bdlangton

Render custom blocks

$bid = 'myblock';
$block = \Drupal\block_content\Entity\BlockContent::load($bid);
$render = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getViewBuilder('block_content')->view($block);

Render plugin blocks

$block_manager = \Drupal::service('plugin.manager.block');

samcrosoft

<?php
/**
 * Method to generate random date between two dates
 * @param $sStartDate
 * @param $sEndDate
 * @param string $sFormat
 * @return bool|string
 */
function randomDate($sStartDate, $sEndDate, $sFormat = 'Y-m-d H:i:s')
{

jonlabelle

// String utils
//
// resources:
//  -- mout, https://github.com/mout/mout/tree/master/src/string

/**
 * "Safer" String.toLowerCase()
 */
function lowerCase(str) {
  return str.toLowerCase();