mmelcor/yii2-imagehandler

A component to handle retriving multi-lingual images from an image repository.

yii2-imagehandler

Yii2 Multi-language Image Handler

An extension designed to retrive images from an online Repository based on the currently selected application language., _(*1)

Installation

The preferred method of installation is via composer., _(*2)

Either run, _(*3)

php composer.phar require --prefer-dist mmelcor/yii2-imagehandler "*"

or add, _(*4)

"mmelcor\yii2-imagehander": "*"

to the require section of your composer.json file., _(*5)

Usage

Once installed, use it in your application by adding the following to your components section in common\config\main.php (advanced) or config\web.php (basic template) :, _(*6)

'components' => [
    '[other components]',
    'imageHandler' => [
        'class' => 'mmelcor\imagehandler',
        'hostUrl' => '[your image repo base url]',
        'siteFolder' => '[base folder]',
        'defaultLang' => '[Language that will have all images]',
    ],
],

In your controller either add the component to your init() by delcaring a protected variable and passing it as a parameter:, _(*7)

protected $iHandler;

public function init() {
    $this->iHandler = Yii::$app->imageHandler;
}
$this->parameters = [
    'iHandler' => $this->iHandler,
]:

or pass it to your views in the view action:, _(*8)

$iHandler = Yii::$app->imageHandler;

return $this->render('view', [
    'iHandler' => $iHandler,
]);

to call the specific image place the following in your view., _(*9)

<img src="<?= $iHandler->getImage('/path/to/img') ?>" class="[classes]" alt="[image description]" />

This component works best with oorrwullie\yii2-babelfishfood., _(*10)