I have added KendoUI for PHP in my @vendors and created the necessary asset bundle in Yii2. I can create a Kendo javascript widget, such as a datepicker with no problem by registering my script. However, when trying to use the KendoUI for PHP wrapper, I get a Class Not Found Error and am not sure how/where to creat this Class reference or Namespace properly in yii2. What is the proper procedure?
Here is a sample code throwing the error:
$topmenu = new \Kendo\UI\Menu('topmenu'); //error thrown right away due to class \Kendo\UI\Menu not being found
$help = new \Kendo\UI\MenuItem('Help');
$help->addItem(
new \Kendo\UI\MenuItem('Customer Support'),
new \Kendo\UI\MenuItem('Contact Us')
);
$topmenu->addItem($help);
echo $topmenu->render();
How exactly did you add this - do you mean that you manually dropped the folder in, or did you install it via composer?
Edit: I checked the packagist site and noticed that KendoUI isn’t there, which means that you added it manually.
First, I would recommend not touching the @vendor directory at all unless you know exactly what you’re doing. Aka, let composer manage it.
(Take a look at the @vendor/composer/autoload_xxx.php files, and you’ll understand why your code doesn’t work)
Second, you’re going to have to figure out a way to include that package into Yii manually. I don’t know this off the top of my head, but you can start by reading this.
Edit 2: Looks like you just need to manually include their Autoload.php file. Simple enough, but again, I’d advise putting it somewhere outside the @vendor dir.