getContentElement

The getContentElement hook is triggered when a content element is rendered. It passes the database object, the buffer string and the content element object as arguments and expects a buffer string as return value.

Note

This hook is executed for all content elements, i.e. also for forms and front end modules that are integrated into a page via a content element.

Parameters

  1. \Contao\ContentModel $contentModel

    Database result set from table tl_content.

  2. string $buffer

    The output buffer of the generated content element.

  3. object $element

    An instance of the content element’s class that is registered for this element’s type.

Return Values

The (modified) content of the content element as a string.

Example

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

use Contao\CoreBundle\DependencyInjection\Attribute\AsHook;
use Contao\ContentElement;
use Contao\ContentModel;

#[AsHook('getContentElement')]
class GetContentElementListener
{
    public function __invoke(ContentModel $contentModel, string $buffer, $element): string
    {
        // Modify or create new $buffer here …

        return $buffer;
    }
}

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