Hello,
I have built a custom component in a standalone install of Yii2. The component is non-assets set of classes for calculations. The component works fine. We run Craftcms and I would like to move the component to a proper location. Is there a way to have my custom components under a components folder in the Craft base path?
I’ve searched posts and can’t even locate how to add components to Craft… unless they are modules.
Thanks!
The best practice is to use a module and place your components there unless you want to extend craft itself (which is basically a yii2 module as well) and use your own app logic in order to call/create your own files from whereever you want.
Besides that you can add controllers/controller maps in your config/app.php to include a starting point. But in generell I would always suggest to include your code in craft cms via module (or plugin but those are modules as well)
Thank you for your response! I tried as a module, but I could not keep it from trying to perform an action/request. As I mentioned, this is only non-visual, set of calculation classes. I did it in Yii because I like the ActiveRecord and common database features of the framework. I know I’m missing something basic. In my component, I only have 2 folders (Entities & Services). The entities folder has all the AR classes. The services contains all the actual calculation classes, etc.
Is that something I can convert into a module? I would assume I need a module class and the config info in my app.php? Do you have a sketch/skeleton?
In my Module config, could I just reference my main entry class in the services folder instead of having a .php file? Forgive my ignorance.
How do I call a singleton method in a custom module?