Filter pages by a property using a custom SmartContent DataProvider¶
The smart_content
content type allows for the configuration of a provider
param, which is used for gathering
the items that are passed to the twig template. As described in Smart content, Sulu
comes with a few included providers and also allows to implement new ones to load custom entities.
In some cases, it might be useful to register an additional provider, which only returns pages including a property
with a specific value. This is possible by registering a new instance of the PageDataProvider
included in Sulu
that uses a custom implementation of the QueryBuilder
. In the following example a custom AuthorPageDataProvider
is implemented, which filters the pages for a specific author:
1. Implement a custom QueryBuilder
class that adds conditions
<?php
// src/SmartContent/AuthorPageQueryBuilder.php
namespace App\SmartContent;
use Sulu\Bundle\ContactBundle\Entity\ContactRepositoryInterface;
use Sulu\Component\Content\Compat\StructureManagerInterface;
use Sulu\Component\Content\Extension\ExtensionManagerInterface;
use Sulu\Component\Content\SmartContent\QueryBuilder;
use Sulu\Component\PHPCR\SessionManager\SessionManagerInterface;
class AuthorPageQueryBuilder extends QueryBuilder
{
public function __construct(
StructureManagerInterface $structureManager,
ExtensionManagerInterface $extensionManager,
SessionManagerInterface $sessionManager,
$languageNamespace,
private ContactRepositoryInterface $contactRepository
)
{
parent::__construct($structureManager, $extensionManager, $sessionManager, $languageNamespace);
}
protected function buildWhere($webspaceKey, $locale)
{
// reuse existing functionality of the default QueryBuilder implementation
$sql2Where = explode(' AND ', parent::buildWhere($webspaceKey, $locale));
// Find authors by firstName and lastName
$authors = $this->contactRepository->findBy(['firstName' => 'Adam', 'lastName' => 'Ministrator']);
// Get the first author
$author = reset($authors);
// add custom condition to check the author of the page to the query
$sql2Where[] = "(page.[i18n:" . $locale . "-author] = " . $author->getId() . ")";
// optional: add custom condition to check the value of a specific property of the page to the query
// $sql2Where[] = "(page.[i18n:" . $locale . "-propertyName] = 'propertyValue')";
return implode(' AND ', $sql2Where);
}
}
2. Register PageDataProvider
service that uses custom QueryBuilder
implementation
# config/services.yaml
services:
app.smart_content.author_page_query_builder:
class: App\SmartContent\AuthorPageQueryBuilder
arguments:
- '@sulu.content.structure_manager'
- '@sulu_page.extension.manager'
- '@sulu.phpcr.session'
- '%sulu.content.language.namespace%'
- '@sulu.repository.contact'
app.smart_content.data_provider.author_pages:
class: Sulu\Component\Content\SmartContent\PageDataProvider
arguments:
- '@app.smart_content.author_page_query_builder'
- '@sulu.content.query_executor'
- '@sulu_document_manager.document_manager'
- '@sulu_page.smart_content.data_provider.content.proxy_factory'
- '@sulu_document_manager.default_session'
- '@sulu_page.reference_store.content'
- '%sulu_document_manager.show_drafts%'
- '%sulu_security.permissions%'
- '@=container.hasParameter(\'sulu_audience_targeting.enabled\')'
- '@sulu_admin.form_metadata_provider'
- '@security.token_storage'
tags:
- { name: 'sulu.smart_content.data_provider', alias: 'author_pages' }
3. Use registered author_pages
DataProvider in the template
<property name="authorPages" type="smart_content">
<meta>
<title lang="en">Author Pages</title>
</meta>
<params>
<param name="provider" value="author_pages"/>
</params>
</property>
Adding custom sorting¶
You can implement custom sorting criteria by creating a new DataProvider
class that extends from the PageDataProvider
class and using it instead.
That way, you can sort by a property that isn’t provided by the PageDataProvider
.
When a lot of business logic it is probably better to create a custom entity instead.
1. Create a custom DataProvider
class that overrides the PageDataProvider
configuration.
<?php
// src/SmartContent/CustomPageDataProvider.php
namespace App\SmartContent;
use Sulu\Bundle\PageBundle\Admin\PageAdmin;
use Sulu\Component\Content\SmartContent\PageDataProvider;
use Sulu\Component\SmartContent\Configuration\ProviderConfiguration;
use Sulu\Component\SmartContent\Configuration\ProviderConfigurationInterface;
class EventPageDataProvider extends PageDataProvider
{
public function getConfiguration(): ProviderConfigurationInterface
{
return $this->initConfiguration();
}
private function initConfiguration(): ProviderConfigurationInterface
{
/** @var ProviderConfiguration $configuration */
$configuration = parent::getConfiguration();
$configuration->setSorting([
...$configuration->getSorting(),
['column' => 'datetimeFrom', 'title' => 'sulu_admin.datetime_from'],
]);
return $configuration;
}
}
Other configuration settings can be overriden as well. The available options are:
Method |
Parameters |
Description |
---|---|---|
setTags |
bool |
Enable tags to be selecteable for smart_content. |
setTags |
bool |
Enable categories. |
setLimit |
bool |
Enable limit. |
setPaginated |
bool |
Enable pagination. |
setPresentAs |
bool |
Enable present as. |
setAudienceTargeting |
bool |
Enable audience targeting. |
setSorting |
collection |
Accepts a nested array of two-dimensional arrays. Each two-dimensional array should include a column key with the property to sort by, and a title key with the label to display in the sorting dropdown menu. |
setView |
array<string, string> $resultToView |
Defines where the deep link when clicking on a smart content item should navigate to. |
2. Use the custom DataProvider
in the services.yaml
.
app.smart_content.data_provider.author_pages:
class: App\SmartContent\EventPageDataProvider
All other parameters remain the same as you would register a PageDataProvider
service that uses a custom QueryBuilder
implementation.