Link Resolver

When working with fields type such as Link or Structured Text, the prismic.io kit will need to generate links to documents within your website.

Define your internal routes

Since routing is specific to your site, you will need to define it and provide it to some of the methods used on the fields.

A Link Resolver is provided in every starter kit, but you may need to adapt it or write your own if you're using a different framework.

An example

Here is an example of a Link Resolver in PHP for a blog site.

php (sdk v4 or later)
php (sdk v3 or earlier)

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<?php
use Prismic\LinkResolver;
use Prismic\Dom\RichText;
use Prismic\Dom\Link;
 
class ExampleLinkResolver extends LinkResolver
{
    public function resolve($link) :? string
    {
        if (property_exists($link, 'isBroken') && $link->isBroken === true) {
            return '/404';
        }
        if ($link->type === 'category') {
            return '/category/' . $link->uid;
        }
        if ($link->type === 'post') {
            return '/post/' . $link->uid;
        }
        return '/';
    }
}
 
$linkResolver = new ExampleLinkResolver();
?>
 
<div class="blog-post-content">
    <?= RichText::asHtml($document->data->blog_post, $linkResolver) ?>
</div>

<a href="<?= Link::asUrl($document->data->link, $linkResolver) ?>">Click here</a>

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<?php
use Prismic;
use Prismic\LinkResolver;

class ExampleLinkResolver extends LinkResolver
{
    public function resolve($link)
    {
        if ($link instanceof Prismic\Fragment\Link\DocumentLink) {
            if ($link->isBroken()) {
                return;
            }
            if ($link->getType() == 'category') {
                return '/category/' . $link->getUid();
            }
            if ($link->getType() == 'post') {
                return '/blog/' . $link->getUid();
            }
            // This is a generic route for user-created document masks.
            // To have nicer looking URLs, it is recommended to add a specific rule for any mask you create.
            return '/document/' . $link->getType() . '/' . $link->getId();
        } else {
            return $link->getUrl();
        }
    }
}

Accessible attributes

For php-sdk v4 or later

When creating your link resolver function when using our php-sdk v4 or later, you will have access to certain attributes of the linked document:

$link->id

string

The document id

$link->uid

string

The user-friendly unique id

$link->type

string

The custom type of the document

$link->tags

array

Array of the document tags

$link->lang

string

The language code of the document

$link->isBroken

boolean

Boolean that states if the link is broken or not

For php-sdk v3 or earlier

If you are retrieving your content with our php-sdk v3 or earlier, you can get linked document attributes with these methods:

$link->getId()

string

The document id

$link->getUid()

string

The user-friendly unique id

$link->getType()

string

The custom type of the document

$link->getTags()

array

Array of the document tags

$link->getLang()

string

The language code of the document

$link->isBroken()

boolean

Boolean that states if the link is broken or not

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