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EventDispatcherInterface

The EventDispatcherInterface is the central point of Symfony's event listener system.

Listeners are registered on the manager and events are dispatched through the manager.

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Bernhard Schussek bschussek@gmail.com

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Methods

addListener()  : mixed
Adds an event listener that listens on the specified events.
addSubscriber()  : mixed
Adds an event subscriber.
dispatch()  : Event
Dispatches an event to all registered listeners.
getListeners()  : array<string|int, mixed>
Gets the listeners of a specific event or all listeners sorted by descending priority.
hasListeners()  : bool
Checks whether an event has any registered listeners.
removeListener()  : mixed
Removes an event listener from the specified events.
removeSubscriber()  : mixed
Removes an event subscriber.

Methods

addListener()

Adds an event listener that listens on the specified events.

public addListener(string $eventName, callable $listener[, int $priority = 0 ]) : mixed
Parameters
$eventName : string

The event to listen on

$listener : callable

The listener

$priority : int = 0

The higher this value, the earlier an event listener will be triggered in the chain (defaults to 0)

dispatch()

Dispatches an event to all registered listeners.

public dispatch(string $eventName[, Event $event = null ]) : Event
Parameters
$eventName : string

The name of the event to dispatch. The name of the event is the name of the method that is invoked on listeners.

$event : Event = null

The event to pass to the event handlers/listeners. If not supplied, an empty Event instance is created.

Return values
Event

getListeners()

Gets the listeners of a specific event or all listeners sorted by descending priority.

public getListeners([string $eventName = null ]) : array<string|int, mixed>
Parameters
$eventName : string = null

The name of the event

Return values
array<string|int, mixed>

The event listeners for the specified event, or all event listeners by event name

hasListeners()

Checks whether an event has any registered listeners.

public hasListeners([string $eventName = null ]) : bool
Parameters
$eventName : string = null

The name of the event

Return values
bool

true if the specified event has any listeners, false otherwise

removeListener()

Removes an event listener from the specified events.

public removeListener(string $eventName, callable $listener) : mixed
Parameters
$eventName : string

The event to remove a listener from

$listener : callable

The listener to remove


        
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