Module configuration

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I'd like to know, if I have to do the configuration of a module in it's module class?

For example:

class MyModule extends CWebModule

{

  private $_strUrl;

  public function init($config)

  {

    parent::init($config);

    $this->_strUrl = 'http://www.domain.com';

  }

  public function getUrl()

  {

    return $this->_strUrl;

  }

}

Why a module doesn't have a config.php file, to define some settings needed by the module?

Is the module class the place where all methods goes, which would be needed by controller class, i.e.:

class MyController extends CController

{

  public function actionIndex()

  {

    $strUrl = $this->module()->getUrl();

  }

}

is this the way to work with module class and controller?

thx

dan

2

You can configure your module easily with the following line in init():

$this->configure($configFile);

If you intend to reuse your module, then the module class is a good place to store module-level data, such as app component, parameters, etc. FYI, module and application share the same base class (as of version 1.0.4)

3

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You can configure your module easily with the following line in init():

$this->configure($configFile);

If you intend to reuse your module, then the module class is a good place to store module-level data, such as app component, parameters, etc. FYI, module and application share the same base class (as of version 1.0.4)

ok, but if I do the following in the init function:

$this->configure(array('testVar' => 'testValue'));

how can I get the value of "testVar" in my controller?

UPDATE:

I've seen that I can access them as normal class members. But before I can do:

$this->configure(array('testVar' => 'testValue'));

I have do declare $testVar as member of the class. Is there any other way, to get configuration vars outside the controller class without declaring them all in the controller, for more flexibility?

4

Like application, a module also has params property which can hold module-level parameters. And you can access them using $controller->module->params[$paramName]

5

thanks for explain,

Max

6

bitumax

about modules, here are an usefuly toll;

http://www.yiiframew…pic,1363.0.html