Hello. I would like to put all my widgets in a separate directory. I tried to move them from 'protected/components/' to 'protected/widgets' and when calling the widget, I changed:
<?php $this->widget('application.components.MyWidget') ?>
to
<?php $this->widget('application.widgets.MyWidget') ?>
Sadly, this didn't work and Yii complained that it could not find MyWidget.php.
Is there any way to move widgets to a dedicated directory? I would like to separate them from the other components.
This should work, and it's a good practice if your application is very complicated.
Please try to Yii::import('application.widgets.MyWidget', true) and see what is the error.
Adding Yii::import did not alter the error message. Below I copy the full error. It says it can't find the file, but the file is there:
$ ls /var/www/apocalypse/awards/protected/widgets/WMainMenu.php /var/www/apocalypse/awards/protected/widgets/WMainMenu.php
Here is the relevant part of layouts/main.php:
<div id="mainmenu">
<? $this->widget('application.widgets.WMainMenu',array(
Here is the error:
<?php
PHP Error
Description
include(WMainMenu.php) [<a href='function.include'>function.include</a>]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory
Source File
/var/www/apocalypse/awards/3rd-party/yii/framework/YiiBase.php(297)
00285: * Class autoload loader.
00286: * This method is provided to be invoked within an __autoload() magic method.
00287: * @param string class name
00288: */
00289: public static function autoload($className)
00290: {
00291: // use include so that the error PHP file may appear
00292: if(isset(self::$_coreClasses[$className]))
00293: include(YII_PATH.self::$_coreClasses[$className]);
00294: else if(isset(self::$_classes[$className]))
00295: include(self::$_classes[$className]);
00296: else
00297: include($className.'.php');
00298: }
00299:
00300: /**
00301: * Writes a trace message.
00302: * This method will only log a message when the application is in debug mode.
00303: * @param string message to be logged
00304: * @param string category of the message
00305: * @see log
00306: */
00307: public static function trace($msg,$category='application')
00308: {
00309: if(YII_DEBUG)
Stack Trace
#0 /var/www/apocalypse/awards/3rd-party/yii/framework/YiiBase.php(297): autoload()
#1 unknown(0): autoload()
#2 /var/www/apocalypse/awards/3rd-party/yii/framework/web/CBaseController.php(138): spl_autoload_call()
#3 /var/www/apocalypse/awards/3rd-party/yii/framework/web/CBaseController.php(152): createWidget()
#4 /var/www/apocalypse/awards/protected/views/layouts/main.php(53): widget()
#5 /var/www/apocalypse/awards/3rd-party/yii/framework/web/CBaseController.php(119): require()
#6 /var/www/apocalypse/awards/3rd-party/yii/framework/web/CBaseController.php(88): renderInternal()
#7 /var/www/apocalypse/awards/3rd-party/yii/framework/web/CController.php(593): renderFile()
#8 /var/www/apocalypse/awards/protected/controllers/SiteController.php(51): render()
#9 /var/www/apocalypse/awards/3rd-party/yii/framework/web/actions/CInlineAction.php(32): actionLogin()
#10 /var/www/apocalypse/awards/3rd-party/yii/framework/web/CController.php(265): run()
#11 /var/www/apocalypse/awards/3rd-party/yii/framework/web/CController.php(243): runAction()
#12 /var/www/apocalypse/awards/3rd-party/yii/framework/web/CController.php(225): runActionWithFilters()
#13 /var/www/apocalypse/awards/3rd-party/yii/framework/web/CWebApplication.php(335): run()
#14 /var/www/apocalypse/awards/3rd-party/yii/framework/web/CWebApplication.php(123): runController()
#15 /var/www/apocalypse/awards/3rd-party/yii/framework/base/CApplication.php(170): processRequest()
#16 /var/www/apocalypse/awards/index.php(11): run()
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Could you try the following code in your entry script file?
$app=Yii::createWebApplication($config);
Yii::import('application.widgets.WMainMenu',true);
$app->run();
From your callstack, the import statement you inserted was not executed.
I don't understand. The stack still looks the same. This is my entry script:
<?php
// change the following paths if necessary
$yii=dirname(__FILE__).'/3rd-party/yii/framework/yii.php';
$config=dirname(__FILE__).'/protected/config/main.php';
// remove the following line when in production mode
defined('YII_DEBUG') or define('YII_DEBUG',true);
require_once($yii);
$app = Yii::createWebApplication($config);
Yii::import('application.widgets.WMainMenu',true);
$app->run();
#Yii::createWebApplication($config)->run();
But the error looks the same (I copy it again below). I know for sure that the app is going to the entry script (e.g. as opposed to the browser giving me a cached page) because if I insert a die("Hello world") on the first line, I get what I'd expect. Btw, I have Yii version 1.0.3.
Here is the full error page:
<?php
PHP Error
Description
include(WMainMenu.php) [<a href='function.include'>function.include</a>]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory
Source File
/var/www/apocalypse/awards/3rd-party/yii/framework/YiiBase.php(297)
00285: * Class autoload loader.
00286: * This method is provided to be invoked within an __autoload() magic method.
00287: * @param string class name
00288: */
00289: public static function autoload($className)
00290: {
00291: // use include so that the error PHP file may appear
00292: if(isset(self::$_coreClasses[$className]))
00293: include(YII_PATH.self::$_coreClasses[$className]);
00294: else if(isset(self::$_classes[$className]))
00295: include(self::$_classes[$className]);
00296: else
00297: include($className.'.php');
00298: }
00299:
00300: /**
00301: * Writes a trace message.
00302: * This method will only log a message when the application is in debug mode.
00303: * @param string message to be logged
00304: * @param string category of the message
00305: * @see log
00306: */
00307: public static function trace($msg,$category='application')
00308: {
00309: if(YII_DEBUG)
Stack Trace
#0 /var/www/apocalypse/awards/3rd-party/yii/framework/YiiBase.php(297): autoload()
#1 unknown(0): autoload()
#2 /var/www/apocalypse/awards/3rd-party/yii/framework/web/CBaseController.php(138): spl_autoload_call()
#3 /var/www/apocalypse/awards/3rd-party/yii/framework/web/CBaseController.php(152): createWidget()
#4 /var/www/apocalypse/awards/protected/views/layouts/main.php(53): widget()
#5 /var/www/apocalypse/awards/3rd-party/yii/framework/web/CBaseController.php(119): require()
#6 /var/www/apocalypse/awards/3rd-party/yii/framework/web/CBaseController.php(88): renderInternal()
#7 /var/www/apocalypse/awards/3rd-party/yii/framework/web/CController.php(593): renderFile()
#8 /var/www/apocalypse/awards/protected/controllers/SiteController.php(24): render()
#9 /var/www/apocalypse/awards/3rd-party/yii/framework/web/actions/CInlineAction.php(32): actionIndex()
#10 /var/www/apocalypse/awards/3rd-party/yii/framework/web/CController.php(265): run()
#11 /var/www/apocalypse/awards/3rd-party/yii/framework/web/CController.php(243): runAction()
#12 /var/www/apocalypse/awards/3rd-party/yii/framework/web/CController.php(225): runActionWithFilters()
#13 /var/www/apocalypse/awards/3rd-party/yii/framework/web/CWebApplication.php(335): run()
#14 /var/www/apocalypse/awards/3rd-party/yii/framework/web/CWebApplication.php(123): runController()
#15 /var/www/apocalypse/awards/3rd-party/yii/framework/base/CApplication.php(170): processRequest()
#16 /var/www/apocalypse/awards/index.php(14): run()
Hi,
may be check case-sensitive?
I don't understand your suggestion. The file name is exactly WMainMenu.php so the case is correct.
I don't understand why Yii::import doesn't seem to do anything. If I comment out the $app->run() part I still see nothing. So the Yii::import line is not giving any output. On the other hand, the fact that it doesn't give an error might mean something.
I just tried the following entry script:
<?php
// change the following paths if necessary
$yii=dirname(__FILE__).'/3rd-party/yii/framework/yii.php';
$config=dirname(__FILE__).'/protected/config/main.php';
// remove the following line when in production mode
defined('YII_DEBUG') or define('YII_DEBUG',true);
require_once($yii);
$app = Yii::createWebApplication($config);
Yii::import('application.widgets.WMainMenu',true);
#$app->run();
echo "Hello world";
#Yii::createWebApplication($config)->run();
If you run this, you see "Hello world", with no errors.
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Have you checked class name (case-sensitive)?
After the import() statement in index.php, please check class_exists('WMainMenu',false) to see if it is true or false. I suspect it is false. That would mean you don't have a class named WMainMenu in the class file.
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Ah! That's what it was! Yes, there was a typo in the class name. I fixed it and now it works. Thanks!