generateBreadcrumb

The generateBreadcrumb hook is used to manipulate the breadcrumb navigation (from breadcrumb front end module). It passes the breadcrumb items as an array and the front end module object as arguments and expects an array (the breadcrumb items) as return value.

Parameters

  1. array $items

    The breadcrumb navigation items.

  2. \Contao\Modul $module

    The front end module instance executing the hook.

Return Values

An array containing associative array items with the following information for the breadcrumb item:

  • bool isRoot Whether this is the root item.
  • bool isActive Whether this is an active item.
  • string href The URL for this breadcrumb item.
  • string title The title attribute for this breadcrumb item.
  • string link The text for this breadcrumb item.
  • array data Associative array containing the data of tl_page.
  • string class The CSS classes for this breadcrumb item.

Example

// src/EventListener/GenerateBreadcrumbListener.php
namespace App\EventListener;

use Contao\CoreBundle\ServiceAnnotation\Hook;
use Contao\Module;

/**
 * @Hook("generateBreadcrumb")
 */
class GenerateBreadcrumbListener
{
    public function __invoke(array $items, Module $module): array
    {
        // Modify $items …

        return $items;
    }
}

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