Get your site uuid with drush in drupal 8

From time to time it comes in quite handy to import configuration from other websites into yours. You site uuid is unique though, with the following snippet you get yours.

drush config-get "system.site" uuid

 

Redirect your site to www and https but not locally

A typical setup is one where you would redirect all non www and http requests to https://www.domainname.com. I prefer to keep my .htaccess file in version control also. With the following snippet, I get it the way I want it.

Get current language programmatically in Drupal 8

Easy snippet to get your current language:

// Get current language code
$language = \Drupal::languageManager()->getCurrentLanguage()->getId();

 

Set admin password using drush in drupal

I started using an automated script for my drupal installation, which will generate an admin user. But, after installation I have to edit the password.

Create system menu link subitem programmatically in drupal 8

I like a good user interface for webmasters, so a clear menu path is necessary. For the admin toolbar dropdowns, I usually create subitems programmatically. 

How to enable php error reporting in drupal 8

While there are many ways to debug your errors, sometimes just seeing the full errors in your screen works best.

Render a list of taxonomy terms in Drupal 8

With this snippet, you will be able to render a list of tags in drupal 8.

Drupal 8 user registration form: show role options and hide administrator rol

By default, users with the permission of 'administer users' cannot assign roles on the user registration form. With this snippet you can, but make sure to hide the 'administrator'-role for your users.

Redirect drupal 8 search form to custom result page

If you like to use the search api or a custom Views page for your search result I personally like to use the default search block and redirect it to my results page.

Disable block caching in drupal 8

When creating custom blocks, sometimes you need to make sure the block is never cached f.e. when including dynamic links. 
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