Examples

Here are some examples to you get into the of package creation.

Event: Post Tags

In this example we will list the tags of a post just after it. Create a folder inside src/ and name it post-tags. Inside it create the following files

package.json
load.php
logo.png

package.json

{
	"name":"Post Tags",
	"version":"1.0.0",
	"description":"A package to show tags below the post."
}

load.php will run a code when the package is active. We will register a function to run right after the post display.

<?php

event::listen('post.after', function(){
    global $g; // $g will give us the post id
    $tags = core\models\post::meta($g->id,'tag');     // get the tag list of post
    echo "<strong>TAGS:</strong> ";
    foreach ($tags as $tag) echo " <a href='tag/$tag'>#$tag</a>";
});

This function will run when the post.after event is dispatched. That happens with event::fire(‘post.after’); or event::widget_area(‘post.after’); from single-post.php view file.

logo.png is the package’s logo and is displayed in the package list.

Activate the package in /admin/packages. After that you should see the list of TAGS below any blog post.

Widget: Twitter Timeline

In this example we will create a widget that displays the last tweets of an account. Instead of using an event to run the code we let the user create instances of the widget choose in which widget area want to display the twitter plugin. Inside src/ create a folder twitter-timelines and add the following files:

package.json
load.php
widgets/twitter-timeline/widget.php
widgets/twitter-timeline/twitter-timeline.php

package.json:

{
	"name":"Twitter Timelines",
	"version":"1.0.0",
	"description":"Installs a widget to display twitter timelines."
}

load.php:

<?php

// registers the widget name and its path
gila::widgets([
    'twitter-timeline'=>'twitter-timelines/widgets/twitter-timeline'
]);

widgets/twitter-timeline/widget.php will include the widget options we want to use. In this case we need the user account and the name to be displayed.

<?php

$options=[
    'accountID'=>[
        'title'=>'Twitter Account'
    ]
];

widgets/twitter-timeline/twitter-timeline.php is the view file of the widget, it will generate the html code. We use the embedding Twitter content from here

<?php
$account = gila::option('twitter-timelines.accountID','gilacms');
?>
<a class="twitter-timeline" data-height="400" href="https://twitter.com/<?=$account?>">Tweets by <?=$account?></a>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

gila::option() gets the option of the package that we set up in the package settings. A default value can be used if the option is null.

Activate the package. Now in /admin/widgets you can create a new widget with type twitter-timeline and set the widget area sidebar or dashboard to see it.

User: Address

In this example we will add a new field for the users. Instead of adding a new column in the database table we will use the usermeta table to store new values that link to the users. Inside src/ create a folder user-address and add the following files:

package.json
load.php

package.json:

{
	"name":"User Address",
	"version":"1.0.0",
	"description":"Adds a new field for the users."
}

load.php:

<?php

// make changes to the user content type

gila::contentInit('user', function(&$table){
    $table['fields']['useraddress'] = [
        'title'=>"Address",   //the label
        'type'=>'meta',       //the values of the field will be stored in a meta table
        'input-type'=>'text', //use the text input type
        'edit'=>true,         //is editable from user
        'values'=>1,          //this field gets only one value
        "mt"=>['usermeta', 'user_id', 'value'], //meta table, meta column that links to user table,meta column of the value
        'metatype'=>['vartype', 'address'] //meta column of the value type, value type
    ];
});

This package will add a new new Address field for users in Administration->Users