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Requires: phpFox version 4.6.0 or higher.

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phpFox allows admin to configure component blocks using Block Settings.

Example, admin can configure how many item will be shown, and visibility of this block, etc...

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Adding Settings for Your App Blocks

In order to add ability, add new method getSettings() to your block, this method return a list of fields will be shown in settings page.

Code Block
php
php

<?php

class Friend_Component_Block_Mini extends Phpfox_Component
    //..
    /**
     * Settings of block
     * @return array
     */
    public function getSettings()
    {
        return [
            [
                'info' => _p('friend_block_mini_limit_info'),
                'description' => _p('friend_block_mini_limit_description'),
                'value' => 7,
                'var_name' => 'limit',
                'type' => 'integer',
            ]
        ];
    }
    //..
?>

Field Visibility is prepended before your settings field automatically.

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Code Block
php
php

<?php

class Fiend_Component_Block_Mini extends Phpfox_Component {
    // ...
    /**
     * Get array of validation rules
     */
     public function getValidation(){
        return [
            'limit'=> [
                'def' => 'int:required',
                'min' => 0,
                'title'=>'Invalid number'
            ]
        ];
    }
    //...
}

In order to get configured value:

Code Block
php
php

<?php

class Fiend_Component_Block_Mini extends Phpfox_Component {
     public function process(){
       /**
        * return configured value or "7" if the value is empty.
        *
        */
       $iLimit =  $this->getParam('limit',7);
       //..
    }
    //...
}

Supported Setting Types

  • string
  • large_string
  • password
  • integer
  • boolean
  • currency
  • select
  • array
  • multi_text
  • multi_checkbox

string

Code Block
php
php

return [
    [
        'var_name'      => 'example_name',
        'info'          => 'example label',
        'description'   => 'example description',
        'type'          => 'string',
        'value'         => 'default_value',
    ],
];

large_string

Code Block
php
php

return [
    [
        'var_name'      => 'example_name',
        'info'          => 'example label',
        'description'   => 'example description',
        'type'          => 'large_string',
        'value'         => 'default_value',
    ],
];

password

Code Block
php
php

return [
    [
        'var_name'      => 'example_name',
        'info'          => 'example label',
        'description'   => 'example description',
        'type'          => 'password',
        'value'         => 'default_value',
    ],
];

integer

Code Block
php
php

return [
    [
        'var_name'      => 'example_name',
        'info'          => 'example label',
        'description'   => 'example description',
        'type'          => 'integer',
        'value'         => 10,
    ],
];

boolean

Code Block
php
php

return [
    [
        'var_name'      => 'example_name',
        'info'          => 'example label',
        'description'   => 'example description',
        'type'          => 'boolean',
        'value'         => 0,
    ],
];

currency

Code Block
php
php

return [
    [
        'var_name'      => 'example_name',
        'info'          => 'example label',
        'description'   => 'example description',
        'type'          => 'currency',
        'value'         => ['USD' => 0],
    ],
];

select

Code Block
php
php

return [
    [
        'var_name'      => 'example_name',
        'info'          => 'example label',
        'description'   => 'example description',
        'type'          => 'select',
        'value'         => 'value_1',
        'options' => [
            'value_1' => 'Value Label 1',
            'value_2' => 'Value Label 2',
        ]
    ],
];

array

Code Block
php
php

return [
    [
        'var_name'      => 'example_name',
        'info'          => 'example label',
        'description'   => 'example description',
        'type'          => 'array',
        'value'         => [1,2,3,4],
    ],
];

multi_text

Code Block
php
php

return [
    [
        'var_name' => 'example_name',
        'info'     => 'example_label',
        'description'=>'example description',
        'type'=> 'multi_text',
        'value'=> [
            'key1' =>'example value 1',
            'key2' =>'example value 2', 
            'key3'=>'example value 3'
        ],
    ],
];

multi_checkbox

Code Block
php
php

return [
    [
        'var_name'      => 'example_name',
        'info'          => 'example labele',
        'description'   => 'example description',
        'type'          => 'multi_checkbox',
        'value'         => ['value_1', 'value_2'],
        'options'       => [
            'value_1' => 'Value Label 1',
            'value_2' => 'Value Label 2',
            'value_3' => 'Value Label 3'
        ]
    ],
];