function path_generate_entity_alias

Apply patterns to create an alias for an entity.

Parameters

Entity $entity: A node, user, taxonomy term, or other entity for which patterns exist.

string $source: An internal Backdrop path to be aliased. If not specified, the path of the provided entity will be used, e.g. node/1.

string $langcode: A string specify the path's language. If not specified, the language of the given entity will be used.

Return value

string|FALSE: The automatically generated alias or FALSE if no automatically generated alias should be created.

See also

token_replace()

File

core/modules/path/path.inc, line 412

Miscellaneous functions for Path module.

Code

function path_generate_entity_alias(Entity $entity, $source = NULL, $langcode = NULL) {
  $config = config('path.settings');
  $entity_type_name = $entity->entityType();
  $entity_type = entity_get_info($entity_type_name);
  $token_type = isset($entity_type['token type']) ? $entity_type['token type'] : NULL;
  $bundle = $entity->bundle();

  if (!isset($source)) {
    $uri = $entity->uri();
    $source = $uri['path'];
  }
  if (!isset($langcode)) {
    $langcode = isset($entity->langcode) ? $entity->langcode : LANGUAGE_NONE;
  }

  // Retrieve and apply the pattern for this content type.
  $pattern = path_get_pattern_by_entity_type($entity_type_name, $bundle, $langcode);

  // Allow other modules to alter the pattern.
  $context = array(
    'entity' => $entity,
    'source' => $source,
    'langcode' => $langcode,
  );
  backdrop_alter('path_pattern', $pattern, $context);

  if (empty($pattern)) {
    // No pattern? Do nothing (otherwise we may blow away existing aliases...)
    return FALSE;
  }

  // Special handling when updating an item which is already aliased.
  $existing_path = NULL;
  if (!$entity->isNew()) {
    if ($existing_path = _path_load_loosely_by_source($source, $langcode)) {
      switch ($config->get('update_action')) {
        case PATH_UPDATE_ACTION_NO_NEW:
          // If an alias already exists, and the update action is set to do
          // nothing, then return.
          return FALSE;
      }
    }
  }

  // Replace any tokens in the pattern. Uses callback option to clean
  // replacements. No sanitization.
  $data = array();
  if ($token_type) {
    $data[$token_type] = $entity;
  }
  $alias = token_replace($pattern, $data, array(
    'sanitize' => FALSE,
    'clear' => TRUE,
    'callback' => 'path_clean_token_values',
    'langcode' => $langcode,
  ));

  // Check if the token replacement has not actually replaced any values. If
  // that is the case, then stop because we should not generate an alias.
  // @see token_scan()
  $pattern_tokens_removed = preg_replace('/\[[^\s\]:]*:[^\s\]]*\]/', '', $pattern);
  if ($alias === $pattern_tokens_removed) {
    return FALSE;
  }

  $alias = path_clean_alias($alias);

  // Allow other modules to alter the alias.
  $context['source'] = &$source;
  $context['pattern'] = $pattern;
  backdrop_alter('path_alias', $alias, $context);

  // If we have arrived at an empty string, discontinue.
  if (!backdrop_strlen($alias)) {
    return FALSE;
  }

  // If the alias already exists, generate a new, hopefully unique, variant.
  $original_alias = $alias;
  path_alias_uniquify($alias, $source, $langcode);
  if ($original_alias != $alias) {
    // Alert the user why this happened.
    path_verbose_message(t('The automatically generated alias %original_alias conflicted with an existing alias. Alias changed to %alias.', array(
      '%original_alias' => $original_alias,
      '%alias' => $alias,
    )), $entity->isNew() ? 'insert' : 'update');
  }

  return $alias;
}