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asset()

Helper to create an asset object
attr()

Generates a list of HTML attributes
collection()

Returns the result of a collection by name
csrf()

Checks / returns a CSRF token
css()

Creates one or multiple CSS link tags
deprecated()

Triggers a deprecation warning if debug mode is active
dump()

Simple object and variable dumper to help with debugging.
e()

Smart version of echo with an if condition as first argument
esc()

Escape context specific output
get()

Shortcut for $kirby->request()->get()
gist()

Embeds a Github Gist
go()

Redirects to the given Urls Urls can be relative or absolute.
h()

Shortcut for html()
html()

Creates safe html by encoding special characters
image()

Return an image from any page specified by the path
invalid()

Runs a number of validators on a set of data and checks if the data is invalid
js()

Creates a script tag to load a javascript file
kirby()

Returns the Kirby object in any situation
kirbytag()

Makes it possible to use any defined Kirbytag as standalone function
kirbytags()

Parses KirbyTags in the given string. Shortcut for $kirby->kirbytags($text, $data)
kirbytext()

Parses KirbyTags and Markdown in the given string. Shortcut for $kirby->kirbytext()
kirbytextinline()

Parses KirbyTags and inline Markdown in the given string.
load()

A super simple class autoloader
markdown()

Parses markdown in the given string. Shortcut for $kirby->markdown($text)
option()

Shortcut for $kirby->option($key, $default)
page()

Fetches a single page by id or the current page when no id is specified
pages()

Helper to build pages collection
param()

Returns a single param from the URL
params()

Returns all params from the current Url
qr()

Creates a QR code object
r()

Smart version of return with an if condition as first argument
router()

Creates a micro-router and executes the routing action immediately
site()

Returns the current site object
size()

Determines the size/length of numbers, strings, arrays and countable objects
smartypants()

Enhances the given string with smartypants. Shortcut for $kirby->smartypants($text)
snippet()

Embeds a snippet from the snippet folder
svg()

Includes an SVG file by absolute or relative file path.
t()

Returns translate string for key from translation file
tc()

Translates a count
tt()

Translate by key and then replace placeholders in the text
u()

Shortcut for url()
url()

Builds an absolute URL for a given path
video()

Creates a privacy-friendly video embed via iframe for YouTube
vimeo()

Embeds a Vimeo video by URL in an iframe
widont()

The widont function makes sure that there are no typographical widows at the end of a paragraph – that's a single word in the last line
youtube()

Embeds a YouTube video by URL in an iframe

site()

Returns the current site object

kirby/config/helpers.php#L486

site(): Kirby\Cms\Site

Return type

Kirby\Cms\Site

Examples

<?= site()->title() ?>

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