Static Helpers

Pimcore offers some static helpers:

Pimcore Tool

The Pimcore\Tool class is a collection of general service methods. Their names should be self-explaining, just have a look at the class source file.

Particular useful can be following methods:

• isValidPath()
• getValidLanguages()
• getHostname()
• getHostUrl()
• classExists()
• exitWithError()
• getMail()

E-Mail

There is a convenience function which allows any Pimcore system component or plugin to use a preconfigured Symfony\Component\Mime\Email instance based on the Pimcore system settings' email configuration.

$mail = Pimcore\Tool::getMail($recipients, $subject);
// For any plugin or website applications it might be convenient to use this mail configuration instead of having to care for these settings themselves.

Element Service

The Pimcore\Model\Element\Service class is a collection of service methods for elements (documents, assets, objects). Their names should be self-explaining, just have a look at the class source file.

Particular useful can be following methods:

• getElementByPath()
• getSafeCopyName()
• pathExists()
• getElementById()
• getElementType()
• createFolderByPath()
• getValidKey()

Also have a look at the sub classes Pimcore\Model\Asset\Service, Pimcore\Model\Document\Service and Pimcore\Model\DataObject\Service.

Document-Service

A useful service method for documents is Pimcore\Model\Document\Service::render().

You can use this helper to render a page outside of a view, for example to send mails.

Example:

$optionalParams = ['foo' => 'bar', 'hum'=>'bug'];
$useLayout = true;
$content = Document\Service::render(Document::getById(2), $optionalParams, $useLayout);
echo $content;