Event Dispatcher

This section will discuss the CMS event dispatcher, which can be used in Custom Middleware / Modules to intercept various core events raised by the CMS. The CMS uses the Symfony event dispatcher by default.

In order to execute code on an event the object you are listening from must have access to the $container->dispatcher, which is an object implementing the EventDispatcherInterface.

This is registered in the DI Container by the State Middleware and automatically provided to all Widgets.

Listening for an Event

Event listeners are adding to the event dispatcher for execution when a matching event is fired.

The easiest way to add one is:

$dispatcher = $this->getDispatcher();
$dispatcher->addListener('event.name', function(Event $event) {
    // Your code here
});

Each event holds an event object which exposes specific functionality that may be useful for that event.

Supported Events

Below is a list of supported events:

Using in a Widget

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