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Terminology confusion: 'settings' vs. $configuration

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Created on 9 May 2013, almost 12 years ago
Updated 23 January 2025, about 1 month ago

Follow up to #1927608: Remove the tight coupling between Block Plugins and Block Entities → . Even prior to that patch, blocks had a 'settings' key in their CMI files, but that patch expanded that key to encompass all configuration that needs to be passed to the plugin. However, the plugin API refers to configuration that's passed to plugins as $configuration. In that issue, that variable name also ends up getting passed to theme('block'). In #1927608-197: Remove the tight coupling between Block Plugins and Block Entities → , catch identified that the mismatch in variable names ('settings' within the CMI files, but 'configuration' within hook_preprocess_block()) is a DX problem.

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Postponed: needs info

Version

11.0 🔥

Component

block.module

Created by

🇺🇸United States effulgentsia

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  • Comment about 1 month ago →
    🇺🇸United States smustgrave

    Thank you for creating this issue to improve Drupal.

    We are working to decide if this task is still relevant to a currently supported version of Drupal. There hasn't been any discussion here for over 8 years which suggests that this has either been implemented or is no longer relevant. Your thoughts on this will allow a decision to be made.

    Since we need more information to move forward with this issue, the status is now Postponed (maintainer needs more info). If we don't receive additional information to help with the issue, it may be closed after three months.

    Thanks!

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