I'm new to codeigniter, and I'm trying to integrate amazon's FPS into my page. There are a bunch of libraries and models that go with Amazon FPS, which I would need included to make the appropriate calls.
How do I include them in CodeIgniter?
I tried placing the entire Amazon folder inside the system/libraries directory, and then tried including libraries with $this->load->library( 'Amazon/FPS/Client' );
However, I run into problems with the relative path there, because Client.php contains the statement require_once ('Amazon/FPS/Interface.php'); ... which is in the same folder.
There has to be a better way to do all this - can anyone please help?
Thanks!!
There is nothing stopping you from directly including classes and working with them however you would in a vanilla PHP setup. If it works in PHP it will work in CodeIgniter.
include(APPPATH.'libraries/Amazon/FPS/Interface.php');
Peng Kong of a3m http://code.google.com/p/a3m/ has a nice way of doing it with plugins:
Example twitter_pi.php
require_once(APPPATH.'modules/account/plugins/libraries/jmathai-twitter-async/EpiCurl.php');
require_once(APPPATH.'modules/account/plugins/libraries/jmathai-twitter-async/EpiOAuth.php');
require_once(APPPATH.'modules/account/plugins/libraries/jmathai-twitter-async/EpiTwitter.php');
/* End of file twitter_pi.php /
/ Location: ./system/application/modules/account/plugins/twitter_pi.php */
In controller
$this->load->plugin('twitter');
$twitterObj = new EpiTwitter($this->config->item('twitter_consumer_key'), $this->config->item('twitter_consumer_secret'));
There is one problem with this in Codeigniter 2.0 there are no plugins
Oh yes codeigniter is nice and has also support for many librarys please have a look here
http://www.haughin.com/code/
Include the Amazon service like this $this->load->library('s3');
#user3526
Note that $this->load->library('classname') will create an instance of that loaded class, not just file (class) include.
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I have a Codeigniter framework setup that I move cross multiple domain setups as a default starting point. However when I was going to apply it for the first time to a one.com domain I got an error.
An Error Was Encountered
Unable to load the requested class: Form
So far I have tried with checking the source for this. I went into the autoload.php and first tried to change from "form" to "Form" as I found out on another site because of Linux being sensitive to capital letters, but to no use.
I then removed the form all together and then I got the same error, but from the helper "url". I removed that and it went up to libraries and started printing same error for the first in that array.
$autoload['libraries'] = array('Database', 'Session', 'User_agent', 'Upload');
$autoload['drivers'] = array('Form', 'Url');
If there is anything more I can add to shine light on this or make the question better please tell me and I will add it. I am not sure at all where the fault might lie so therefore the information is a bit pale.
You are trying to load a CI helper as a driver ! So the framework looks for a driver Form.php file, which doesn't exist (not in the standard CI installation).
| These classes are located in system/libraries/ or in your
| application/libraries/ directory, but are also placed inside their
| own subdirectory and they extend the CI_Driver_Library class
What you want to do is to load the "form" helper (and the others). A helper is loaded like: $this->load->helper('form'); or autoloaded.
CI - helper
CI - autoload
CI - driver
I'm starting a new project and I want to reuse some parts of it, mainly the stuff related to user registration and authentication. I can copy and paste all of the code but I want to use again. I know there is Package Development in Laravel but it's not easy and feel like there must be a better way.
Some days ago I find a pingpong/modules but I don't know about it. It's third party plugin and don't trust it.
Use this plugin is true? Is this plugin is updated later? What's different between Embedd Package Laravel and pingpong/modules? or Do you have any suggestion?
Pingpong modules seems to be build for the earlier version of Laravel 5 and in how far they are compatible with future versions (and maybe current 5.1.11) I cannot say.
There isn't much activity going look the commit history for 2.1, as of today(18 dec) the last commit was over 6 months ago.
But is the package specifically designed for Laravel? It seems to. They offer a bunch of features which are useful for development. The only unfortunate thing is you get a LOT of code within your own git environment (is it a good thing? I don't know, what do you prefer).
Personally I don't like it in this way for development, I prefer them in the vendor/ folder else it's a pain to update it to newer a version.
Since Laravel 5 Taylor wanted to make package development not too specific anymore, like in Laravel 4. The only thing what you can do (but not have to) to make your package using Laravel is using the ServiceProvider's. The ServiceProvider is the bootstrap into the Laravel application.
If you want to extend or implement your own functionality, fork the repo and build it yourself on top off it and host it (through github/packagist or a private repo using Satis).
Pingpong modules (2.1) is build for Laravel 5 and they you described (Embedded Laravel Package) is more for Laravel 4, because the more specific way you have to write the package.
But, there is alternative?
Whenever you want a more active project/package for development you should tryout Asgard CMS. They are pretty modular and I thought I read somewhere it was inspired by this package (totally not sure).
How about building yourself?
Of course you can build your own packages to achieve the same result. And create it as modular as you want. I created a lot modules for my company and we can create pretty easy a entire system and using and extending/overriding modules. Even small parts from a module can be overwritten to project specific needs.
We have chosen for almost the same structure as the app/ folder which Laravel projects, in case of CMS/API modules.
A packages look like:
tests/
src/
Acme/
Controllers/
Requests/
Models/
Module.php // contains some specifc calculations for example
ModelServiceProvider.php
composer.json
In the composer.json file we autoload: "Module\\": "src/"
And in the config/app.php we register the ModuleServiceProvider. Now we injected the functionality into Laravel's container and can we use it through the app() instance.
But whenever we only want to use the Models with in another project or standalone, we can still use it because the autoloaded features from composer and the way we build the package. Possible to use:
<?php
require_once __DIR__ .'/vendor/autoload.php';
use Module\Models\Module;
$module = new Module;
Edit
The package structure we like to use, to have a section for API or CMS stuff:
tests/
src/
Cms/
Controllers/
Requests/
Api/
Controllers/
Transformers/
Models/
Module.php // contains some specifc calculations for example
Providers/
CmsServiceProvider.php // includes `ModuleServiceProvider`
ApiServiceProvider.php // includes `ModuleServiceProvider`
ModuleServiceProvider.php // contains global stuff like commands etc.
composer.json
and instead of registering ModuleServiceProvider in config/app.php we register the ApiServiceProvider or CmsServiceProvider depending on the wishes of the client/project.
To reuse your classes simply use php namespaces or use to call back your clases.
Using the namespace
namespace Acme\Tools;
class Foo
{
echo "me";
}
You can the call class foo
<?php
$foo = new \Acme\Tools\Foo();
Using Use.
You can also use use Statement as below :
<?php
use \Acme\Tools\Foo;
$foo = new Foo();
Use Middleware
You should also use middleware to filter who should use the scripts ie the Auth middle-ware , which will help you in filtering users , registrations , logins READ MORE http://laravel.com/docs/5.1/middleware
Use Eloquent
Use ORM to create REST apis to your models , its very simple , always let your controller class extend eloquent use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model; ie as :
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model; .Read More http://laravel.com/docs/5.1/eloquent
Lastly Use Laravel In built Helper functions
There are numerous Laravel In built Helper functions , to use simply go over the documentation to help you
I've used pingpong modules. It a pretty cool package. I'm not sure if it's updated much. But it's a very simple package. The only thing it does is create a folder with almost the same structure as in the app folder + views. But these are modules. You can reuse it if you program them right. The same goes for the other answer from jimmy if you have a good structure you can reuse anything.
EDIT
In the image below you'll see an example of pingpong modules. As you it's pretty much the same structure as the app folder. Maybe more the root folder. Normally it runs start.php and you have a routes.php file int he Http folder. I customized mine a bit. And load the frontend and backend routes within the RouteServiceProvider. This is build with laravel 5.1.
Im working in a beego application with 2 modules, and has a controller with the same name in both modules.
When I use {{urlfor}} in template the generated url is linking with the other module.
Anybody know if its posible select module name in urlfor function? I search in the docs and cant see any reference about. Im currently use beego 1.4.3
Thanks in advance
For anybody with the same issue:
The problem is how I implemented the application folder structure for modules. It seems not be compatible with {{urlfor}}.
The correct answer come from github: https://github.com/astaxie/beego/issues/1100
In the link you can found the correct directory tree
I am using the Laravel 4 framework, and I am trying to set up the Facebook authentication system. I have an authentication system I had set up on another site (not using a framework) that used a config.php and process_facebook.php file. I am trying to implement this config.php file into my views. So far, I am including the files in a folder called "includes", within my "app" folder. I am trying to use the following code to implement it:
$app = app();
include($app['path.app'].'/includes/config.php');
My question is, where in the view do I put this code? Do I have to use php tags? (I am using the blad functionality). Your help is appreciated.
Laravel is an MVC framework, the purpose is to organise your code and clean your views. So this shouldn't be in your view.
I think the best way should be :
Create a facebook.php file in the config folder wich contains all your facebook configuration (read http://laravel.com/docs/configuration)
Create a folder named services, helpers or includes (as you want) and put process_facebook.php inside (I bet it contains the methods to deal with facebook API).
Add two lines of configuration to include this new folder
Like that :
// composer.json
"autoload": {
"classmap": [
[...]
"app/services",
]
},
// start/global.php
ClassLoader::addDirectories(array(
[...]
app_path().'/services',
));
Then, you can use your facebook class or methods all over your app.
The route you are taking to include configuration files is not recommended, but it is possible. Please see information about Laravel Configuration Files.
You should be able to use the following in your view:
<?php include(app_path().'/includes/config.php'); ?>
As it is a configuration file, it would be better to use require() instead of include().
In addition, it would also be better to include the file in the necessary controller(s).
I recently just started to migrate over a CI application to Amazon's EC2 service. To test I set up a micro instance of ubuntu and a LAMP stack. PHP, MySQL, HTTPD are all working beautifully. The one issue i'm having now is that when I run my application I receive an error saying that my helpers won't load. The helpers in particular that aren't loading are the ones in subdirectories in the helpers directory ie: /var/www/system/application/helpers/subdirectory/foo_helper.php
The helpers are being autoloaded and in my autoload.php config file they are written like:
$autoload['helper'] = array('subdirectory/foo', 'foo2',...);
Has anyone run into this issue, or have any pointers on where I could go look in my configuration to resolve this?
Thanks for the help!
I'd try debugging the helper function of the Loader class, in particular these lines :
system/libraries/Loader.php
elseif (file_exists(APPPATH.'helpers/'.$helper.EXT))
{
include_once(APPPATH.'helpers/'.$helper.EXT);
}
This is the code that will be hit when including application helpers. Check what path CodeIgniter is trying to include. Double check that the path exists - everyone makes typos now and again ;-)
I think the issue is that when I moved from Windows to Linux I forgot to take into account that linux is case-sensitive. So now I need to go through and rename my files and folders.
But this still doesn't solve the issue where it seems like the page is being cached and I'm not able to refresh and see my changes. Is there any way to force the page to grab a fresh copy from the server on every refresh?