function entity_view in Drupal 8

Returns the render array for an entity.

Parameters

\Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity: The entity to be rendered.

string $view_mode: The view mode that should be used to display the entity.

string $langcode: (optional) For which language the entity should be rendered, defaults to the current content language.

bool $reset: (optional) Whether to reset the render cache for the requested entity. Defaults to FALSE.

Return value

array A render array for the entity.

$view_builder = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()
  ->getViewBuilder($entity
  ->getEntityTypeId());
return $view_builder
  ->view($entity, $view_mode, $langcode);

See also

https://www.drupal.org/node/3033656

\Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityTypeManagerInterface::getViewBuilder()

\Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityViewBuilderInterface::view()

File

core/includes/entity.inc, line 341

Entity API for handling entities like nodes or users.

Code

function entity_view(EntityInterface $entity, $view_mode, $langcode = NULL, $reset = FALSE) {
  @trigger_error('entity_view() is deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use \\Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getViewBuilder($entity->getEntityTypeId())->view($entity, $view_mode, $langcode) instead. See https://www.drupal.org/node/3033656', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
  $render_controller = \Drupal::entityManager()
    ->getViewBuilder($entity
    ->getEntityTypeId());
  if ($reset) {
    $render_controller
      ->resetCache([
      $entity,
    ]);
  }
  return $render_controller
    ->view($entity, $view_mode, $langcode);
}