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Basic utillities used in ZF2 controller and views.

Zend Framework 2 View helpers

• less() to convert LESS files to CSS
• js() to retrieve versioned js files
• dateFormat() to format dates in different, many used, formats
• percent() to quickly calculate a percentage

MQUtil\Collector\Milq

ZendDeveloperTools collector listing environment, timezone and defaultlocale

MQUtil\Log\Writer\Doctrine

Doctrine log writer

MQUtil\Service\ShortUrl

Url shortner using the Google urlshortener API.

MQUtil\Service\Paginator

Super simple and easy to use pagination class

MQUtil\Service\Iterator

Super simple and easy to use iteration class with prevItem support

Installation

1. Run php composer.phar require milqmedia/mq-util:dev-master
2. Add MQUtil to the enabled modules list
3. Use the less or js viewhelper in your template

Usage

Less & JS helpers

$this->headLink()->setStylesheet($this->basePath($this->less('less/site.less')))
$this->headScript()->setFile({$this->basePath($this->js('jquery')))

Percent view helper

$this->percent($total, $count, $reverse = false);

• $total: Total items
• $count: Items to calculate percentage of
• $reverse: Return the remaining percentage instead of the calculated percentage

DateFormat view helper

$this->dateFormat($date)->dayName();

Available methods:

• forumDate: Returns "H:i" if today, "d-m H:i" if this year, else "d-m-y H:i"
• ago: Returns seconds, minutes, hours, days, etc. ago since given date
• dayName($short = false): Dayname for the given date, if short is true dayname is in a short format e.g. Sun.
• monthName: Monthname for the given date

MQUtil\Collector\Milq

Add the collector to the zdt config file

array(
    'zenddevelopertools' => array(
        'profiler' => array(
            'collectors' => array('milq' => 'MQUtil\Collector\Milq'),
        ),
    )

And a template to the toolbar

array(
    'zenddevelopertools' => array(
        'toolbar' => array(
          'entries'       => array(
	          'milq' => 'zend-developer-tools/toolbar/milq',
	        ),
	      )
	   )
)

MQUtil\Log\Writer\Doctrine

Copy the Log.php.dist file from the package root to your entity directory. Change the namespace if necessary.

Use it like this:

$this->getServiceLocator()->get('Zend\Log\Logger')->err("error")

MQUtil\Service\ShortUrl

Configure your Google API Key:

return array(
	'google_short_url' => array(
		'apiKey' => '<key>',
	)
);

Use it like this:

$shortUrlApi = $this->getServiceLocator()->get('MQUtil\Service\ShortUrl');
$response = $shortUrlApi->shortenUrl('http://google.com');

If successful, the response will look like:

{
 "kind": "urlshortener#url",
 "id": "http://goo.gl/fbsS",
 "longUrl": "http://www.google.com/"
}

MQUtil\Service\Paginator

Create a new pagination object:

$paginator = $this->getServiceLocator()->get('MQUtil\Service\Paginator')->getPaginator($numberOfItems, $numberOfItemsPerPage, $currentPage);

Available methods:

$paginator->next();
$paginator->prev();
$paginator->current();
$paginator->total();
$paginator->offsetStart();
$paginator->isLastPage();

MQUtil\Service\Iterator

Create a new iteration object:

$iterator = $this->getServiceLocator()->get('MQUtil\Service\Iterator')->getIterator($array, $currentItem);

Available methods:

$iterator->hasNext();
$iterator->nextItem();
$iterator->hasPrev();
$iterator->prevItem();
$iterator->currentItem();
$iterator->isLastItem();

Development

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Contributing

1. Fork it ( https://github.com/milqmedia/mq-util/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create a new Pull Request