OnManagerPageBeforeRender

Event: OnManagerPageBeforeRender¶

Fires in the manager controller before content is processed.

• Service: 2 - Manager Access Events
• Group: System

Event Parameters¶

Remarks¶

Example¶

Print the configuration of the controller being rendered:

<?php
$eventName = $modx->event->name;
switch($eventName) {
    case 'OnManagerPageBeforeRender':
        // which controller is loading
        print_r($scriptProperties['controller']->config);
        print_r($scriptProperties['controller']->scriptProperties);
        break;
}

Block editing a Resource whose ID is missing from the allow_to_update option:

<?php
$eventName = $modx->event->name;
switch($eventName) {
    case 'OnManagerPageBeforeRender':
        $controller = $scriptProperties['controller'];
        if ($controller->config['controller'] !== 'resource/update') {
            break;
        }
        $allow_to_update = $modx->getOption('allow_to_update');
        if (empty($allow_to_update)) {
            break;
        }
        if (!is_array($allow_to_update)) {
            $allow_to_update = array_map('trim', explode(',', $allow_to_update));
        }
        if (!in_array($controller->scriptProperties['id'], $allow_to_update)) {
            $controller->failure('Access is denied');
        }
        break;
}

Add a JavaScript file to manager pages:

<?php
$eventName = $modx->event->name;
switch($eventName) {
    case 'OnManagerPageBeforeRender':
        $modx->controller->addJavascript('url/file.js');
        break;
}

See Also¶

• System Events
• Plugins