MVarFilteredListBundle

This bundle helps to quickly create simple lists using Symfony and Doctrine ORM. This bundle was created with simplicity in mind. It best suites small to medium size projects without superb high needs for performance or features.

Installation

First, download the Bundle.

Open a command console, enter your project directory and execute the following command to download the latest stable version of this bundle:

$ composer require mvar/filtered-list-bundle

This command requires you to have Composer installed globally, as explained in the installation chapter of the Composer documentation.

Now enable the bundle by registering it in app/AppKernel.php:

class AppKernel extends Kernel
{
    public function registerBundles()
    {
        return [
            // ...
            new MVar\FilteredListBundle\MVarFilteredListBundle(), 
        ];
    }

    // ...
}

That's it about installation. Now jump to the next chapter to get know how to use this bundle.

Usage

Examples above pretends you have Player entity with fields id, name, age and sex.

Configuration example:

# app/config/config.yml

mvar_filtered_list:
    lists:
        players:
            select: "p"                # DQL snippet for SELECT part (i.e., alias of entity)
            from: "AppBundle:Player p" # DQL snippet for FROM part (i.e., entity name with alias)

Such configuration creates list manager service with mvar_filtered_list.list.players identifier.

Now lets add controller's method where we generate player list and pass it to the template which we will create next:

// src/AppBundle/Controller/DefaultController.php

    /**
     * @Route("/list", name="list")
     */
    public function listAction(Request $request)
    {
        $list = $this->get('mvar_filtered_list.list.players')->handleRequest($request);

        return $this->render(
            'default/list.html.twig',
            [
                'list' => $list,
            ]
        );
    }

List template:

{# app/Resources/views/default/list.html.twig #}

{% extends 'base.html.twig' %}

{% block body %}
    <ul>
    {% for player in list %}
        <li>{{ player.name }} ({{ player.age }})</li>
    {% else %}
        <li>No players found!</li>
    {% endfor %}
    </ul>
{% endblock %}

This simple example shows how to configure and use a list. The result this page prints is a list of player names followed by player age.

If you want to add a pagination, or sorting, or to filter results by any field, follow next chapter.

Using Filters

Configuration example:

# app/config/config.yml

mvar_filtered_list:
    lists:
        players:
            select: "p"
            from: "AppBundle:Player p"
            filters: [ name, sex, age, pager ]
    filters:     
        match:
            name: p.name
        choice:
            sex:
                field: p.sex
                choices:
                    m: Male
                    f: Female
        range:
            age: p.age
        pager:
            pager: ~

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