PHP Function Reference

Note: All functions are in the Altis Consent plugin use the Altis\Consent namespace except where noted.

`load_consent_banner`

Loads the templates used to display the cookie consent banner. The path to the banner can be customized using the altis.consent.consent_banner_path filter.

Uses load_template
See altis.consent.consent_banner_path

Example

function render_consent_banner() : string {
    ob_start();
    load_consent_banner();
    return ob_get_clean();
}

`should_display_banner`

Determines whether the banner should be displayed. Uses the display_banner setting defined in the admin but can be filtered by using the altis.consent.should_display_banner filter.

Return

bool: Whether the banner should be displayed.

Example

function load_consent_banner() {
    // Check if we need to load the banner.
    if ( should_display_banner() ) {
            load_template( plugin_dir_path( __DIR__ ) . 'tmpl/consent-banner.php' );
    }
}

`cookie_prefix`

Returns the default consent cookie prefix.

See altis.consent.cookie_prefix

Return

string: The consent cookie prefix. Defaults to altis_consent.

Example

wp_localize_script( 'altis-consent', 'altisConsent', [
    'cookiePrefix' => cookie_prefix(),
] );

`consent_types`

Returns the active consent types.

See altis.consent.types

Return

array: The list of currently allowed consent types. Defaults are optin and optout.

Example

wp_localize_script( 'altis-consent', 'altisConsent', [
    'consentTypes' => consent_types(),
] );

`consent_categories`

Returns a list of active consent categories.

See altis.consent.categories

Return

array: The list of currently allowed consent categories. Defaults are functional, preferences, statistics, statistics-anonymous, and marketing.

Example

wp_localize_script( 'altis-consent', 'altisConsent', [
    'categories' => consent_categories(),
] );

`consent_category_labels`

Returns a list of consent categories with labels.

See altis.consent.category_labels

Return

array: The list of currently allowed consent categories. Defaults are "Functional", "Preferences", "Statistics", "Anonymous statistics" and "Marketing".

Example

wp_localize_script( 'altis-consent', 'altisConsent', [
    'labels' => consent_category_labels(),
] );

`get_category_label`

Returns the label for a given consent category.

Parameters

$category string The category to get the label for.

Return

string: The label or an empty string if the $category is unknown.

Example

echo esc_html( Consent\get_category_label( 'preferences' ) );

`consent_values`

Returns a list of active possible consent values.

See altis.consent.values

Return

array: A list of possible consent values. Defaults are allow and deny.

Example

wp_localize_script( 'altis-consent', 'altisConsent', [
    'values' => consent_values(),
] );

`validate_consent_item`

Validates a consent item (either a consent type, category or value).

Parameters

$item string The value to validate.
$item_type string The type of value to validate. Possible options are types (consent types,

see consent_types), categories (consent categories, see consent_categories), or values (consent values, see consent_values).

Return

string|bool: The validated string or false if unable to validate. Triggers a warning if either the $item_type or the $item is invalid.

Example

if ( ! Consent\validate_consent_item( $category, 'category' ) ) {
    // Do something.
}

`get_cookie_policy_url`

Retrieves the URL to the cookie policy page. Can be filtered by the altis.consent.cookie_policy_url filter.

Return

string: The cookie policy page URL.

Example

<div class="cookie-consent-policy">
    <a href="<?php echo esc_url( Altis\Consent\get_cookie_policy_url() ); ?>">
        <?php esc_html_```'Read our cookie policy', 'altis-consent' ) ); ?>
    </a>
</div>

`Settings\get_consent_option`

Note: Defined in the Altis\Consent\Settings namespace.

Get a specific consent option, if one exists. If no parameters are passed, returns all the saved consent option values.

Uses get_option

Parameters

$option mixed (Optional) A consent option name. The option must exist in the cookie_consent_options group. Default

is an empty string. If no value is passed, all the saved cookie_consent_options option values will be returned.

$default mixed (Optional) A default value to return if no option for that value has been set. Default is an empty string.

Requires an $option parameter to be passed.

Return

mixed: The value for the requested option, or an array of all cookie_consent_options if nothing was passed.

Example

$cookie_expiration = Altis\Consent\Settings\get_consent_option( 'cookie_expiration', 30 );

`Settings\get_default_banner_message`

Note: Defined in the Altis\Consent\Settings namespace.

Gets the default banner message. Filterable with the altis.consent.default_banner_message filter.

Return

string: The default cookie consent banner message.

Example

use Altis\Consent\Settings;

if ( ! Settings\get_consent_option( 'banner_message' ) ) {
    echo wp_kses_post( Settings\get_default_banner_message() );
}

`Settings\render_secondary_button`

Note: Defined in the Altis\Consent\Settings namespace.

Display a secondary button.

Used to create the Create Policy Page buttons, but can be filtered and used for other things.

Parameters

$button_text string The text to display in the button.
$value string The button value. On the settings page, this is used to determine the type of policy page the buttons

create.

$type string The HTML button type. The default value is 'submit', and valid values are 'submit', 'reset',

and 'button'. Invalid values revert to 'submit'.

Example

Settings\render_secondary_button( _```'Create Cookie Policy Page', 'altis-consent' ), 'cookie_policy' );