codex-team / kohana-aliases
This module allows you to make usefull and beautifull URLs for your service.
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Last update: 2024-12-22 04:53:13 UTC
README
This module allows you to make useful and beautiful URLs for your service.
You don't need more /user/<id>
or /article/<id>
cursors in routes. Now you can use simply /donald
and /victory
or /pokemon-go
like addresses for different resources.
User Guide
Article describing this HMVC feature placed on our website https://ifmo.su/alias-system.
Installing
Firstly you need to copy this module to your project. You can download this repository and place its files to the /modules
directory or attach it as a submodule.
git submodule add https://github.com/codex-team/kohana-aliases modules/aliases
To enable module push it to Kohana::modules()
array in bootstrap.php
Kohana::modules(array( 'aliases' => MODPATH . 'aliases', // Aliases for URLs ... ));
Defining project's entities
In classes
directory create a subdirectory Aliases
with file Controller.php
. You can copy classes/Kohana/Aliases/Controller.php.
Create constants for your site's entities and add them to Controllers map.
const ARTICLE = 1; const USER = 2; ... const MAP = array( self::ARTICLE => 'Articles', self::USER => 'Users', ... );
It means that entity ARTICLE
will be handled by controller with name Articles
.
Subcontrollers
Aliases module suggest you two types of subcontrollers:
Index
for showing entitiesModify
for do anything else with them
Example
If you have entity User
, then create two controllers
- To show user by uri
/alice
or/bob
:
Controller/Users/Index.php
with action action_show
- To do any editions as adding, deleting. Uri:
/my-great-article/edit
or/not-a-good-user/ban
Controller/Users/Modify.php
with all other actions e.g. action_edit
, action_ban
, action_delete
.
All you need after is to include aliases creation and updating methods into your logic.
Set system routes
If you want to set up system routes for your site or block some which shouldn't be allowed to use as alias. Then use config/system-aliases.php file. Lock any count of system URIs by adding them to the array.
Database
Migrations for Aliases table in MySQL database migrations are in the migrations/Aliases.sql file.
Create a new alias
$alias = Model_Aliases::generateUri($uri); $resource_type = Aliases_Controller::ARTICLE; // your own resource's type such as user, article, category and other $resource_id = 12345; $article->uri = Model_Aliases::addAlias($alias, $resource_type, $resource_id);
Update alias
$resource_id = $article->id; $old_uri = $article->uri; $new_uri = Model_Aliases::generateUri($uri); $resource_type = Aliases_Controller::ARTICLE; $article->uri = Model_Aliases::updateAlias($old_uri, $new_uri, $resource_type, $resource_id);
Remove alias
$hash = Model_Aliases::createRawHash($route); Model_Aliases::deleteAlias($hash);
Database and cache
You can create a Model_DB_Aliases
class and create your own function to work with database e.g. for use caching system.
Copy file classes/Model/DB/Aliases.php and rewrite functions.
Repository
https://github.com/codex-team/kohana-aliases/
About CodeX
We are small team of Web-developing fans consisting of IFMO students and graduates located in St. Petersburg, Russia. Feel free to give us a feedback on team@ifmo.su