View Helpers Miscellaneous Functions string controller
Displays a marked-up listing of messages that exist in the Flash.
| Name | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| keys | string | No | The key (or list of keys) to show the value for. You can also use the key argument instead for better readability when accessing a single key. |
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| class | string | No | flash-messages | HTML class to set on the div element that contains the messages. |
| includeEmptyContainer | boolean | No | false | Includes the div container even if the Flash is empty. |
| encode | boolean | No | true | When set to true, encodes tag content, attribute values, and URLs so that Cross Site Scripting (XSS) attacks can be prevented. Set to attributes to only encode attribute values and not tag content. |
// In the controller action flashInsert(success="Your post was successfully submitted."); flashInsert(alert="Don't forget to tweet about this post!"); flashInsert(error="This is an error message."); <!--- In the layout or view ---> #flashMessages()# <!--- Generates this (sorted alphabetically):---> <div class="flashMessages"> <p class="alertMessage"> Don't forget to tweet about this post! </p> <p class="errorMessage"> This is an error message. </p> <p class="successMessage"> Your post was successfully submitted. </p> </div> <!--- Only show the "success" key in the view ---> #flashMessages(key="success")# <!--- Generates this: ---> <div class="flashMessage"> <p class="successMessage"> Your post was successfully submitted. </p> </div> <!--- Show only the "success" and "alert" keys in the view, in that order ---> #flashMessages(keys="success,alert")# <!--- Generates this (sorted alphabetically):---> <div class="flashMessages"> <p class="successMessage"> Your post was successfully submitted. </p> <p class="alertMessage"> Don't forget to tweet about this post! </p> </div>