Helpers are small utilities that can be loaded to assist a performing certain functions. Helpers are simply global functions that get loaded when requesting them.
Helpers can be loaded using (\FuzeWorks\)Helpers::load('helperName'); Helpers can be put in the 'Core/Helpers' or the 'Application/Helpers' directory. The 'Applications/Helpers' directory is scanned first, so this one has priority over Core helpers.
It is possible to sort of 'extend' helpers. By putting a helper in the 'Application/Helpers' directory with the application prefix (found in config.main.php) you can load that helper first and then the helper in the core directory. This allows you to add or override functions without the need of copying the entire helper from the core. For example: there is a helper in the core directory named 'example_helper.php'. This one has a function named 'doSomething();' inside it. If you now create a helper in the application directory named 'MY_example_helper.php', then that one will be loaded first and can override the core class because the application helper is loaded first.
More detailed instructions will be provided in the documentation.
Libraries are small one-class utilities which can be loaded to fasten functionality for controllers and modules. It's meant to support modules and controllers but not the other way around.
Libraries can be put in the Core/Libraries directory. Libraries put here must use the FuzeWorks\Library namespace and must use the 'FW_' prefix. A library named 'Example' will be named 'FW_Example' and would be located in the file Example.php in the Core/Libraries directory.
It's also possible to extend on core libraries or completely add new libraries. Adding a new library can be done as easily as adding the file to the Application/Libraries folder. The used namespace is 'Application\Library'. Libraries that do not extend anything do not need a prefix.
Libraries that extend however require a prefix. This prefix is configurable in the config.main.php in the Application/Config directory. The default prefix is 'MY_'. If you want to extend the file should have a different name. In the 'Example' example the file should be named 'MY_Example.php' in the Applications/Libraries folder.
Libraries can be loaded using the Libraries::get('libraryName') method (FuzeWorks\Libraries::get()).
- Modules can now be loaded using routes by adding a routes[] array to the moduleInfo.php. When it matches, the module gets loaded, and a route() function in the main class gets called. (Fixes#79)
- Composer can now load from a different file
- License headers have been added to all core files (Fixes#66)
- Table model has been renamed to sqltable. Interpret model has been removed
- layoutLoadViewEvent added
- Controllers now extend the \FuzeWorks\ControllerAbstract class
- Controllers are now in the \Application\Controller namespace
- Models are now in the \Application\Model namespace
- Events are now in the \FuzeWorks\Event namespace
- Moved some classes in a different namespace for a better overview
- Events can now properly load function listeners (fixes#81)
- Documentation added to more classes. (Partially fixes#58)
- Added replace() command to DatabaseUtils Abstract Model
- Added more unit tests for router, query and events
\FuzeWorks for Core classes
\Controller for controller classes
\Model for model classes
\Module for modules
Also did the following changes:
- DatabaseModel now loads the database module as a dependency
- DatabaseModel is no longer abstract because of ModelServer
- Implemented a new mechanism for model types in the name of a ModelServer. This interface requires a Model Type Server to return a Model parent class based on a given type
- Added a backtrace to the logger class for easy and fast debugging
And that was it for this commit
