crittermike

<?php

$path = \Drupal::service('path.alias_manager')->getPathByAlias('/this-is-the-alias');
if(preg_match('/node\/(\d+)/', $path, $matches)) {
  $node = \Drupal\node\Entity\Node::load($matches[1]);
}

slivorezka

<?php
// Some entity alias (node, taxonomy_term, user, etc).
$alias = '/about';
// Get URL obj.
$url = Url::fromUri('internal:' . $alias);
// Check exist alias.
if ($url->isRouted()) {
  $params = $url->getRouteParameters();
  $entity_type = key($params);
  // GEt entity.

jez500

<?php

/**
 * Implements hook_form_alter().
 */
function MYMODULE_form_alter(&$form, \Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface $form_state, $form_id) {
  $view_names = array('my_view_name');
  $view = $form_state->getStorage('view');
  if ($form_id == 'views_exposed_form' && in_array($view['view']->id(), $view_names)) {
    // Do some shilzzle.

crittermike

<?php

// Import arbitrary config from a variable.
// Assumes $data has the data you want to import for this config.
$config = \Drupal::service('config.factory')->getEditable('filter.format.basic_html');
$config->setData($data)->save();

// Or, re-import the default config for a module or profile, etc.
\Drupal::service('config.installer')->installDefaultConfig('module', 'my_custom_module');

WengerK

🔍 Solr (6.1.0+) search Engine & Tika (1.13+) Extractor

We are using solr for search index.

Solr need to be configured for drupal. Follow the INSTALL.txt found in the search_api_solr module.

As a pre-requisite for running your own Solr server, you'll need Java 6 or higher.

Installation

bdlangton

Render custom blocks

$bid = 'myblock';
$block = \Drupal\block_content\Entity\BlockContent::load($bid);
$render = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getViewBuilder('block_content')->view($block);

Render plugin blocks

$block_manager = \Drupal::service('plugin.manager.block');