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Helper

Our HelperBuilder class will help you save time in your development:

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HelperBuilder::pathFormattedFromString

Allows you to return a "formatted" path as an absolute path, for example:

HelperBuilder::pathFormattedFromString('$/modules/prettyblocks/views/images/') will return: /path/to/prestashop/modules/prettyblocks/views/images/

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HelperBuilder::pathFormattedFromUrl

Allows you to return an absolute path from a URL, for example:

HelperBuilder::pathFormattedFromUrl('https://your_shop.com/modules/prettyblocks/views/images/') will return: /path/to/prestashop/modules/prettyblocks/views/images/

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HelperBuilder::pathFormattedToUrl

Returns a path as a URL, for example: HelperBuilder::pathFormattedToUrl('$/modules/prettyblocks/views/images/') will return: https://your_shop.com/modules/prettyblocks/views/images/

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HelperBuilder::renderBlocks

Returns the rendering of one or more blocks (see create your first blocks)

1return HelperBuilder::renderBlocks(
2    [
3        new MyCustomBlock($this)
4           // new MySecondCustomBlock($this)
5       ]
6   );

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HelperBuilder::getRandomCategory

Returns an array of a random category formatted for selector type fields. Very useful for inserting your blocks that have category fields to fill in, for example:

 1'config' => [
 2    'fields' => [
 3        // ...
 4          'category' => [
 5              'type' => 'selector',
 6              'label' => $this->module->l('Category'),
 7              'collection' => 'Category',
 8              'force_default_value' => true,
 9              'default' => \HelperBuilder::getRandomCategory($this->context->language->id, $this->context->shop->id),
10              'selector' => '{id} - {name}',
11          ],
12          // ...
13      ],
14  ],

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HelperBuilder::getRandomProduct

Similar to getRandomCategory, this method returns a randomly selected product.

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HelperBuilder::getRandomCMS

Similar to getRandomCategory, this method returns a randomly selected CMS page.