CODEWITHSUNDEEP
yii
SAQIBZAFAR
SAQIBZAFAR

Reputation: 89

Using a third party plugin with Yii

i am using a third party plugin with yii, it provides chat functionality, it has its own DB and php files that provide the functionality,

now i am want to use it in the view, but the simple include statements are not working, do i need to convert it to yii or can i use it as is?

<?php

session_start();

// Load MySQL DB settings
include_once('config.inc.php');

$_SESSION['username'] = 'Currently logged in users's username from database';
$_SESSION['user_id'] = 'Currently logged in user's id';

?>

//That's it! To print online users, you need to do it like this:

<?php
$users = mysql_query("SELECT id,username FROM ".$sql_table_users." WHERE chat_status='online' AND id!='".$_SESSION['user_id']."'");
if(mysql_num_rows($users) > 0){
    while($user = mysql_fetch_assoc($users)){
        print '<a href="#" alt="'.$user['id'].'|'.$user['username'].'" class="chat_user">'.$user['username'].'</a><br />';
    }
}
?>

this is the interface plugin has provided for me. plugin location is /assets/plugin.

i cant use direct php query commands to another Database, which i want to keep seperate from mine, plus the js file that comes with the plugin calls the script with wrong URL parameters, so what is the best method to incorperate this into my yii app. thanks

Upvotes: 0

Views: 330

Answers (1)

darkheir
darkheir

Reputation: 8950

You should create a Yii extension that'll wrap your plugin. Then in your view you'll have to call a widget that'll display your chat.

I think this is the best way to do it because using this all your call to the plugin will be performed with the yii strucutre and philosophy. Only your extension will be structured using the chat philosophy.

Source about creating widgets

Upvotes: 1

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