Bonfire includes the Contexts
library in the ui
module for generating the contexts menu in the admin interface and creating new contexts.
The Contexts
library can be configured by setting the $config['contexts']
array in /application/config/application.php
.
When adding new contexts, you will also have to edit /application/config/routes.php
if you wish to add special routing for the new context(s).
More information on routing contexts is available in the section on Improved Routes.
This setting allows configuration of the contexts which will be available in your application.
Only two contexts are required ('settings'
and 'developer'
), but four are provided by default.
$config['contexts'] = array('content','reports','settings','developer');
The name of the context displayed in the menu is determined by language strings defined in /application/language/{current_language}/application_lang.php
.
The language strings follow the format bf_context_{context_name}
.
For example:
$lang['bf_context_content'] = 'Content';
$lang['bf_context_reports'] = 'Reports';
$lang['bf_context_settings'] = 'Settings';
$lang['bf_context_developer'] = 'Developer';
If icons are enabled in the menu, the library will attempt to use the file /public/themes/{current_theme}/images/context_{context_name}.png
.
Sets the internal contexts array used by the library to the desired $contexts
array, ensuring the required contexts are included (they will be added if they are not included).
Optionally, the value used by the library to represent the SITE_AREA
constant can be overridden by passing the desired value in the second parameter, $siteArea
.
Any subsequent method calls will use the values last passed to this method.
The library's constructor passes the configured 'contexts'
value from /application/config/application.php
and SITE_AREA
to this method to initialize the library.
If $contexts
is empty or not an array, this method will call die(lang('bf_no_contexts'))
.
Return the context array.
$landingPageFilter
: if true
, only contexts which have a landing page available in VIEWPATH/{site_area}/{context}/index.php
will be returned, but the internal contexts array is not modified. Defaults to false
.
Returns a string containing any errors which have occurred so far.
Each error will be preceeded by the string supplied in $open
and followed by the value supplied in $close
, followed by a newline (\n
) character.
By default, $open
is set to '<li>'
and $close
is set to '</li>'
.
Returns a string containing the HTML for a list-based menu with optional sub-menus for each context.
$mode
: determines the content of the top-level menu (one entry per context). The valid values are 'text'
, 'icon'
, or 'both'
. Defaults to 'text'
, but an invalid value will result in it being set to 'icon'
.$order_by
: determines the sort order of the elements. Valid values are 'normal'
, 'reverse'
, 'asc'
, or 'desc'
. Defaults to 'normal'
.$top_level_only
: if true
, only the top-level links will be output. Defaults to false
.$benchmark
: If true
, start/end marks will be added via the benchmark
class to profile the rendering of the menu. Defaults to false
.Returns a string containing the HTML for a mobile-optimized menu.
Returns a string containing the menu for the desired context.
$context
: the name of the context to build.$class
: the string applied to the '{class}'
entry in the context's template. Defaults to 'dropdown-menu'
.$ignore_ul
: prevents output of surrounding ul
elements in the output when true
. Defaults to false
.The create_context()
method is used by the Builder module to add a new context to your application.
Creates a context and the associated permissions, then assigns those permissions to the desired roles.
$name
is the name of the context to be created.$roles
is an array of roles (names or IDs) which should have permission to view this context.$migrate
is a currently-unused parameter intended to control whether a migration file is created (this method does not create migration files at this time).If an error occurs, create_context()
will return false
, otherwise it will return true
.
Takes an array of key/value pairs ($attrs
) and sets the properties (named for the keys) to the values.
Returns the HTML for a sub-menu.
$context
: the name of the context to which this sub-menu is attached.$ignore_ul
: bypass placing the sub-menu into the template if true
. Defaults to false
.