crisu83/yii-extension

Tools for building extensions for the Yii PHP framework.

yii-extension

, _(*1)

A convenient way to start building your own extensions for the Yii PHP framework., _(*2)

This project was created to minimize boilerplate code required when creating new extensions for Yii. It includes separate behaviors for Widgets, Components and Modules that all extend the ExtensionBehavior class., _(*3)

Usage

Widgets

Attaching the behavior

Yii::import('vendor.crisu83.yii-extension.behaviors.*');

MyWidget extends CWidget
{
  public function init() 
  {
    parent::init();
    $this->attachBehavior('ext', new WidgetBehavior);
  }
}

Registering assets

$this->publishAssets(__DIR__ . '/path/to/assets');
$this->registerCssFile('css/styles.css');
$this->registerScriptFile('js/script.js');

Components

Attaching the behavior

Yii::import('vendor.crisu83.yii-extension.behaviors.*');

MyApplicationComponent extends CApplicationComponent
{
  public function init() 
  {
    parent::init();
    $this->attachBehavior('ext', new ComponentBehavior);
  }
}

Importing classes and directories

$this->createPathAlias('myExtension', __DIR__);
$this->import('MyClass');
$myClass = new MyClass;

Registering assets

$this->publishAssets(__DIR__ . '/path/to/assets');
$this->registerCssFile('css/styles.css');
$this->registerScriptFile('js/script.js');

Modules

Attaching the behavior

Yii::import('vendor.crisu83.yii-extension.behaviors.*');

MyModule extends CWebModule
{
  public function init() 
  {
    parent::init();
    $this->attachBehavior('ext', new ModuleBehavior);
  }
}

Importing classes and directories

$this->import('MyClass');
$myClass = new MyClass;

Registering assets

$this->publishAssets(__DIR__ . '/path/to/assets');
$this->registerCssFile('css/styles.css');
$this->registerScriptFile('js/script.js');