Hello!
I added this to my composer.json:
"require": {
...
"fortawesome/font-awesome": "4.2.0"
},
Composer downloaded the files. I can see it in vendor/fortawesome folder.
But I don’t know to use it. I mean, how to load the fonts and needed CSS files
I got it working using an AssetBundle.
Here is the code.
Adjust namespace accordingly.
File: FontAwesomeAsset.php (put it in your @app/assets)
<?php
/**
* @link http://www.yiiframework.com/
* @copyright Copyright (c) 2008 Yii Software LLC
* @license http://www.yiiframework.com/license/
*/
namespace expocultural\assets;
use yii\web\AssetBundle;
/**
* @author Joao Marques<joao@jjmf.com>
*/
class FontAwesomeAsset extends AssetBundle
{
# sourcePath points to the composer package.
public $sourcePath = '@vendor/fortawesome/font-awesome';
# CSS file to be loaded.
public $css = [
'css/font-awesome.min.css',
];
/**
* Sets the publishOptions property.
* Needed because it's necessary to concatenate the namespace value.
*/
public function init()
{
$this->publishOptions = [
'forceCopy' => YII_DEBUG,
'beforeCopy' => __NAMESPACE__ . '\FontAwesomeAsset::filterFolders'
];
parent::init();
}
/**
* Filters the published files and folders.
* It's not necessary publish all files and folders from the font-awesome package
* Just the CSS and FONTS folder.
* @param string $from
* @param string $to
* @return bool true to publish to file/folder.
*/
public static function filterFolders($from, $to)
{
$validFilesAndFolders = [
'css',
'fonts',
'font-awesome.css',
'font-awesome.min.css',
'FontAwesome.otf',
'fontawesome-webfont.eot',
'fontawesome-webfont.svg',
'fontawesome-webfont.ttf',
'fontawesome-webfont.woff',
];
$pathItems = array_reverse(explode(DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $from));
if (in_array($pathItems[0], $validFilesAndFolders)) return true;
else return false;
}
}
In your main.php layout add:
use expocultural\assets\FontAwesomeAsset;
FontAwesomeAsset::register($this);
Don’t forget to adjust the namespace!
In this example I used "expocultural".
Thanks for the example, it works perfectly. Initially, I thought you had a typo in the composer.json file, but it is actually fortawesome. Since I use the advanced template, I had to create 2 asset bundles, one for frontend, and one for backend, which was easy to infer from your example. Your instructions were clear and easy to follow, thanks again.