README

This Symfony2-Bundle provides a base for user to user and system messaging.

Requirements

In order to install this bundle you will need:

• DoctrineORM (Entity Persistence)
• SonataEasyExtends (optional but strongly recommended)

Installation

Just run composer:

composer require braune-digital/message-bundle

And enable the Bundle in AppKernel.php:

public function registerBundles()
    {
        $bundles = array(
          ...
          new BrauneDigital\MessageBundle\BrauneDigitalMessageBundle(),
          ...
        );

In order to use the bundle you have to

Extend the Bundle

Just run:

php app/console sonata:easy-extends:generate --dest=src BrauneDigitalMessageBundle

Enable the extended Bundle in AppKernel.php:

public function registerBundles()
    {
        $bundles = array(
          ...
          new Application\BrauneDigital\MessageBundle\ApplicationBrauneDigitalMessageBundle(),
          ...
        );

Add the relations to your User-Entity

<one-to-many target-entity="Application\BrauneDigital\MessageBundle\Entity\UserHasConversation" field="conversations" mapped-by="user">
            <cascade><cascade-remove /></cascade>
            <order-by>
                <order-by-field name="joinedOn" direction="DESC"/>
            </order-by>
        </one-to-many>

        <one-to-many target-entity="Application\BrauneDigital\MessageBundle\Entity\UserHasMessage" field="messages" mapped-by="user">
            <cascade><cascade-remove /></cascade>
            <order-by>
                <order-by-field name="date" direction="ASC"/>
            </order-by>
        </one-to-many>

        <one-to-many target-entity="Application\BrauneDigital\MessageBundle\Entity\Message" field="sentMessages" mapped-by="by">
            <order-by>
                <order-by-field name="date" direction="ASC"/>
            </order-by>
        </one-to-many>

Todo

• Add Document Version
• Validation / Constraints
• Security (Voters)