$kirby->render()

$kirby->render(string|null $path = null, string|null $method = null): Kirby\Http\Response|null

Parameters

Return types

Kirby\Http\Response|ornull

This method modifies the existing $app object it is applied to and returns it again.

Parent class

Kirby\Cms\App

Disabling the render method

$kirby->render() can be disabled temporarily by setting

$_ENV['KIRBY_RENDER'] = false;

This needs to be set before $kirby->render() is called.

As an example, this is used by the Kirby CLI to load the index.php without getting any output. This way, the CLI can access the correct $kirby instance with all custom roots and options.

If one of your independent PHP scripts need access to the $kirby instance in a similar way, you can require the index.php like this …

<?php

$_ENV['KIRBY_RENDER'] = false;

// Kirby will not render anything
require __DIR__ . '/index.php';

// You get full access to the $kirby object
// with all custom settings
dump($kirby);