EAssetManager class file.
Extended Asset Manager Compiles .less file(s) on-the-fly and publishes output .css file
Author: Inpassor inpassor@yandex.com . Link: https://github.com/Inpassor/yii-EAssetManager . Version: 0.3 (2013.10.24) .
##Install with composer:
composer require inpassor/yii-eassetmanager
##Manual install:
- Copy EAssetManager.php to /protected/vendor/ directory
- Add or replace the assetManager component in /protected/config/main.php like that:
'components'=>array(
...
'assetManager'=>array(
'class'=>'EAssetManager',
'lessCompile'=>true,
'lessCompiledPath'=>'application.assets.css',
'lessFormatter'=>'compressed',
'lessForceCompile'=>false,
),
...
),
See code of EAssetManager.php to read description of public properties.
- CHMOD 'lessCompiledPath' directory to 0777 in order to create new files there by EAssetManager.
- Optional: enable Yii caching. Otherwise, EAssetManager will create (or use existing) directory /protected/runtime/cache/ and store cache data there. You can override this path by setting public property 'cachePath'.
Just publish .less file with assetManager like that:
$css = CHtml::asset(Yii::app()->basePath.'/vendors/bootstrap/less/bootstrap.less');
That's all :)
Also it might be useful to pre-compile .less files. For example, to make command which compiles .less files in background. In this case you can use "lessCompile" method:
Yii::app()->assetManager->lessCompile(Yii::app()->basePath.'/vendors/bootstrap/less/bootstrap.less');
Output .css file will be stored under 'lessCompiledPath' directory. And then add already compiled file in your application:
$css = CHtml::asset(Yii::app()->assetManager->lessCompiledPath.'/bootstrap.css');