NiceHead helper with autoloading of javascript and css
Like cake isn't already doing enough magic...
Here is a helper to make it even better! Injects CSS/JS into the head tag in your layout and autoloads css/js files for you based on current controller and action.
Here is a helper to make it even better! Injects CSS/JS into the head tag in your layout and autoloads css/js files for you based on current controller and action.
The setup
Credits:
Kudos to http://rossoft.wordpress.com and jirikupiainen.com for inspiration!
Include NiceHead in your helpers array like this:
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<?php
class TestsController extends AppController {
var $name = 'Tests';
var $helpers = array('NiceHead');
function admin_index()
{ .....
Put this in your layout between the head tags :
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<head>
...
<?php if(isset($niceHead)) $niceHead->flush();?>
...
</head>
Now you can do this something like this in your views:
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<?php
// Inject css file in head
$niceHead->css('css_file');
// Inject javascript file in head
$niceHead->js('js_file');
// Inject javascript block in head
$niceHead->jsBlock('alert("hello world!");');
// Inject css block
$niceHead->cssBlock('.class{ background:blue; }');
// Inject Raw code
$niceHead->cssBlock('I dont know what this text is doing in the head!');
?>
Get funky with prototype
Additionally I included some methods that requires prototype and Dan Webb's DomReady.
Get prototype: http://www.prototypejs.org
Get onDOMReady.js: http://smoothoperatah.com/files/onDOMReady.js
Put the files in webroot/js and include them in your head before doing $niceHead->flush(); :
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<?php e($javascript->link('prototype', 'onDOMReady'));?>
Now you should be able to use the extra methods:
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<?php
// Inject javascript block in head to load on window load
$niceHead->jsOnLoad('alert("This will execute when all contents has loaded');
// Inject javascript block in head to load on DOM ready
$niceHead->jsOnReady('alert("This will execute when DOM has loaded');
?>
Autoload magic
By default NiceHead will try to autoload JS and CSS for you.
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For this url: www.domain.com/admin/users/login
NiceHead will first check if these two files exists:
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webroot/themed/current_theme/css/users/users.css
webroot/themed/current_theme/css/users/users_admin_login.css
If not it'll look for:
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webroot/css/users/users.css
webroot/css/users/users_admin_login.css
If files exist in any of above places it will auto inject them into the head of the layout.
It does exactly the same for javascript files.
If you for some reason don't want this feature it can be disabled in the helper:
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class NiceHeadHelper extends Helper
{
/**
* Autoload configuration
*
* Put files in your CSS/JS
* /app/webroot/css|js/controller/controller.css|controller_action.css
* /app/webroot/themed/theme/css|js/controller/controller.css|controller_action.css
*
*/
var $autoloadCss = true;
var $autoloadJs = true;
......
That's all folks!
Now, before I forget, here is the actual helper:
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<?php
/**
* NiceHead helper
* @author Kim Biesbjerg
* @desc This helper can inject CSS/JS into the head of your layout
* and autoload CSS/JS based on current controller/action
*
* Requires PrototypeJS and Dan Webb's DomReady to function properly.
* Prototype: www.prototypejs.org
* DomReady: http://smoothoperatah.com/files/onDOMReady.js
* @version 19. april, 2007
*/
class NiceHeadHelper extends Helper
{
/**
* Autoload configuration
*
* Put files in your CSS/JS
* /app/webroot/css|js/controller/controller.css|controller_action.css
* /app/webroot/themed/theme/css|js/controller/controller.css|controller_action.css
*
*/
var $autoloadCss = true;
var $autoloadJs = true;
/**
* We use Cake's own Html/Javascript helpers
* to generate tags to wrap around registered items
*
* @var array
*/
var $helpers = array('Html', 'Javascript');
/**
* Order to flush registered items in <head>
*
* @var array
*/
var $priority = array('js', 'css', 'jsOnReady', 'jsOnLoad', 'jsBlock', 'cssBlock', 'raw');
/**
* Holds our registered items
*
* @var array
*/
var $_registered = array();
function __construct()
{
static $library = array();
$this->_registered =& $library;
}
function beforeRender()
{
$this->_autoload();
}
/**
* Function to check if file exists and autoload
* if $autloadCss/$autoloadJs is set to true
*/
function _autoload()
{
/**
* Get current controller and action
*/
$controller = $this->params['controller'];
$action = $this->params['action'];
/**
* Check if we are supposed to autoload controller/action css
*/
if($this->autoloadCss)
{
/**
* CSS base paths
*/
$themedCssPath = WWW_ROOT . $this->themeWeb . CSS_URL . $controller . DS;
$commonCssPath = WWW_ROOT . CSS_URL . $controller . DS;
/**
* Check if CSS file for current controller exists
*/
if(file_exists($themedCssPath . $controller . '.css') || file_exists($commonCssPath . $controller . '.css'))
{
$this->css($controller . DS . $controller);
}
/**
* Check if CSS file for current action exists
*/
if(file_exists($themedCssPath . $controller . '_' . $action . '.css') || file_exists($commonCssPath . $controller . '_' . $action . '.css'))
{
$this->css($controller . DS . $controller . '_' . $action);
}
}
/**
* Check if we are supposed to autoload controller/action js
*/
if($this->autoloadJs)
{
/**
* JS base paths
*/
$themedJSPath = WWW_ROOT . $this->themeWeb . JS_URL . $controller . DS;
$commonJSPath = WWW_ROOT . JS_URL . $controller . DS;
/**
* Check if JS file for current controller exists
*/
if(file_exists($themedJSPath . $controller . '.JS') || file_exists($commonJSPath . $controller . '.JS'))
{
$this->js($controller . DS . $controller);
}
/**
* Check if JS file for current action exists
*/
if(file_exists($themedJSPath . $controller . '_' . $action . '.js') || file_exists($commonJSPath . $controller . '_' . $action . '.js'))
{
$this->js($controller . DS . $controller . '_' . $action);
}
}
}
/**
* Includes a block of javascript on dom load
*
* @param string $input
*/
function jsOnReady($input)
{
$this->_register($input, 'jsOnReady');
}
/**
* Includes a block of javascript on window load
*
* @param string $input
*/
function jsOnLoad($input)
{
$this->_register($input, 'jsOnLoad');
}
/**
* Includes an external javascript file
*
* @param string $input
*/
function js($input)
{
$this->_register($input, 'js');
}
/**
* Includes a block of javascript
*
* @param string $input
*/
function jsBlock($input)
{
$this->_register($input, 'jsBlock');
}
/**
* Includes an external stylesheet
*
* @param string $input
*/
function css($input)
{
$this->_register($input, 'css');
}
/**
* Includes a block of styles
*
* @param string $input
*/
function cssBlock($input)
{
$this->_register($input, 'cssBlock');
}
function raw($input)
{
$this->_register($input, 'raw');
}
/**
* Internal function used to register items
*
* @param string $item
* @param string $type
*/
function _register($item, $type)
{
if(!array_key_exists($type, $this->_registered))
{
$this->_registered[$type] = array();
}
if(!in_array($item, $this->_registered[$type]))
{
$this->_registered[$type][] = $item;
}
}
/**
* Output the registered items
*
*/
function flush()
{
foreach($this->priority as $type)
{
if(array_key_exists($type, $this->_registered))
{
$items = $this->_registered[$type];
switch($type)
{
case 'css':
foreach($items as $item)
{
e($this->Html->css($item));
}
break;
case 'js':
foreach($items as $item)
{
e($this->Javascript->link($item));
}
break;
case 'raw':
foreach($items as $item)
{
e($item);
}
break;
case 'jsOnReady':
$output = "Event.onDOMReady(function(){";
$output .= join($items);
$output .= "});";
e($this->Javascript->codeBlock($output));
break;
case 'jsOnLoad':
$output = "Event.observe(window, 'load', function(){";
$output .= join($items);
$output .= "});";
e($this->Javascript->codeBlock($output));
break;
case 'jsBlock':
$output = join($items);
e($this->Javascript->codeBlock($output));
break;
case 'cssBlock':
$output = join($items);
e($this->Html->css($output));
break;
default:
die("Internal error. Unknown type: '{$type}'");
}
}
}
}
}
?>
Cheers, biesbjerg
Comments
Comment
1 Sweet
Bug
2 Good stuff
One thing, the cssBlock case at the end of the helper spits out a link to a css file:
case 'cssBlock':
$output = join($items);
e($this->Html->css($output));
Rather than inline css:
case 'cssBlock':
$output = join($items);
e('< style type="text/css" >' . $output . '');
Comment
3 Origin of JS and CSS autoloading
Please also note that built-in CakePHP helpers provide a lot of the same functionality - namely JavascriptHelper::link() and HtmlHelper:css()
Comment
4 Great Helper with a Suggestion
Works great with one exception. If you use NiceHead to output tags in both your layout and your view, the view tags are pushed onto the array before the layout tags. That's because the view is processed before the layout.
When you have css files that overload selectors, you loose that overloading since the base css in the layout is rendered last.
My solution was to add an additional parameter to the css() and _register() methods. If set to true, the tag is pushed onto the front of the list using array_unshift(). Here's how I modified nice_head.php to make it work:
<?php
//...
/**
* Includes an external stylesheet
*
* @param string $input
*/
function css($input, $push = false)
{
$this->_register($input, 'css', $push);
}
//...
/**
* Internal function used to register items
*
* @param string $item
* @param string $type
*/
function _register($item, $type, $push = false)
{
if(!array_key_exists($type, $this->_registered))
{
$this->_registered[$type] = array();
}
if(!in_array($item, $this->_registered[$type]))
{
if ($push === true)
array_unshift($this->_registered[$type], $item);
else
$this->_registered[$type][] = $item;
}
}
//...
?>
In the layout:
<?php if(isset($niceHead)) $niceHead->css('overloadingLayoutCss', true); ?>
<?php if(isset($niceHead)) $niceHead->css('baseLayoutCss', true); ?>
In the view:
<?php if(isset($niceHead)) $niceHead->css('baseViewCss'); ?>
<?php if(isset($niceHead)) $niceHead->css('overloadingViewCss'); ?>
The only caveat with that method is if you have multiple overloading css links in the layout, you have to add them in reverse order. Other that that, it works great!
Might be a good candidate for inclusion in the core.