Facades for Yii 2
Laravel like facades support for Yii 2 application components. Just what you want: simple, extensive and with an IDE auto completion support via PHPDoc so you won't be disappointed.
Table of contents
Installation
The preferred way to install this extension is through composer.
Either run
composer require "sergeymakinen/yii2-facades:^1.0"
or add
"sergeymakinen/yii2-facades": "^1.0"
to the require section of your composer.json file.
Usage
Basically you install the extension and start using it like you do with all normal Yii 2 application components but with a shorter simpler syntax, let's take a look (in case you wonder, all default facades, including an abstract base Facade reside under a sergeymakinen\facades namespace):
Generate random string
Before:
$random = Yii::$app->security->generateRandomString(128);
After:
$random = Security::generateRandomString(128);
Fetch all users (just an example!)
Before:
$users = Yii::$app->db->createCommand('SELECT * FROM users;')->queryAll();
After:
$users = Db::createCommand('SELECT * FROM users;')->queryAll();
Format currency
Before:
$price = Yii::$app->formatter->asCurrency(123456.78, 'USD');
After:
$price = Formatter::asCurrency(123456.78, 'USD');
Access properties
Any class public property $foo can be got via an accessor:
$value = YourFacadeName::getFoo()
And set:
YourFacadeName::setFoo($value)
Available facades
Helpers
Some facades also contain useful helpers to make a development more quick and elegant.
Cache
cache
public static function cache($key, $default, $duration = 0, $dependency = null)
Retrieves a value using the provided key or the specified default value if the value is not cached. If the value is not in the cache, it will be cached. The default value can also be a closure:
$users = Cache::cache('users', function () {
return app\models\Users::findAll();
}, 3600);
get
public static function get($key, $default = false)
Retrieves a value using the provided key and returns it or the specified default value which can also be a closure:
$options = Cache::get('options', function () {
return [
'option1' => false,
'option2' => true
];
});
Response
bare
public static function bare($statusCode = 204, array $headers = [])
Returns an empty response with optional headers:
public function actionCreate()
{
// ...
return Response::bare(201);
}
html
public static function html($data, array $headers = [])
Returns a HTML response with optional headers:
public function actionIndex()
{
// ...
return Response::html($this->render('index'), [
'Cache-Control' => 'no-cache'
]);
}
json
public static function json($data, array $headers = [])
Returns a JSON response with optional headers:
public function actionList()
{
// ...
return Response::json(Db::createCommand('SELECT * FROM users')->all());
}
jsonp
public static function jsonp($data, $callback = 'callback', array $headers = [])
Returns a JSONP response with optional headers:
public function actionApi($callback)
{
// ...
return Response::jsonp([
'success' => true,
'response' => $data
], $callback);
}
raw
public static function raw($data, array $headers = [])
Returns a response with data "as is" with optional headers:
public function actionCreate()
{
// ...
return Response::raw($binary, [
'Content-Type' => 'application/octet-stream'
]);
}
xml
public static function xml($data, array $headers = [])
Returns a XML response with optional headers:
public function actionCreate()
{
// ...
return Response::xml([
'success' => true,
'response' => $data
]);
}
Extending
If you want a new facade, it's fast and easy, imagine you want to bring a YourFacadeName facade:
class YourFacadeName extends Facade
{
/**
* @inheritdoc
*/
public static function getFacadeComponentId()
{
return 'yourFacadeComponentName'; // Yii::$app->yourFacadeComponentName
}
}
Then whenever you call
YourFacadeName::hello('world');
it will be executed as
Yii::$app->get('yourFacadeComponentName')->hello('world');