MH_Widget

Demo: http://test.matteohertel.uk/mh_widget/

Flexible, highly configurable widget system replace an HTML place holder with any content.

The main purpose for this package was to be used alongside a text editor like CKEditor to implement a flexible widget system for the end user(http://docs.ckeditor.com/#!/guide/widget_sdk_tutorial_1)

This package will provide a nice and neat interface to create widgets ready to use in any project, there are a lots of feature straight out of the box, but with its flexible nature can fit any need.

There are two main ways to use this package: - Use the widget system standalone as easy way to render HTML - Use the widget system with the integrated parser

To use the widget standalone:

1. Create an instance of \MHDev\WidgetCore\MH_Widget
2. Call the instance as a function (to trigger the magic `__invkoke`) passing two arguments (one optional): namespace, config array
3. under the hood the class will: - create a new instance of the requested widget in the given namespace(or use the default one \MHDev\Widgets\ and pass the config object - call the instance as function (to trigger the magic `__invkoke`) and return the result

The single widget workflow is:

1. from the magic invoke the the `controller` method is called
2. the `controller` method call the `model` method to get data
3. the `controlle`r will call and return the view method passing the data from the model - if the `prevent_view` kay is found in the config array the controller will return the data from the model without call the view

Using the parser

With the integrated parser you can use a custom non-standard html tag mhwidget with attributes to render content from the widget, and example of a working tag:

<mhwidget size="128" email="youremail@gravatr.com">Gravatar</mhwidget>

Under the hood

To be a proper widget the class must extend the WidgetAbstract class and override the __invoke, controller, model and view methods,

Usage

Simple hello world

$widget = new \MHDev\WidgetCore\MH_Widget("\MHDev\Widgets\\");
echo $widget("Example\HelloWorld");

Gravatar

$widget = new \MHDev\WidgetCore\MH_Widget("\MHDev\Widgets\\");
echo $widget("Gravatar", ["email" => "info@matteohertel.com", "size" => 80]);

Example

To see the package in action run the following(php must be available in the console):

git clone https://github.com/matteo-hertel/MH_Widget.git
cd MH_Widget
php -S localhost:8080 -t ./Example

the open your browser to http://localhost:8080

Version

0.2

Feedback

Please, send me your feedback, using the issue tracker on github or via email to info[at]matteohertel.com

Dependencies

There are no external dependencies but the Parser require the native DOMDocument class and a the widget tag syntax must be right to work properly

License

MIT