yii2cdn

A Yii Framework 2 component for using assets in different environments (Local/CDNs)

Production Ready: Used in several real projects is enough to prove its stability.

Minimum requirements: PHP 7.0+ / Yii2 Framework 2.0.12+

Bugs / Feature Request?: Create your issue here.

Resources

• Wiki: https://github.com/blacksmoke26/yii2cdn/wiki
• Class Reference: http://blacksmoke26.github.io/yii2cdn/api/

Installation

The preferred way to install this extension is through composer.

Either run

composer require --prefer-dist blacksmoke26/yii2cdn "*"

or add

"blacksmoke26/yii2cdn": "*"

to the require section of your composer.json file.

Usage

Info: This tutorial will demonstrate how to use FancyBox3 library in a production (online/CDN) or development (local/offline) environment.

I. Installing a library

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1. Create a cdn directory under the /root/web folder.
2. Install or download FancyBox3 library under cdn directory.

• Path should be /root/web/cdn/jquery-fancybox.
• CDN URLs: https://cdnjs.com/libraries/fancybox/3.3.5

II. Add a component

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1. Open @app/config/main.php in your code editor.
2. Add a new property cdn under components section like the following code:

// ...
'components' => [
  // ...
  'cdn' => [
    'class' => '\yii2cdn\Cdn',
      'baseUrl' => '/cdn',
      'basePath' => dirname(__DIR__) . '/web/cdn',
      'components' => [
      'jquery-fancybox' => [
        'css' => [
          '@attributes' => [
            'noNameInPathUrls' => true, // Hide /css in urls
          ],
          [
            'dist/jquery.fancybox.css', // offline version
            '@cdn' => '//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/fancybox/3.3.5/jquery.fancybox.min.css', // online version
          ],
        ],
        'js' => [
          '@attributes' => [
            'noNameInPathUrls' => true, // Hide /js in urls
          ],
          [
            'dist/jquery.fancybox.js', // offline version
            '@cdn' => '//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/fancybox/3.3.5/jquery.fancybox.min.js', // online version
          ],
        ],
      ],
    ],
  ],
  // ...
],
// ...

III. Registering assets

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1. Open any view file and paste the following line:

//...
Yii::$app->cdn->get('jquery-fancybox')->register();
//...

IV. Final moment

1. Browse the action url in your browser and check the view souce.

Now it’s time to play around, See ya!