access:collections:add_user, collection
Triggered before adding user
$params['user_id']
to collection$params['collection_id']
. Return false to prevent adding.- access:collections:remove_user, collection
Triggered before removing user
$params['user_id']
to collection$params['collection_id']
. Return false to prevent removal.- create, access_collection
Triggered during the creation of an
ElggAccessCollection
.- delete, access_collection
Triggered during the deletion of an
ElggAccessCollection
.- get_sql, access
Filters SQL clauses restricting/allowing access to entities and annotations.
Note
The event is triggered regardless if the access is ignored. The handlers may need to check if access is ignored and return early, if appended clauses should only apply to access controlled contexts.
$return
value is a nested array ofands
andors
.$params
includes:table_alias
- alias of the main table used in select clauseignore_access
- whether ignored access is enableduse_enabled_clause
- whether disabled entities are shown/hiddenaccess_column
- column in the main table containing the access collection ID valueowner_guid_column
- column in the main table referencing the GUID of the ownerguid_column
- column in the main table referencing the GUID of the entityenabled_column
- column in the main table referencing the enabled status of the entityquery_builder
- an instance of theQueryBuilder
- update, access_collection
Triggered during the update of an
ElggAccessCollection
.
Permission events
- container_logic_check, <entity_type>
Triggered by
ElggEntity:canWriteToContainer()
before triggeringpermissions_check
andcontainer_permissions_check
events. Unlike permissions events, logic check can be used to prevent certain entity types from being contained by other entity types, e.g. discussion replies should only be contained by discussions. This event can also be used to apply status logic, e.g. do disallow new replies for closed discussions.The handler should return
false
to prevent an entity from containing another entity. The default value passed to the event isnull
, so the handler can check if another event has modified the value by checking if return value is set. Should this event returnfalse
,container_permissions_check
andpermissions_check
events will not be triggered.The
$params
array will contain:container
- An entity that will be used as a containeruser
- User who will own the entity to be written to containersubtype
- Subtype of the entity to be written to container (entity type is assumed from event type)
- container_permissions_check, <entity_type>
Return boolean for if the user
$params['user']
can use the entity$params['container']
as a container for an entity of<entity_type>
and subtype$params['subtype']
.In the rare case where an entity is created with neither the
container_guid
nor theowner_guid
matching the logged in user, this event is called twice, and in the first call$params['container']
will be the owner, not the entity’s real container.The
$params
array will contain:container
- An entity that will be used as a containeruser
- User who will own the entity to be written to containersubtype
- Subtype of the entity to be written to container (entity type is assumed from event type)
- permissions_check, <entity_type>
Return boolean for if the user
$params['user']
can edit the entity$params['entity']
.- permissions_check:delete, <entity_type>
Return boolean for if the user
$params['user']
can delete the entity$params['entity']
. Defaults to$entity->canEdit()
.- permissions_check:delete, river
Return boolean for if the user
$params['user']
can delete the river item$params['item']
. Defaults totrue
for admins andfalse
for other users.- permissions_check:download, file
Return boolean for if the user
$params['user']
can download the file in$params['entity']
.The
$params
array will contain:entity
- Instance ofElggFile
user
- User who will download the file
- permissions_check, widget_layout
Return boolean for if
$params['user']
can edit the widgets in the context passed as$params['context']
and with a page owner of$params['page_owner']
.- permissions_check:comment, <entity_type>
Return boolean for if the user
$params['user']
can comment on the entity$params['entity']
.- permissions_check:annotate:<annotation_name>, <entity_type>
Return boolean for if the user
$params['user']
can create an annotation<annotation_name>
on the entity$params['entity']
. If logged in, the default is true.Note
This is called before the more general
permissions_check:annotate
event, and its return value is that event’s initial value.- permissions_check:annotate, <entity_type>
Return boolean for if the user
$params['user']
can create an annotation$params['annotation_name']
on the entity$params['entity']
. if logged in, the default is true.- api_key, use
Triggered in the class
\Elgg\WebServices\PAM\API\APIKey
. Returning false prevents the key from being authenticated.- gatekeeper, <entity_type>:<entity_subtype>
Filters the result of
elgg_entity_gatekeeper()
to prevent or allow access to an entity that user would otherwise have or not have access to. A handler can returnfalse
or an instance of\Elgg\Exceptions\HttpException
to prevent access to an entity. A handler can returntrue
to override the result of the gatekeeper. Important that the entity received by this event is fetched with ignored access and including disabled entities, so you have to be careful to not bypass the access system.$params
array includes:entity
- Entity that is being accesseduser
- User accessing the entity (null
implies logged in user)
Notifications events
- dequeue, notifications
Called when an ElggData object is removed from the notifications queue to be processed
- enqueue, notifications
Called when an ElggData object is being added to the notifications queue
The following events are listed chronologically in the lifetime of the notification event. Note that not all events apply to instant notifications.
- enqueue, notification
Can be used to prevent a notification event from sending subscription notifications. Event handler must return
false
to prevent a subscription notification event from being enqueued.$params
array includes:object
- object of the notification eventaction
- action that triggered the notification event. E.g. corresponds topublish
whenelgg_trigger_event('publish', 'object', $object)
is called
- get, subscriptions
Filters subscribers of the notification event. Applies to subscriptions and instant notifications. In case of a subscription event, by default, the subscribers list consists of the users subscribed to the container entity of the event object. In case of an instant notification event, the subscribers list consists of the users passed as recipients to
notify_user()
IMPORTANT Always validate the notification event, object and/or action types before adding any new recipients to ensure that you do not accidentally dispatch notifications to unintended recipients. Consider a situation, where a mentions plugin sends out an instant notification to a mentioned user - any event acting on a subject or an object without validating an event or action type (e.g. including an owner of the original wire thread) might end up sending notifications to wrong users.
$params
array includes:event
-\Elgg\Notifications\NotificationEvent
instance that describes the notification eventorigin
-subscriptions_service
orinstant_notifications
methods_override
- delivery method preference for instant notifications
Handlers must return an array in the form:
array(
<user guid> => array('sms'),
<user_guid2> => array('email', 'sms', 'ajax')
);
- send:before, notifications
Triggered before the notification event queue is processed. Can be used to terminate the notification event. Applies to subscriptions and instant notifications.
$params
array includes:event
-\Elgg\Notifications\NotificationEvent
instance that describes the notification eventsubscriptions
- a list of subscriptions. See'get', 'subscriptions'
event for details
- prepare, notification
A high level event that can be used to alter an instance of
\Elgg\Notifications\Notification
before it is sent to the user. Applies to subscriptions and instant notifications. This event is triggered before a more granular'prepare', 'notification:<action>:<entity_type>:<entity_subtype>'
and after'send:before', 'notifications
. Event handler should return an altered notification object.$params
may vary based on the notification type and may include:event
-\Elgg\Notifications\NotificationEvent
instance that describes the notification eventobject
- object of the notificationevent
. Can benull
for instant notificationsaction
- action that triggered the notificationevent
. May default tonotify_user
for instant notificationsmethod
- delivery method (e.g.email
,site
)sender
- senderrecipient
- recipientlanguage
- language of the notification (recipient’s language)origin
-subscriptions_service
orinstant_notifications
- prepare, notification:<action>:<entity_type>:<entity_type>
A granular event that can be used to filter a notification
\Elgg\Notifications\Notification
before it is sent to the user. Applies to subscriptions and instant notifications. In case of instant notifications that have not received an object, the event will be called as'prepare', 'notification:<action>'
. In case of instant notifications that have not received an action name, it will default tonotify_user
.$params
include:event
-\Elgg\Notifications\NotificationEvent
instance that describes the notification eventobject
- object of the notificationevent
. Can benull
for instant notificationsaction
- action that triggered the notificationevent
. May default tonotify_user
for instant notificationsmethod
- delivery method (e.g.email
,site
)sender
- senderrecipient
- recipientlanguage
- language of the notification (recipient’s language)origin
-subscriptions_service
orinstant_notifications
- format, notification:<method>
This event can be used to format a notification before it is passed to the
'send', 'notification:<method>'
event. Applies to subscriptions and instant notifications. The event handler should return an instance of\Elgg\Notifications\Notification
. The event does not receive any$params
. Some of the use cases include:Strip tags from notification title and body for plaintext email notifications
Inline HTML styles for HTML email notifications
Wrap notification in a template, add signature etc.
- send, notification:<method>
Delivers a notification. Applies to subscriptions and instant notifications. The handler must return
true
orfalse
indicating the success of the delivery.$params
array includes:notification
- a notification object\Elgg\Notifications\Notification
- send:after, notifications
Triggered after all notifications in the queue for the notifications event have been processed. Applies to subscriptions and instant notifications.
$params
array includes:event
-\Elgg\Notifications\NotificationEvent
instance that describes the notification eventsubscriptions
- a list of subscriptions. See'get', 'subscriptions'
event for detailsdeliveries
- a matrix of delivery statuses by user for each delivery method
Emails
- prepare, system:email
Triggered by
elgg_send_email()
. Applies to all outgoing system and notification emails. This event allows you to alter an instance of\Elgg\Email
before it is passed to the email transport. This event can be used to alter the sender, recipient, subject, body, and/or headers of the email.$params
are empty. The$return
value is an instance of\Elgg\Email
.- transport, system:email
Triggered by
elgg_send_email()
. Applies to all outgoing system and notification emails. This event allows you to implement a custom email transport, e.g. delivering emails via a third-party proxy service such as SendGrid or Mailgun. The handler must returntrue
to indicate that the email was transported.$params
contains:email
- An instance of\Elgg\Email
- validate, system:email
Triggered by
elgg_send_email()
. Applies to all outgoing system and notification emails. This event allows you to suppress or whitelist outgoing emails, e.g. when the site is in a development mode. The handler must returnfalse
to supress the email delivery.$params
contains:email
- An instance of\Elgg\Email
- zend:message, system:email
Triggered by the default email transport handler (Elgg uses
laminas/laminas-mail
). Applies to all outgoing system and notification emails that were not transported using the transport, system:email event. This event allows you to alter an instance of\Laminas\Mail\Message
before it is passed to the Laminas email transport.$params
contains:email
- An instance of\Elgg\Email
File events
- download:url, file
- Allows plugins to filter the download URL of the file.
By default, the download URL is generated by the file service.
$params
array includes:entity
- instance ofElggFile
use_cookie
- whether or not to use a cookie to secure download linkexpires
- a string representation of when the download link should expire
- inline:url, file
- Allows plugins to filter the inline URL of the image file.
By default, the inline URL is generated by the file service.
$params
array includes:entity
- instance ofElggFile
use_cookie
- whether or not to use a cookie to secure download linkexpires
- a string representation of when the download link should expire
- mime_type, file
Return the mimetype for the filename
$params['filename']
with original filename$params['original_filename']
and with the default detected mimetype of$params['default']
.- simple_type, file
The event provides
$params['mime_type']
(e.g.application/pdf
orimage/jpeg
) and determines an overall category likedocument
orimage
. The bundled file plugin and other-third party plugins usually storesimpletype
metadata on file entities and make use of it when serving icons and constructingege*
filters and menus.- upload, file
Allows plugins to implement custom logic for moving an uploaded file into an instance of
ElggFile
. The handler must returntrue
to indicate that the uploaded file was moved. The handler must returnfalse
to indicate that the uploaded file could not be moved. Other returns will indicate thatElggFile::acceptUploadedFile
should proceed with the default upload logic.$params
array includes:file
- instance ofElggFile
to write toupload
- instance of Symfony’sUploadedFile
- upload:after, file
Called after an uploaded file has been written to filestore. Receives an instance of
ElggFile
the uploaded file was written to. TheElggFile
may or may not be an entity with a GUID.
Action events
- action:validate, <action>
Trigger before action script/controller is executed. This event should be used to validate/alter user input, before proceeding with the action. The event handler can throw an instance of
\Elgg\Exceptions\Http\ValidationException
or returnfalse
to terminate further execution.$params
array includes:request
- instance of\Elgg\Request
- action_gatekeeper:permissions:check, all
Triggered after a CSRF token is validated. Return false to prevent validation.
- forward, <reason>
Filter the URL to forward a user to when
forward($url, $reason)
is called. In certain cases, theparams
array will contain an instance of\Elgg\Exceptions\HttpException
that triggered the error.- response, action:<action>
Filter an instance of
\Elgg\Http\ResponseBuilder
before it is sent to the client. This event can be used to modify response content, status code, forward URL, or set additional response headers. Note that the<action>
value is parsed from the request URL, therefore you may not be able to filter the responses of action() calls if they are nested within the another action script file.
Ajax
- ajax_response, *
When the
elgg/Ajax
module is used, this event gives access to the response object (\Elgg\Services\AjaxResponse
) so it can be altered/extended. The event type depends on the method call:elgg/Ajax method
event type
action()
action:<action_name>
path()
path:<url_path>
view()
view:<view_name>
form()
form:<action_name>
- ajax_response, action:<action_name>
Filters
action/
responses before they’re sent back to theelgg/Ajax
module.- ajax_response, path:<path>
Filters ajax responses before they’re sent back to the
elgg/Ajax
module. This event type will only be used if the path did not start with “action/” or “ajax/”.- ajax_response, view:<view>
Filters
ajax/view/
responses before they’re sent back to theelgg/Ajax
module.- ajax_response, form:<action_name>
Filters
ajax/form/
responses before they’re sent back to theelgg/Ajax
module.
Routing
- response, path:<path>
Filter an instance of
\Elgg\Http\ResponseBuilder
before it is sent to the client. This event type will only be used if the path did not start with “action/” or “ajax/”. This event can be used to modify response content, status code, forward URL, or set additional response headers. Note that the<path>
value is parsed from the request URL, therefore plugins using theroute
event should use the original<path>
to filter the response, or switch to using theroute:rewrite
event.- route:config, <route_name>
Allows altering the route configuration before it is registered. This event can be used to alter the path, default values, requirements, as well as to set/remove middleware. Please note that the handler for this event should be registered outside of the
init
event handler, as core routes are registered duringplugins_boot
event.- route:rewrite, <identifier>
Allows altering the site-relative URL path for an incoming request. See Routing for details. Please note that the handler for this event should be registered outside of the
init
event handler, as route rewrites take place afterplugins_boot
event has completed.
Views
- attributes, htmlawed
Allows changes to individual attributes.
- allowed_styles, htmlawed
Configure allowed styles for HTMLawed.
- config, htmlawed
Filter the HTMLawed
$config
array.- form:prepare:fields, <form_name>
Prepare field values for use in the form. Eg. when editing a blog, fill this with the current values of the blog. Sticky form values will automatically be added to the field values (when available).
- head, page
In
elgg_view_page()
, filters$vars['head']
Return value contains an array withtitle
,metas
andlinks
keys, wheremetas
is an array of elements to be formatted as<meta>
head tags, andlinks
is an array of elements to be formatted as<link>
head tags. Each meta and link element contains a set of key/value pairs that are formatted into html tag attributes, e.g.
return [
'title' => 'Current page title',
'metas' => [
'viewport' => [
'name' => 'viewport',
'content' => 'width=device-width',
]
],
'links' => [
'rss' => [
'rel' => 'alternative',
'type' => 'application/rss+xml',
'title' => 'RSS',
'href' => elgg_format_url($url),
],
'icon-16' => [
'rel' => 'icon',
'sizes' => '16x16',
'type' => 'image/png',
'href' => elgg_get_simplecache_url('graphics/favicon-16.png'),
],
],
];
- layout, page
In
elgg_view_layout()
, filters the layout name.$params
array includes:identifier
- ID of the page being renderedsegments
- URL segments of the page being renderedother
$vars
received byelgg_view_layout()
- response, form:<form_name>
Filter an instance of
\Elgg\Http\ResponseBuilder
before it is sent to the client. Applies to request to/ajax/form/<form_name>
. This event can be used to modify response content, status code, forward URL, or set additional response headers.- response, view:<view_name>
Filter an instance of
\Elgg\Http\ResponseBuilder
before it is sent to the client. Applies to request to/ajax/view/<view_name>
. This event can be used to modify response content, status code, forward URL, or set additional response headers.- shell, page
In
elgg_view_page()
, filters the page shell name- spec, htmlawed
Filter the HTMLawed
$spec
string (default empty).- table_columns:call, <name>
When the method
elgg()->table_columns->$name()
is called, this event is called to allow plugins to override or provide an implementation. Handlers receive the method arguments via$params['arguments']
and should return an instance ofElgg\Views\TableColumn
if they wish to specify the column directly.- vars:compiler, css
Allows plugins to alter CSS variables passed to CssCrush during compilation. See CSS variables <_guides/theming#css-vars>.
- view, <view_name>
Filters the returned content of the view
- view_vars, <view_name>
Filters the
$vars
array passed to the view
Search
- search:config, search_types
Implemented in the search plugin. Filters an array of custom search types. This allows plugins to add custom search types (e.g. tag or location search). Adding a custom search type will extend the search plugin user interface with appropriate links and lists.
- search:config, type_subtype_pairs
Implemented in the search plugin. Filters entity type/subtype pairs before entity search is performed. Allows plugins to remove certain entity types/subtypes from search results, group multiple subtypes together, or to reorder search sections.
- search:fields, <entity_type>
Triggered by
elgg_search()
. Filters search fields before search clauses are prepared.$return
value contains an array of names for each entity property type, which should be matched against the search query.$params
array contains an array of search params passed to and filtered byelgg_search()
.
return [
'attributes' => [],
'metadata' => ['title', 'description'],
'annotations' => ['revision'],
];
- search:fields, <entity_type>:<entity_subtype>
See search:fields, <entity_type>
- search:fields, <search_type>
See search:fields, <entity_type>
- search:format, entity
Implemented in the search plugin. Allows plugins to populate entity’s volatile data before it’s passed to search view. This is used for highlighting search hit, extracting relevant substrings in long text fields etc.
- search:options, <entity_type>
Triggered by
elgg_search()
. Prepares search clauses (options) to be passed toelgg_get_entities()
.- search:options, <entity_type>:<entity_subtype>
See search:options, <entity_type>
- search:options, <search_type>
See search:options, <entity_type>
- search:params, <search_type>
Triggered by
elgg_search()
. Filters search parameters (query, sorting, search fields etc) before search clauses are prepared for a given search type. Elgg core only provides support forentities
search type.- search:results, <search_type>
Triggered by
elgg_search()
. Receives normalized options suitable forelgg_get_entities()
call and must return an array of entities matching search options. This event is designed for use by plugins integrating third-party indexing services, such as Solr and Elasticsearch.
Other
- config, comments_per_page
Filters the number of comments displayed per page. Default is 25.
$params['entity']
will hold the containing entity or null if not provided. Useelgg_comments_per_page()
to get the value.- config, comments_latest_first
Filters the order of comments. Default is
true
for latest first.$params['entity']
will hold the containing entity or null if not provided.- default, access
In
elgg_get_default_access()
, this event filters the return value, so it can be used to alter the default value in the input/access view. For core plugins, the value “input_params” has the keys “entity” (ElggEntity|false), “entity_type” (string), “entity_subtype” (string), “container_guid” (int) are provided. An empty entity value generally means the form is to create a new object.- classes, icon
Can be used to filter CSS classes applied to icon glyphs. By default, Elgg uses FontAwesome. Plugins can use this event to switch to a different font family and remap icon classes.
- entity:icon:sizes, <entity_type>
Triggered by
elgg_get_icon_sizes()
and sets entity type/subtype specific icon sizes.entity_subtype
will be passed with the$params
array to the callback.- entity:<icon_type>:sizes, <entity_type>
Allows filtering sizes for custom icon types, see
entity:icon:sizes, <entity_type>
.The event must return an associative array where keys are the names of the icon sizes (e.g. “large”), and the values are arrays with the following keys:
w
- Width of the image in pixelsh
- Height of the image in pixelssquare
- Should the aspect ratio be a square (true/false)upscale
- Should the image be upscaled in case it is smaller than the given width and height (true/false)crop
- Is cropping allowed on this image size (true/false, default: true)If the configuration array for an image size is empty, the image will be saved as an exact copy of the source without resizing or cropping.
Example:
return [
'small' => [
'w' => 60,
'h' => 60,
'square' => true,
'upscale' => true,
],
'large' => [
'w' => 600,
'h' => 600,
'upscale' => false,
],
'original' => [],
];
- entity:icon:url, <entity_type>
Triggered when entity icon URL is requested, see entity icons. Callback should return URL for the icon of size
$params['size']
for the entity$params['entity']
. Following parameters are available through the$params
array:- entity
Entity for which icon url is requested.
- viewtype
The type of view e.g.
'default'
or'json'
.- size
Size requested, see entity icons for possible values.
Example on how one could default to a Gravatar icon for users that have not yet uploaded an avatar:
// Priority 600 so that handler is triggered after avatar handler
elgg_register_event_handler('entity:icon:url', 'user', 'gravatar_icon_handler', 600);
/**
* Default to icon from gravatar for users without avatar.
*
* @param \Elgg\Event $event 'entity:icon:url', 'user'
*
* @return string|null
*/
function gravatar_icon_handler(\Elgg\Event $event): ?string {
$entity = $event->getEntityParam();
$size = $event->getParam('size');
// Allow users to upload avatars
if ($entity->hasIcon($size)) {
return null;
}
// Generate gravatar hash for user email
$hash = md5(strtolower(trim($entity->email)));
// Default icon size
$size = '150x150';
// Use configured size if possible
$config = elgg_get_icon_sizes('user');
$key = $event->getParam('size');
if (isset($config[$key])) {
$size = $config[$key]['w'] . 'x' . $config[$key]['h'];
}
// Produce URL used to retrieve icon
return "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/{$hash}?s={$size}";
}
- entity:<icon_type>:url, <entity_type>
Allows filtering URLs for custom icon types, see
entity:icon:url, <entity_type>
- entity:icon:file, <entity_type>
Triggered by
ElggEntity::getIcon()
and allows plugins to provide an alternativeElggIcon
object that points to a custom location of the icon on filestore. The handler must return an instance ofElggIcon
or an exception will be thrown.- entity:<icon_type>:file, <entity_type>
Allows filtering icon file object for custom icon types, see
entity:icon:file, <entity_type>
- entity:<icon_type>:prepare, <entity_type>
Triggered by
ElggEntity::saveIcon*()
methods and can be used to prepare an image from uploaded/linked file. This event can be used to e.g. rotate the image before it is resized/cropped, or it can be used to extract an image frame if the uploaded file is a video. The handler must return an instance ofElggFile
with a simpletype that resolves to image. The$return
value passed to the event is an instance ofElggFile
that points to a temporary copy of the uploaded/linked file.The
$params
array contains:entity
- entity that owns the iconsfile
- original input file before it has been modified by other events
- entity:<icon_type>:save, <entity_type>
Triggered by
ElggEntity::saveIcon*()
methods and can be used to apply custom image manipulation logic to resizing/cropping icons. The handler must returntrue
to prevent the core APIs from resizing/cropping icons. The$params
array contains:entity
- entity that owns the iconsfile
-ElggFile
object that points to the image file to be used as source for iconsx1
,y1
,x2
,y2
- cropping coordinates
- entity:<icon_type>:saved, <entity_type>
Triggered by
ElggEntity::saveIcon*()
methods once icons have been created. This event can be used by plugins to create river items, update cropping coordinates for custom icon types etc. The handler can access the created icons usingElggEntity::getIcon()
. The$params
array contains:entity
- entity that owns the iconsx1
,y1
,x2
,y2
- cropping coordinates
- entity:<icon_type>:delete, <entity_type>
Triggered by
ElggEntity::deleteIcon()
method and can be used for clean up operations. This event is triggered before the icons are deleted. The handler can returnfalse
to prevent icons from being deleted. The$params
array contains:entity
- entity that owns the icons
- entity:url, <entity_type>:<entity_subtype>
Return the URL for the entity
$params['entity']
. Note: Generally it is better to override thegetUrl()
method of ElggEntity. This event should be used when it’s not possible to subclass (like if you want to extend a bundled plugin without overriding many views).- entity:url, <entity_type>
Return the URL for the entity
$params['entity']
. Note: Generally it is better to override thegetUrl()
method of ElggEntity. This event should be used when it’s not possible to subclass (like if you want to extend a bundled plugin without overriding many views).- extender:url, <annotation|metadata>
Return the URL for the annotation or metadata
$params['extender']
.- fields, <entity_type>:<entity_subtype>
Return an array of fields usable for
elgg_view_field()
. The result should be returned as an array of fields. It is required to providename
and#type
for each field.
$result = [];
$result[] = [
'#type' => 'longtext',
'name' => 'description',
];
return $result;
- get_list, default_widgets
Filters a list of default widgets to add for newly registered users. The list is an array of arrays in the format:
array(
'name' => elgg_echo('name'),
'widget_columns' => 3,
'widget_context' => $widget_context,
'event_name' => $event_name,
'event_type' => $event_type,
'entity_type' => $entity_type,
'entity_subtype' => $entity_subtype,
)
- handlers, widgets
Triggered when a list of available widgets is needed. Plugins can conditionally add or remove widgets from this list or modify attributes of existing widgets like
context
ormultiple
.- maintenance:allow, url
- Return boolean if the URL
$params['current_url']
and the path$params['current_path']
is allowed during maintenance mode.
- Return boolean if the URL
- plugin_setting, <entity type>
Can be used to change the value of the setting being saved
Params contains: -
entity
- TheElggEntity
where the plugin setting is being saved -plugin_id
- The ID of the plugin for which the setting is being saved -name
- The name of the setting being saved -value
- The original value of the setting being savedReturn value should be a scalar in order to be able to save it to the database. An error will be logged if this is not the case.
- public_pages, walled_garden
Filters a list of URLs (paths) that can be seen by logged out users in a walled garden mode. Handlers must return an array of regex strings that will allow access if matched. Please note that system public routes are passed as the default value to the event, and plugins must take care to not accidentally override these values.
The
$params
array contains:url
- URL of the page being tested for public accessibility
- relationship:url, <relationship_name>
Filter the URL for the relationship object
$params['relationship']
.- robots.txt, site
Filter the robots.txt values for
$params['site']
.- setting, plugin
Filter plugin settings.
$params
contains:plugin
- An ElggPlugin instanceplugin_id
- The plugin IDname
- The name of the settingvalue
- The value to set
- to:object, <entity_type|metadata|annotation|relationship|river_item>
Converts the entity
$params['entity']
to a StdClass object. This is used mostly for exporting entity properties for portable data formats like JSON and XML.
Plugins
Groups
- tool_options, group
Filters a collection of tools available within a specific group:
The
$return
is\Elgg\Collections\Collection<\Elgg\Groups\Tool>
, a collection of group tools.The
$params
array contains:entity
-\ElggGroup
Web Services
- register, api_methods``
Triggered when the ApiRegistrationService is constructed which allows to add/remove/edit webservice configurations
- rest, init
Triggered by the web services rest handler. Plugins can set up their own authentication handlers, then return
true
to prevent the default handlers from being registered.- rest:output, <method_name>
Filter the result (and subsequently the output) of the API method