If you want to create a link to a internal page in a Twig template, and there's not already a variable in the template that contains the URL you want to link to, you'll need to determine the route of the thing you want to link to and then use the Twig url() or path() functions to generate appropriate URLs. In most cases when you want to create a link to an entity that is being output by the current template there's an existing helper variable to use.

In this tutorial we will learn how to add items to the menu system from within a custom Drupal module. We will also look at the options available for configuring our new menu item. Lastly, we'll learn about using hook_menu_links_discovered_alter() that can be used to add new menu items, or alter the behavior of existing ones.

Goal

Understand how to provide a new menu item, alter existing menu items, or add a dynamic menu item in a custom Drupal module.

Each form is defined by a controller, a class that implements the \Drupal\Core\Form\FormInterface. Form controllers declare the unique ID of the form, the $form array that describes the content of the form, how to validate the form, and what to do with the data collected.

In this tutorial we'll:

The Drupal Entity API makes it easy to define new custom content entity types. And in most cases whenever you want to store custom content in Drupal you should use the Entity API instead of making CRUD queries directly to the database. This ensures your code is more consistent, and allows you to take advantage of all the features of the Entity API like access control, Views module integration, and automatic JSON:API support.