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Modular Laravel

The Modular Laravel allows for Laravel code to be organized in smaller sets within an application.

Install

Via Composer

{
	"require": {
    	"suitetea/modularlaravel": "0.5.*"
	}
}

Next run an update from Composer

composer update

After installation is complete, add the service provider to the app/config/app.php providers array.

SuiteTea\ModularLaravel\ModularLaravelServiceProvider

Modules

Modules are self contained packages that can be installed via Composer or instantiated manually.

Modules follow the PSR-4 package structure and should adhere to its standards.

Registration

Modules need to register with ModularLaravel. Example registration with available configuration is below:

ModularLaravel::register([
	'name' => 'attachments',
	'directory' => 'app/modules/attachments',
	'requires' => [
		'uploader',
		'file_system'
	],
	'namespace' => 'Modules\Attachments',
    'autoload' => [
        'files' => [
            'routes.php'
        ],
        'classmap' => [
            'controllers'
        ]
    ]
]);

Pre-Registration

You can pre-register a module before ModularLaravel is instantiated. This is useful when a module is installed via Composer. You can autoload a file, pre-register the module, and when Laravel is booted, the module will attempt activation.

use SuiteTea\ModularLaravel\Manager;

Manager::preRegister([
	'name' => 'attachments',
	'directory' => 'app/modules/attachments',
	'requires' => [
		'uploader',
		'file_system'
	],
	'namespace' => 'Modules\Attachments',
    'autoload' => [
        'files' => [
            'routes.php'
        ],
        'classmap' => [
            'controllers'
        ]
    ]
]);

Config Options

name (required) - The name of the module. Used for registration and dependency management.
directory (required) - The root directory of the module. (If autoloading via Composer, __DIR__ can be used as a shortcut)
requires - Any modules that this module depends upon. These dependencies must be installed and activated in order for this module to be activated.
namespace - You can specify a specific namespace for a module for use with class autoloaders. Specifying this option will register the directory with a class autoloader. This is helpful if the module is not installed via Composer.
autoload - Similar to Composer's autoload. Only accepts 'files' and 'classmap'. files will include any files in this array. classmap will add these directories to the class autoloader.

Events

ModularLaravel fires two types of events when booting.

modules.active - fires when a module is activated successfully. This event appends the module name to the event name, ex: "modules.active attachments".
modules.activation_failed - fires when a module cannot be activated. Similar to the modules.active event, this event appends the module name to the end of the event, ex: "modules.activation_failed attachments".

Views

A module can include a views directory. ModuleLaravel registers a view namespace equal to the name of the module. This is helpful when referring to a specific module's views.

Example: a view file called upload.blade.php would be referrenced like so - `View::make('attachments::upload');

Config Files

A module may include configuration files within a config directory within the module directory. ModularLaravel registers a config namespace equal to the name of the module all lowercase.

Example: a config file located at config/config.php in the module directory would be accessible via Config::('modulename::configitem'). Likewise, a config file not using the default name of config.php can be accessed via dot notation: Config::('modulename::file.option')

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Todo:

Create a configuration array that dictates which modules to activate. This can be manually coded or dynamic through a database.

suitetea / modularlaravel

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