[TeamTPG]

minScript is a Yii Framework extension which extends clientScript to automatically combine, minify and compress files. The files are served with optimal client cache headers which dramatically improves the web application performance and eases the load on web servers.

Extension page

[TeamTPG]

New version available

1.0.1

• Replace header_remove function which introduced some issues
• Client-side cache will expire in 30 minutes now if no number is appended to the URL
• Optimizations to generateUrl

[TeamTPG]

New version available

1.0.2

• Fixed a bug in generateUrl

[sparkybarkalot]

Thanks for your work on this. I'm having trouble getting this to work. I'm working from the clientScript example, but I'm having some issues:

1) I'm getting the following line generated in my template, but the link just shows roughly two shortish lines of garbage characters when I click on it:

<script type="text/javascript" src="/min/serve/g/jsGroup/0"></script>

2) Looking in /site/protected/runtime/minScript/ and I can see that the "cache" directory has been created but it is empty

I've added the following to the components array in my config file:

'minScript'=>array(
'class'=>'ext.minScript.components.ExtMinScript',
'groupMap'=>array(
'jsGroup'=>array(
'/themes/breathingroom/jvs/jquery-1.6.1.min.js',
'/themes/breathingroom/jvs/tooltip.js',
'/themes/breathingroom/jvs/jquery.cycle.all.js',
'/themes/breathingroom/jvs/jquery.cookie.js',
'/themes/breathingroom/jvs/init.js'
),
),
),

I also added this to my config file (though from the documentation I'm not sure if that's where it should actually go):

// ADDED FOR ExtMinScript extension
'controllerMap'=>array(
'min'=>'ext.minScript.controllers.ExtMinScriptController',
),

I'm using v 1.0.2 of minScript and Yii 1.1.8

Any thoughts or suggestions?

This post has been edited by sparkybarkalot: 29 July 2011 - 09:14 AM

[TeamTPG]

New version available

1.0.3

• Fixed a small bug in generateUrl
• Throw an exception if a defined file can't be found
• Change the format of exception messages

[TeamTPG]

Hey sparkybarkalot

thanks for reporting this...

1. could you please define "shortish lines of garbage characters", what exact output do you get ?
2. You define the files in the groupMap as paths and not as URL's. You need to define your files as relative paths or absolute paths... In your case use relative paths which means don't have a slash at the beginning of the path: themes/breathingroom/jvs/jquery-1.6.1.min.js
To help you with this, the new version 1.0.3 will throw an exception if a defined file doesn't exist...

Yes, you put the controllerMap in the right place... to get more info on using extensions you can read this: http://www.yiiframew...n/extension.use

sparkybarkalot, on 29 July 2011 - 08:46 AM, said:

Thanks for your work on this. I'm having trouble getting this to work. I'm working from the clientScript example, but I'm having some issues:

1) I'm getting the following line generated in my template, but the link just shows roughly two shortish lines of garbage characters when I click on it:

<script type="text/javascript" src="/min/serve/g/jsGroup/0"></script>

2) Looking in /site/protected/runtime/minScript/ and I can see that the "cache" directory has been created but it is empty

I've added the following to the components array in my config file:

'minScript'=>array(
'class'=>'ext.minScript.components.ExtMinScript',
'groupMap'=>array(
'jsGroup'=>array(
'/themes/breathingroom/jvs/jquery-1.6.1.min.js',
'/themes/breathingroom/jvs/tooltip.js',
'/themes/breathingroom/jvs/jquery.cycle.all.js',
'/themes/breathingroom/jvs/jquery.cookie.js',
'/themes/breathingroom/jvs/init.js'
),
),
),

I also added this to my config file (though from the documentation I'm not sure if that's where it should actually go):

// ADDED FOR ExtMinScript extension
'controllerMap'=>array(
'min'=>'ext.minScript.controllers.ExtMinScriptController',
),

I'm using v 1.0.2 of minScript and Yii 1.1.8

Any thoughts or suggestions?

[sparkybarkalot]

Thanks for the quick reply. I won't be back at the office until Monday, but I'll fix the paths, update the version, and report back. If it's still not working, I'll attach a screenshot of the "garbage characters".

[TeamTPG]

New version available

1.0.4

• Optimized error handling. Most errors will be logged now instead of throwing an exception.

[sparkybarkalot]

TeamTPG,

Thanks so much. It was indeed a path issue as you mention in #2. I removed the leading slash and it started working immediately. Thanks again for your work on this... it's really slick.

[TeamTPG]

cool, glad to hear that

you're welcome, thanks for the nice words and reporting back

sparkybarkalot, on 01 August 2011 - 09:00 AM, said:

TeamTPG,

Thanks so much. It was indeed a path issue as you mention in #2. I removed the leading slash and it started working immediately. Thanks again for your work on this... it's really slick.

[spartans]

hi im new to yii, can neone tell me how to add script files to groups dynamically rather than declaring it in the main conf file.
thanks in advance.

[TeamTPG]

hey, if you are talking about the groups in minScript, as of right now you cannot define them dynamically... this might come at a later point in time...

spartans, on 04 August 2011 - 05:03 AM, said:

hi im new to yii, can neone tell me how to add script files to groups dynamically rather than declaring it in the main conf file.
thanks in advance.

[TeamTPG]

New version available

1.0.5

• Code optimizations
• Improve server-side caching functionality
• Optimized error handling

[spamec]

Thanks for slick implementation of minify One question, is it possible to define scripts to minify, which are registred in extensions by registerScriptFile and registerCssFile?

i.e.

$cs = Yii::app()->getClientScript();
$cs->registerCoreScript('jquery');
$url=$this->baseUrl.'/jquery.bookmark.min.js';
$cs->registerScriptFile($url,CClientScript::POS_HEAD);

[spartans]

TeamTPG, on 04 August 2011 - 08:45 AM, said:

hey, if you are talking about the groups in minScript, as of right now you cannot define them dynamically... this might come at a later point in time...

thank you fr the reply.

[TeamTPG]

yes it is...

what you basically need to do is define the files in the minScript groupMap, for example:

return array(
	...
	'components'=>array(
    	'minScript'=>array(
        	'class'=>'ext.minScript.components.ExtMinScript',
        	'groupMap'=>array(
            	'js'=>array(
                	'path/to/jquery.bookmark.min.js',
                	...
            	),
        	),
    	),
	),    
);

and then before the extension registers the file you will need to generate the scriptMap, like so:

Yii::app()->minScript->generateScriptMap('js');

spamec, on 09 August 2011 - 02:57 AM, said:

Thanks for slick implementation of minify One question, is it possible to define scripts to minify, which are registred in extensions by registerScriptFile and registerCssFile?

i.e.

$cs = Yii::app()->getClientScript();
$cs->registerCoreScript('jquery');
$url=$this->baseUrl.'/jquery.bookmark.min.js';
$cs->registerScriptFile($url,CClientScript::POS_HEAD);

[spamec]

Almost got it, but cant figure out what should be the right path for files, because they're in extension directory. Just before rendering, they're published in assets directory. The assets path is generated like that:

$dir = dirname(__FILE__) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'vendors';
$this->baseUrl = Yii::app()->getAssetManager()->publish($dir);

Summarizing, I dont have path, just filename...

[TeamTPG]

thats no problem, just add the files that are in the extensions folder... you dont need to add the files that are published, you dont even need to publish files because they dont need to be in a web accessible folder for minscript to be able to serve them...

so if u have files in extensions folder and those get published, just add following path to groupMap: Yii::getPathOfAlias('ext.blabla.vendors').'/jquery.bookmark.min.js'

spamec, on 10 August 2011 - 03:07 AM, said:

Almost got it, but cant figure out what should be the right path for files, because they're in extension directory. Just before rendering, they're published in assets directory. The assets path is generated like that:

$dir = dirname(__FILE__) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'vendors';
$this->baseUrl = Yii::app()->getAssetManager()->publish($dir);

Summarizing, I dont have path, just filename...

[spamec]

Thanks, everything works

[TeamTPG]

glad to hear that, thanks for the feedback

spamec, on 12 August 2011 - 03:43 AM, said:

Thanks, everything works