README

Yii2 Media

Media library for Yii2 with media categories and drag'n'drop uploader.

This module is an integral part of the Butterfly.СMS content management system, but can also be used as an standalone extension.

Copyrights (c) 2019-2021 W.D.M.Group, Ukraine

Requirements

• PHP 5.6 or higher
• Yii2 v.2.0.40 and newest
• Yii2 Base module (required)
• Yii2 Imagine extension (required)
• Yii2 SelectInput widget

Installation

To install the module, run the following command in the console:

$ composer require "mecsu/yii2-media"

After configure db connection, run the following command in the console:

$ php yii media/init

And select the operation you want to perform:

1. Apply all module migrations
2. Revert all module migrations

Migrations

In any case, you can execute the migration and create the initial data, run the following command in the console:

$ php yii migrate --migrationPath=@vendor/mecsu/yii2-media/migrations

Configure

To add a module to the project, add the following data in your configuration file:

'modules' => [
    ...
    'media' => [
        'class' => 'mecsu\media\Module',
        'routePrefix' => 'admin',
        'mediaRoute' => '/media', // Routes to render media item (use "/" - for root)
        'mediaCategoriesRoute' => '/media/categories', // Routes to render media categories (use "/" - for root)
        'mediaPath' => '/uploads/media', // Path to save media files in @webroot
        'mediaThumbsPath' => '/uploads/media/_thumbs', // Path to save media thumbnails in @webroot
        'maxFilesToUpload' => 10, // maximum files to upload
        'maxUploadSize' => 5242880, // max file size in bytes to upload
        'allowedMime' => [ // allowed mime types
            'image/png' => true,
            'image/jpeg' => true,
            'image/gif' => true,
            'image/svg+xml' => true,
            'application/pdf' => true,
            'application/msword' => true,
            'application/vnd.ms-excel' => true,
            'application/rtf' => true,
            'text/csv' => true,
            'text/plain' => true,
            ...
        ]
    ],
    ...
],

Routing

Use the Module::dashboardNavItems() method of the module to generate a navigation items list for NavBar, like this:

<?php
    echo Nav::widget([
    'options' => ['class' => 'navbar-nav navbar-right'],
        'label' => 'Modules',
        'items' => [
            Yii::$app->getModule('media')->dashboardNavItems(),
            ...
        ]
    ]);
?>

Status and version [ready to use]

• v.1.0.6 - RBAC implementation, read EXIF
• v.1.0.5 - Update README.md
• v.1.0.4 - Added drag-n-drop for upload
• v.1.0.3 - Log activity
• v.1.0.2 - Added pagination, up to date dependencies
• v.1.0.1 - Check file not exists or generate unique filename
• v.1.0.0 - CRUD for media items/categories, translations
• v.0.0.3 - Upload functionality, mime types validator and preview thumbnails