arturdoruch/list-bundle

Symfony package for pagination, sorting and filtering of a list items.


Keywords
symfony, pagination, sorting, filtering, list items
License
MIT

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ListBundle

Symfony bundle for pagination, sorting and filtering of list items.

Bundle contains paginators supporting:

  • array
  • Doctrine\ORM\Query
  • Doctrine\ORM\QueryBuilder
  • Doctrine\ODM\MongoDB\Query\Query
  • Doctrine\ODM\MongoDB\Query\Builder
  • Doctrine\MongoDB\CursorInterface
  • MongoCursor

For other database queries or cursors you can create own paginators. See paginators configuration option.

Installation

Run composer command

composer require arturdoruch/list-bundle

and register list-bundle and required other bundles in application Kernel class.

In Symfony 3

// app/AppKernel.php
public function registerBundles()
{
    $bundles = [
        // Other bundles
        new Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\FrameworkBundle(),
        new Symfony\Bundle\TwigBundle\TwigBundle(),
        new ArturDoruch\ListBundle\ArturDoruchListBundle(),
    ];
}    

In Symfony >= 4

// config/bundles.php
return [
    // Other bundles
    Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\FrameworkBundle::class => ['all' => true],
    Symfony\Bundle\TwigBundle\TwigBundle::class => ['all' => true],
    ArturDoruch\ListBundle\ArturDoruchListBundle::class => ['all' => true],
];

JavaScript support

For JavaScript support install (with yarn or npm) package @arturdoruch/list. Package contains also file with CSS styles, styling the filter form and item list.

Bundle configuration

See bundle configuration options.

Usage

In short:

  1. Create controller action getting the item list
  2. Create template displaying item list

Controller

Creating controller action getting the item list

The controller action requirements:

  • The route method must be type of GET.
  • To the twig template must be passed the ArturDoruch\ListBundle\ItemList object.

Full example of the controller action getting book list:

<?php

namespace AppBundle\Controller;

use AppBundle\Form\Type\BookFilterType;
use ArturDoruch\ListBundle\ItemList;
use ArturDoruch\ListBundle\Paginator;
use ArturDoruch\ListBundle\Request\QueryParameterBag;
use ArturDoruch\ListBundle\Sorting\SortChoiceCollection;
use Sensio\Bundle\FrameworkExtraBundle\Configuration\Template;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
use Symfony\Component\Routing\Annotation\Route;

class BookController
{
    /**
     * @Route(
     *     "/",
     *     methods={"GET"}
     * )
     * @Template("@App/book/list.html.twig")
     */
    public function list(Request $request)
    {
        // (optional) Create filter form.
        // Info: 
        // The request URL query parameter name with filtering parameters, is created based on the form name.
        // Because of that use Symfony\Component\Form\FormFactory::createNamed() method
        // for creating form with own name (e.g. "filter").
        $form = $this->get('form.factory')->createNamed('filter', BookFilterType::class);
        $form->handleRequest($request);

        // Filtering criteria.
        $criteria = [];

        if ($form->isSubmitted() && $form->isValid()) {
            $criteria = $form->getData();
        }
               
        // Get request query parameters (page, limit, sort).
        $parameterBag = new QueryParameterBag($request);        
        // Array with sorting field and order, pair ["field" => "order"]
        $sort = $parameterBag->getSort();
        
        // Get book items - array, query or cursor depend on database type.
        $bookRepository = '';
        $books = $bookRepository->get($criteria, $sort);        
        
        $pagination = Paginator::paginate($books, $parameterBag->getPage(), $parameterBag->getLimit(100));
        // (optional) Set item limits (overrides values form default config "pagination.item_limits").
        $pagination->setItemLimits([50, 100, 200]);

        // (optional) Define SortChoiceCollection to display "select" field with sorting options.
        // Alternatively you can render sorting links in twig template with "arturdoruch_list_sort_link" function.
        $sortChoiceCollection = new SortChoiceCollection();
        $sortChoiceCollection
            ->add('Lowest price', 'price', 'asc') // Sort books by price ascending.
            ->add('Highest price', 'price', 'desc'); // Sort books by price descending.

        return [
            'bookList' => new ItemList($pagination, $form, $sortChoiceCollection),
        ];
    }
}

Pagination item limits

The default limits of list items displayed per page are specified in bundle configuration at path pagination.item_limits. To setting different item limits for a specific list call ArturDoruch\ListBundle\Pagination::setItemLimits() method with a custom values.

Example:

<?php

use ArturDoruch\ListBundle\Paginator;

// In controller
$pagination = Paginator::paginate($items, $page, $limit);
$pagination->setItemLimits([50, 100, 200]);

Filter form

In order to filtering list items, you must create FormType class.

  • You can use the ArturDoruch\ListBundle\Form\FilterType class and add the custom filter fields to the form in controller,
  • or create own form type class and (optionally) extend the ArturDoruch\ListBundle\Form\FilterType class.

The filter form must have method type of GET and csrf_protection option should be set to false.
Created FormType class pass in the constructor of the ArturDoruch\ListBundle\ItemList object.

Example of the filter form type class:

<?php

namespace AppBundle\Form\Type;

use AppBundle\Entity\BookCategory;
use ArturDoruch\ListBundle\Form\FilterType;
use Symfony\Bridge\Doctrine\Form\Type\EntityType;
use Symfony\Component\Form\FormBuilderInterface;

class BookFilterType extends FilterType
{
    public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options)
    {
        parent::buildForm($builder, $options);

        $builder
            ->add('category', EntityType::class, [
                'placeholder' => '-- all --',
                'class' => BookCategory::class,
                'choice_label' => 'category',
                'choice_value' => 'id'
            ])
            ->add('author')
            ->add('title');
    }
}

Sort choice collection

If you want to render an HTML "select" field with sorting options create ArturDoruch\ListBundle\Sorting\SortChoiceCollection object and specify the sorting choices. Then pass the SortChoiceCollection object in the constructor of the ArturDoruch\ListBundle\ItemList object.

This is an alternative for sorting links rendered in twig template with arturdoruch_list_sort_link function.

Example:

<?php

use ArturDoruch\ListBundle\ItemList;
use ArturDoruch\ListBundle\Sorting\SortChoiceCollection;

// In controller action.
$sortChoiceCollection = new SortChoiceCollection();
$sortChoiceCollection
    ->add('Cheapest first', 'price', 'asc') // Sort books by price ascending.
    ->add('Expensive first', 'price', 'desc'); // Sort books by price descending.
    
new ItemList($pagination, $form, $sortChoiceCollection); 

View

Twig functions

See Twig functions rendering the list components.

Creating template displaying item list

{# base.html.twig #}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
    </head>
    <body>
        {% block content %}
        {% endblock %}
    </body>
</html>

Template for use with AJAX request.

{# ajax_list.html.twig #}
{% block list %}{% endblock %}

Example of template displaying all of the list components.

{# book/list.html.twig #}
{# Update only list table (block list) when is AJAX request. #}
{% extends app.request.xmlHttpRequest ?
    '@App/ajax_list.html.twig':
    '@App/base.html.twig'
%}

{% block content %}
    {{ arturdoruch_list_filter_form(bookList.filterForm) }}

    <div id="book-list-container">
    {% block list %}
        {% if bookList.count > 0 %}
        {{ arturdoruch_list_items_and_pagination(bookList.pagination) }}
        {{ arturdoruch_list_sort_form(bookList.sortChoiceCollection) }}

        <table class="table" id="book-list">
            <thead>
                <tr>
                    <th>Category</th>
                    <th>{{ arturdoruch_list_sort_link('Author', 'author') }}</th>
                    <th>{{ arturdoruch_list_sort_link('Title', 'title') }}</th>
                    <th>Price</th>
                </tr>
            </thead>
            <tbody>
            {% for book in bookList %}
                <tr>
                    <td>{{ book.category }}</td>
                    <td>{{ book.author }}</td>>
                    <td>{{ book.title }}</td>
                    <td>{{ book.price }}</td>                                      
                </tr>
            {% endfor %}
            </tbody>
        </table>
        {% else %}
            <h4>No books with the specified criteria.</h4>
        {% endif %}
    {% endblock %}
    </div>
{% endblock %}