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hook_civicrm_tokens

# hook_civicrm_tokens

Deprecated - use the token Processor

Summary

This hook is called to allow custom tokens to be defined.

Notes

The token values will need to be supplied by hook_civicrm_tokenValues.

See this article for usage examples.

Definition

hook_civicrm_tokens(&$tokens)

Parameters

  • $tokens: reference to the associative array of custom tokens that are available to be used in mailings and other contexts. This will be an empty array unless an implementation of hook_civicrm_tokens adds items to it. Items should be added in this format:
$tokens['date'] = [
  'date.date_short' => ts("Today's Date: short format"),
  'date.date_med' => ts("Today's Date: med format"),
  'date.date_long' => ts("Today's Date: long format"),
];
$tokens['party'] = [
  'party.balloons' => ts("Number of balloons"),
];

Returns

  • null

Example

function customtokens_civicrm_tokens(&$tokens) {
  $tokens['team'] = [
    'team.team_number' => 'Team number',
  ];
}

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