public function BlockBase::getMachineNameSuggestion in Zircon Profile 8
Same name and namespace in other branches
- 8.0 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Block/BlockBase.php \Drupal\Core\Block\BlockBase::getMachineNameSuggestion()
 
Suggests a machine name to identify an instance of this block.
The block plugin need not verify that the machine name is at all unique. It is only responsible for providing a baseline suggestion; calling code is responsible for ensuring whatever uniqueness is required for the use case.
Return value
string The suggested machine name.
Overrides BlockPluginInterface::getMachineNameSuggestion
1 method overrides BlockBase::getMachineNameSuggestion()
- ViewsBlock::getMachineNameSuggestion in core/
modules/ views/ src/ Plugin/ Block/ ViewsBlock.php  - Suggests a machine name to identify an instance of this block.
 
File
- core/
lib/ Drupal/ Core/ Block/ BlockBase.php, line 242  - Contains \Drupal\Core\Block\BlockBase.
 
Class
- BlockBase
 - Defines a base block implementation that most blocks plugins will extend.
 
Namespace
Drupal\Core\BlockCode
public function getMachineNameSuggestion() {
  $definition = $this
    ->getPluginDefinition();
  $admin_label = $definition['admin_label'];
  // @todo This is basically the same as what is done in
  //   \Drupal\system\MachineNameController::transliterate(), so it might make
  //   sense to provide a common service for the two.
  $transliterated = $this
    ->transliteration()
    ->transliterate($admin_label, LanguageInterface::LANGCODE_DEFAULT, '_');
  $transliterated = Unicode::strtolower($transliterated);
  $transliterated = preg_replace('@[^a-z0-9_.]+@', '', $transliterated);
  return $transliterated;
}