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function help_topics_help in Drupal 8

Same name and namespace in other branches
  1. 9 core/modules/help_topics/help_topics.module \help_topics_help()

Implements hook_help().

File

core/modules/help_topics/help_topics.module, line 14
Displays help topics provided by modules and themes.

Code

function help_topics_help($route_name, RouteMatchInterface $route_match) {
  switch ($route_name) {
    case 'help.page.help_topics':
      $help_home = Url::fromRoute('help.main')
        ->toString();
      $module_handler = \Drupal::moduleHandler();
      $locale_help = $module_handler
        ->moduleExists('locale') ? Url::fromRoute('help.page', [
        'name' => 'locale',
      ])
        ->toString() : '#';
      $search_help = $module_handler
        ->moduleExists('search') ? Url::fromRoute('help.page', [
        'name' => 'search',
      ])
        ->toString() : '#';
      $output = '';
      $output .= '<h3>' . t('About') . '</h3>';
      $output .= '<p>' . t('The Help Topics module adds module- and theme-provided help topics to the module overviews from the core Help module. If the core Search module is enabled, these topics are also searchable. For more information, see the <a href=":online">online documentation for the Help Topics module</a>.', [
        ':online' => 'https://www.drupal.org/documentation/modules/help_topics',
      ]) . '</p>';
      $output .= '<h3>' . t('Uses') . '</h3>';
      $output .= '<dl>';
      $output .= '<dt>' . t('Viewing help topics') . '</dt>';
      $output .= '<dd>' . t('The top-level help topics are listed on the main <a href=":help_page">Help page</a>. Links to other topics, including non-top-level help topics, can be found under the "Related" heading when viewing a topic page.', [
        ':help_page' => $help_home,
      ]) . '</dd>';
      $output .= '<dt>' . t('Providing help topics') . '</dt>';
      $output .= '<dd>' . t("Modules and themes can provide help topics as Twig-file-based plugins in a project sub-directory called <em>help_topics</em>; plugin meta-data is provided in YAML front matter within each Twig file. Plugin-based help topics provided by modules and themes will automatically be updated when a module or theme is updated. Use the plugins in <em>core/modules/help_topics/help_topics</em> as a guide when writing and formatting a help topic plugin for your theme or module.") . '</dd>';
      $output .= '<dt>' . t('Translating help topics') . '</dt>';
      $output .= '<dd>' . t('The title and body text of help topics provided by contributed modules and themes are translatable using the <a href=":locale_help">Interface Translation module</a>. Topics provided by custom modules and themes are also translatable if they have been viewed at least once in a non-English language, which triggers putting their translatable text into the translation database.', [
        ':locale_help' => $locale_help,
      ]) . '</dd>';
      $output .= '<dt>' . t('Configuring help search') . '</dt>';
      $output .= '<dd>' . t('To search help, you will need to install the core Search module, configure a search page, and add a search block to the Help page or another administrative page. (A search page is provided automatically, and if you use the core Seven administrative theme, a help search block is shown on the main Help page.) Then users with search permissions, and permission to view help, will be able to search help. See the <a href=":search_help">Search module help page</a> for more information.', [
        ':search_help' => $search_help,
      ]) . '</dd>';
      $output .= '</dl>';
      return [
        '#markup' => $output,
      ];
    case 'help.help_topic':
      $help_home = Url::fromRoute('help.main')
        ->toString();
      return '<p>' . t('See the <a href=":help_page">Help page</a> for more topics.', [
        ':help_page' => $help_home,
      ]) . '</p>';
  }
}