When using the multisite feature, it is sometimes useful to be able to generate cross-links between the different sites.
This allows you to link different resources referenced in the same content repository, but configured independently with different tree roots.

Usage

 {# Linking a location #} 
<a href="{{ url( 'ez_urlalias', {'locationId': 42, 'siteaccess': 'some_siteaccess_name'} ) }}">{{ ez_content_name( content ) }}</a>

{# Linking a regular route #} 
<a href="{{ url( "some_route_name", {"siteaccess": "some_siteaccess_name"} ) }}">Hello world!</a>

namespace Acme\TestBundle\Controller;

use eZ\Bundle\EzPublishCoreBundle\Controller as BaseController;
use Symfony\Component\Routing\Generator\UrlGeneratorInterface;

class MyController extends BaseController
{
    public function fooAction()
    {
        // ...

        $location = $this->getRepository()->getLocationService()->loadLocation( 123 );
        $locationUrl = $this->generateUrl(
            $location,
            array( 'siteaccess' => 'some_siteaccess_name' ),
            UrlGeneratorInterface::ABSOLUTE_PATH
        );

        $regularRouteUrl = $this->generateUrl(
            'some_route_name',
            array( 'siteaccess' => 'some_siteaccess_name' ),
            UrlGeneratorInterface::ABSOLUTE_PATH
        );

        // ...
    }
}

Troubleshooting

• The first matcher succeeding always wins, so be careful when using catch-all matchers like URIElement.
• If passed siteaccess name is not a valid one, an InvalidArgumentException will be thrown.
• If matcher used to match the provided siteaccess doesn't implement VersatileMatcher, the link will be generated for the current siteaccess.
• When using Compound\LogicalAnd, all inner matchers must match. If at least one matcher doesn't implement VersatileMatcher, it will fail.
• When using Compound\LogicalOr, the first inner matcher succeeding will win.

Under the hood

To implement this feature, a new VersatileMatcher was added to allow siteaccess matchers to be able to reverse-match.
All existing matchers implement this new interface, except the Regexp based matchers which have been deprecated.

The siteaccess router has been added a matchByName() method to reflect this addition. Abstract URLGenerator and DefaultRouter have been updated as well.

Related topics:

• Siteaccess