README

#Notification Bundle

This bundle provides methods for creating flash notifications and instant notifications that will rendered with javascript to the user. Symfony2 already has a flashBag for flash messages, this bundle builds from there to add customisable javascript notifications using humane.js.

##Install instructions

The simplest way to install this bundle is to use composer.

Add the notification bundle as a requirement to composer.json:

{
    "require":{
        "lrotherfield/notification-bundle": "dev-master"
    }

Update the dependecies using composer:

$ php composer.phar update

Add the notification bundle to the AppKernal.php file:

class AppKernel extends Kernel
{
    public function registerBundles()
    {
        $bundles = array(
            //...
            new LRotherfield\Bundle\NotificationBundle\LRotherfieldNotificationBundle(),

This bundle uses a js and css file and so needs to be added to the assetic configuration in config.yml:

# Assetic Configuration
assetic:
    #...
    bundles:        [LRotherfieldNotificationBundle]

Thats it, all installed.

##Simple usage

There are two main sets of functionality, adding notifications and rendering notifications.

###Adding notifications

To add a notification, use the add() method

// any class with access to the service container
$this->container->get('lrotherfield.notify')->add("foo", array("message" => "bar"));

###Render notifications

Humane js and css files are required in the head tag for this class to function. Before the closing head tag, run the twig function notify_resources():

    {{ notify_resources() }}
</head>

There are two twig functions for rendering notifications, they should be called just before the closing body tag:

{{ notify_all() }} {# renders all notifications #}

{{ notify_one("foo") }} {# renders all "foo" notifications like the one added in the above example #}
</body>

An argument can be given in notify_all() and notify_one() to specify the id of an element to append the message to as a child:

<div id="baz"></div>

{{ notify_all("baz") }}
{# or #}
{{ notify_one("foo", "baz") }}

###Adding options

There are a number of options available when using the add() method to add a notification:

//Defaults listed below
array(
    "message" => "", // The message to render, will be wrapped in p tags
    "title" => "", // The title to render, will be wrapped in h2 tags
    "class" => "notice", // css class to add to the notification div
    "type" => "flash", // flash or instant, instant lasts until a page refresh, flash lasts for one redirect
    "lifetime" => "5000", // Lifetime of the notification in ms
    "click_to_close" => false, //true or false, true will make notification disappear only on click, false will use lifetime
    "sticky" => false // Makes the notification sticky and not disappear
)