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===========================
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Using controllers and views
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===========================
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General
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After routing is performed, the controller takes care of the actual code
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to execute for the request. Because we want to implement some basics for
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every request that gets processed you should inherit from our base
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classes to ensure basic functionality such as authorisation and csrf
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protection.
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Controllers are placed in the directory /usr/local/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/<Vendor\_name>/<Module\_name>/
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and should use the standard Phalcon naming conventions, suffix Controller.php on
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every class file and suffix Action on all action methods.
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For a detailed description of how Controllers work in Phalcon, please
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look at the Phalcon documentation at http://docs.phalconphp.com/en/latest/reference/controllers.html
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View based controllers
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----------------------
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For rendering standard pages we have chosen to use Volt templates, the
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base controller to inherit from in this case is
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OPNsense\\Base\\ControllerBase and should take care of binding a
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template to the controller. Every template automatically receives
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standard features (such as the menu system).
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The wireframe for implementing a single action should look like this:
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.. code-block:: php
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<?php
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public function indexAction()
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{
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// address some variables to pass through the view
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$this->view->my_variable1 = 'test 1';
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$this->view->my_variable2 = 'test 2';
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// pick a template
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$this->view->pick('SampleVendor/Sample/index');
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}
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And the volt template SampleVendor/Sample/index.volt could contain something like:
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.. code-block:: html
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the contents of my_variable1 => <b> {{ my_variable1 }} </b> <br>
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the contents of my_variable2 => <b> {{ my_variable2 }} </b> <br>
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A full example can be found in the OPNsense\\Sample controller
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directory.
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More information on how to write Volt pages can be found here :
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http://docs.phalconphp.com/en/latest/reference/volt.html
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API based controllers
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---------------------
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For API calls a separate class is used to derive from, which implements
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a simple interface to handle calls. The main difference with the view
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controllers is that an action should return a named array containing
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response data in stead of picking a template.
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A simple index controller to echo a request back looks like this:
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.. code-block:: php
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class TestController extends ApiControllerBase
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{
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/**
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* @return array
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*/
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public function echoAction()
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{
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if ($this->request->hasPost("message")) {
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$message = $this->request->getPost("message");
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} else {
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$message = " " ;
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}
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return array("message" => $message);
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}
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}
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When placed inside the api directory of Vendor/Sample can be called by sending a
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post request to /api/sample/test/echo, using jquery:
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.. code-block:: javascript
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$.ajax({
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type: "POST",
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url: "/api/sample/test/echo",
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success: function(data){
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alert(data.message) ;
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},
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data:{message:"test message"}
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});
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