README

This Bundle adds global settings out of the database integration on top of the Symfony framework. It lets you design application-settings which can be maintained by the owner or administrator from the website.

Features include:

• Unlimmited setting fields
• Bootstrap ready pages and forms
• Settings can be made and deleted by you developer when you add yourself the ROLE_SUPER_ADMIN in a form
• The value of the setting fields can be changed by the users that have ROLE_ADMINISTRATOR in a form
• The value of the setting fields can be changed by the application
• Five formtypes: text, email, boolean, integer and decimal.
• Form validation dependend on the formtype.

Installation

Using composer:

1. Add "fbeen/settingsbundle": "dev-master" to the require section of your composer.json project file.

    "require": {
        ...
        "fbeen/settingsbundle": "dev-master"
    },

1. run composer update:

   $ composer update

2. Add the bundle to the app/AppKernel.php:

        $bundles = array(
            ...
            new Fbeen\SettingsBundle\FbeenSettingsBundle(),
        );

1. add routes to app/config/routing.yml

fbeen_settings:
    resource: "@FbeenSettingsBundle/Resources/config/routing.yml"
    prefix:   /admin

1. add routes to app/config/routing_dev.yml

_fbeen_settings:
    resource: "@FbeenSettingsBundle/Resources/config/routing_dev.yml"
    prefix:   /admin

1. Enable Translation in app/config/config.yml

parameters:
    locale: en

framework:
    translator:      { fallbacks: ["%locale%"] }

1. Configure app/config/security.yml so that ROLE_ADMIN and ROLE_SUPER_ADMIN do exist:

security:

    # ...
                
    role_hierarchy:
        ROLE_ADMIN:       ROLE_USER
        ROLE_SUPER_ADMIN: ROLE_ADMIN

1. Update your database schema

$ bin/console doctrine:schema:update --force

1. Login with an account that has ROLE_SUPER_ADMIN.

2. Go to the route .../app_dev.php/admin/settings/developer and start to add settings. The form is very easy to use and does not require further explanations

3. Go to the route .../app_dev.php/admin/settings/edit and see how administrators can change values

Usage

Imagine that you made a setting with the identifier shipping_price and that you want to use the setting in your controller:

$value = $this->get('fbeen_settings.settings_helper')->getSetting('shipping_price');

Or that you want to render the setting in Twig:

{{ setting('shipping_price') }}

Update a setting:

$this->get('fbeen_settings.settings_helper')->updateSetting('shipping_price', $price);

Or maybe you want to use a setting as a page-view counter:

$helper = $this->get('fbeen_settings.settings_helper');
$counter = $helper->getSetting('page_views');
$helper->updateSetting('page_views', ++$counter);