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yii2-giiant

Extended models and CRUDs for Gii, the code generator of Yii2 Framework

PROJECT IS IN DEVELOPMENT STAGE!

What is it?

Giiant provides templates for model and CRUD generation with relation support and a sophisticated UI. A main project goal is porting many features and learnings from gtc, giix, awecrud and others into one solution.

Installation

The preferred way to install this extension is through composer.

composer.phar require schmunk42/yii2-giiant:"*"

The generators are registered automatically in the application bootstrap process, if the Gii module is enabled

Usage

Visit your application's Gii (eg. index.php?r=gii and choose one of the generators from the main menu screen.

For basic usage instructions see the Yii2 Guide section for Gii.

Command Line Batches

You can run batches of base-model and CRUD generation with the build in batch command:

./yii giiant-batch --tables=profile,social_account,user,token

It will process the given tables, for more details see ./yii help giiant-batch.

Features

Model generator

• generates separate model classes to customize and base models classes to regenerate
• table prefixes can be stipped off model class names (not bound to db connection setting)

CRUD generator

• model, view and controller locations can be customized to use subfolders
• horizontal and vertical form layout
• action button class customization
• input, attribute, column and relation customization with provider queue
• callback provider to inject any kind of code for inputs, attributes and columns via dependency injection

Providers

• CallbackProvider universal provider to modify any input, attribute or column with highly flexible callback functions
• RelationProvider renders code for relations (eg. links, dropdowns)
• EditorProvider renders RTE, like Ckeditor as input widget
• DateTimeProvider renders date inputs

Customization with providers

In many cases you want to exchange i.e. some inputs with a customized version for your project. Examples for this use-case are editors, file-uploads or choosers, complex input widget with a modal screen, getting data via AJAX and so on.

With Giiant Providers you can create a queue of instances which may provide custom code depending on more complex rules. Take a look at some existing giiant providers.

Configure providers, add this to your provider list in the form:

\schmunk42\giiant\crud\providers\EditorProvider,
\schmunk42\giiant\crud\providers\SelectProvider,

And configure the settings of the provider, add setting via dependecy injection this to your application config, eg. in console/config/bootstrap.php:

\Yii::$container->set(
    'schmunk42\giiant\crud\providers\EditorProvider',
    [
        'columnNames' => ['description']
    ]
);

This will render a Ckeditor widget for every column named description.

<?= $form->field($model, 'description')->widget(
\dosamigos\ckeditor\CKEditor::className(),
[
    'options' => ['rows' => 6],
    'preset' => 'basic'
]) ?>

Universal CallbackProvider

Configuration via DI container:

\Yii::$container->set(
    'schmunk42\giiant\crud\providers\CallbackProvider',
    [

        'activeFields'  => [

           /**
            * Generate a checkbox for specific column (model attribute)
            */
           'common\models\Foo.isAvailable' => function ($attribute, $generator) {
               $data = \yii\helpers\VarDumper::export([0 => 'Nein', 1 => 'Ja']);
               return <<<INPUT
\$form->field(\$model, '{$attribute}')->checkbox({$data});
INPUT;
           },
        ],


        'columnFormats' => [

           /**
            * generate custom HTML in column
            */
           'common\models\Foo.html' => function ($attribute, $generator) {

               return <<<FORMAT
[
    'format' => 'html',
    'label'=>'FOOFOO',
    'attribute' => 'item_id',
    'value'=> function(\$model){
        return \yii\helpers\Html::a(\$model->bar,['/crud/item/view', 'id' => \$model->link_id]);
    }
]
FORMAT;
           },


           /**
            * hide all text fields in grid
            */
           '.+' => function ($column, $model) {
                    if ($column->dbType == 'text') {
                        return false;
                    }
           },

           /**
            * hide system fields in grid
            */
           'created_at$|updated_at$' => function () {
                   return false;
           },

        ]
    ]
);

Extras

A detailed description how to use MySQL workbench for model updates and migration see here.

Special thanks to motin, thyseus, uldisn and rcoelho for their work, inspirations and feedback.

Links

• Phundament.com
• GitHub
• Packagist