phillaf/gtw_require

Require.js plugin for CakePHP

Requirejs plugin for CakePHP

This module facilitate the use of Requirejs through the Require helper., _(*1)

• Modules can be added from views or view blocks
• Define your own config file, load modules according to your needs.
• Possibility of auto-loading modules based on action/controller names.

Installation

Copy this plugin in a folder named app/Plugin/GtwRequire or add these lines to your composer.json file :, _(*2)

{
    "require": {
        "phillaf/gtw_require": "*@dev"
    }
}

Create a symlink from this plugin's webroot to the application webroot by running Console/cake symlink or the lines below, _(*3)

# On windows
mklink /J app\webroot\GtwRequire app\Plugin\GtwRequire\webroot

# On linux
ln -s app/Plugin/GtwRequire/webroot app/webroot/GtwRequire

Load the plugin by adding this line to app/Config/bootstrap.php, _(*4)

CakePlugin::load('GtwRequire');

Add the Require helper to your AppController.php, _(*5)

public $helpers = array(
    'Require' => array('className' => 'GtwRequire.GtwRequire'),
);

Including javascript

Create a config file as specified by requirejs. You can find a more exhaustive example here., _(*6)

// app/webroot/js/config.js
requirejs.config({
    baseUrl: 'js/lib',
    paths: {
        app: '../app',
        basepath: '/GtwRequire/js/basepath' //application base path
    }
});

Load modules from your views, view blocks and elements using the req function., _(*7)

<?php echo $this->Require->req('my/module'); ?>

Load the main requirejs module at the bottom of your layout file. The param is the path of your config file., _(*8)

<?php echo $this->Require->load('/js/config');?>

The req() function can only be called before load(). However, in some case like with ajax views, you'll need to add modules dynamically. For this you can use:, _(*9)

<?php echo $this->Require->ajax_req('my/module');?>

Path-specific includes

If you want to auto-load action-specific or controller-specific files, you can create a folder structure like the one used in the Views., _(*10)

├── lib
│   └── library1.js
│   └── library2.js
├── app
│   └── homemade1.js
│   └── homemade2.js
├── base
│   ├── Example /* folder containing ExampleController.php actions */
│   │   ├── someaction.js
│   │   ├── otheraction.js
│   ├── base.js
│   ├── ExampleController.js
│   ├── AnotherController.js
└── require.js

To enable auto-load, call the following function above your load() call. First param is the base path of your folder structure, second param is the name of the default file., _(*11)

<?php echo $this->Require->basemodule('basePath', 'baseModuleName');?>

Application Base Path

Sometimes you need to call controllers and actions from your javascript. In order to keep your .js module functionnal when websites are hosted on subdomains, use basepath to prefix your calls. Here's how modules can make use of this:--, _(*12)

require(['jquery','basepath'], function ($, basepath) {
    $('.something').click(function(){
        $.get( basepath+ "plugin_name/controller_name/action_name/", function(data){
            // do things
        });
    });
});

Copyright and license

Author: Philippe Lafrance
Copyright 2013 Gintonic Web
Licensed under the Apache 2.0 license, _(*13)