Implementing a book module in Dotkernel Admin using DotMaker

The dotkernel/dot-maker library can be used to programmatically generate project files and directories. It can be added to your API installation by following the official documentation.

Folder and files structure

The below files structure is what we will have at the end of this tutorial and is just an example, you can have multiple components such as event listeners, wrappers, etc.

.
└── src/
    ├── Book/
    │   ├── src/
    │   │   ├── Handler/
    │   │   │   ├── GetCreateBookFormHandler.php
    │   │   │   ├── GetDeleteBookFormHandler.php
    │   │   │   ├── GetEditBookFormHandler.php
    │   │   │   ├── GetListBookHandler.php
    │   │   │   ├── PostCreateBookHandler.php
    │   │   │   ├── PostDeleteBookHandler.php
    │   │   │   └── PostEditBookHandler.php
    │   │   ├── InputFilter/
    │   │   │   ├── Input/
    │   │   │   │   └── ConfirmDeleteBookInput.php
    │   │   │   ├── CreateBookInputFilter.php
    │   │   │   ├── DeleteBookInputFilter.php
    │   │   │   └── EditBookInputFilter.php
    │   │   ├── Service/
    │   │   │   ├── BookService.php
    │   │   │   └── BookServiceInterface.php
    │   │   ├── ConfigProvider.php
    │   │   └── RoutesDelegator.php
    │   └── templates/
    │       └── book/
    │           ├── create-book-form.html.twig
    │           ├── delete-book-form.html.twig
    │           ├── edit-book-form.html.twig
    │           └── list-book.html.twig
    └── Core/
        └── src/
            └── Book/
                └── src/
                    ├──Entity/
                    │   └──Book.php
                    ├──Repository/
                    │   └──BookRepository.php
                    └── ConfigProvider.php
  • src/Book/src/Handler/GetCreateBookFormHandler.php – handler that reflects the GET action for the CreateBookForm class
  • src/Book/src/Handler/GetDeleteBookFormHandler.php – handler that reflects the GET action for the DeleteBookForm class
  • src/Book/src/Handler/GetEditBookFormHandler.php – handler that reflects the GET action for the EditBookForm class
  • src/Book/src/Handler/GetListBookHandler.php – handler that reflects the GET action for a configurable list of Book entities
  • src/Book/src/Handler/PostCreateBookHandler.php – handler that reflects the POST action for creating a Book entity
  • src/Book/src/Handler/PostDeleteBookHandler.php – handler that reflects the POST action for deleting a Book entity
  • src/Book/src/Handler/PostEditBookHandler.php – handler that reflects the POST action for editing a Book entity
  • src/Book/src/InputFilter/Input/* – input filters and validator configurations
  • src/Book/src/InputFilter/CreateBookInputFilter.php – input filters and validators
  • src/Book/src/InputFilter/EditBookInputFilter.php – input filters and validators
  • src/Book/src/InputFilter/DeleteBookInputFilter.php – input filters and validators
  • src/Book/src/Service/BookService.php – is a class or component responsible for performing a specific task or providing functionality to other parts of the application
  • src/Book/src/Service/BookServiceInterface.php – interface that reflects the publicly available methods in BookService
  • src/Book/src/ConfigProvider.php – is a class that provides configuration for various aspects of the framework or application
  • src/Book/src/RoutesDelegator.php – a routes delegator is a delegator factory responsible for configuring routing middleware based on routing configuration provided by the application
  • src/Book/templates/book/create-book-form.html.twig – a Twig template for generating the view for the CreateBookForm class
  • src/Book/templates/book/delete-book-form.html.twig – a Twig template for generating the view for the DeleteBookForm class
  • src/Book/templates/book/edit-book-form.html.twig – a Twig template for generating the view for the EditBookForm class
  • src/Book/templates/book/list-book.html.twig – a Twig template for generating the view for the list of Book entities
  • src/Core/src/Book/src/Entity/Book.php – an entity refers to a PHP class that represents a persistent object or data structure
  • src/Core/src/Book/src/Repository/BookRepository.php – a repository is a class responsible for querying and retrieving entities from the database
  • src/Core/src/Book/src/ConfigProvider.php – is a class that provides configuration for Doctrine ORM

Note that while this tutorial covers a standalone case, the Core module generated by default has the same structure as the one described in the Dotkernel API "Book" module allowing use as part of the Dotkernel Headless Platform

File creation and contents

After successfully installing dot-maker, it can be used to generate the Book module. Invoke dot-maker by executing ./vendor/bin/dot-maker or via the optional script described in the documentation - composer make. This will list all component types that can be created - for the purposes of this tutorial, enter module:

./vendor/bin/dot-maker module

Type book when prompted to enter the module name.

Next you will be prompted to add the relevant components of a module, accepting y(es), n(o) and Enter (defaults to yes):

Note that dot-maker will automatically split the files into the described Api and Core structure without a further input needed.

  • Entity and repository (Y): will generate the Book.php entity and the associated BookRepository.php.
  • Service and service interface (Y): will generate the BookService and the BookServiceInterface.
  • Command, followed by middleware(N): not necessary for the module described in this tutorial.
  • Handler (Y): this option is needed, and will further prompt you for the required actions.
    • Allow listing Books? (Y): this will generate the GetListBookHandler.php class and the list-book.html.twig.
    • Allow viewing Books? (N): not necessary for the module described in this tutorial.
    • Allow creating Books? (Y): will generate all files used for creating Book entities, as follows:
      • The form used for creation CreateBookForm as well as the input filter it uses CreateBookInputFilter
      • The handler that fetches the form GetCreateBookFormHandler
      • The handler for the POST action PostCreateBookHandler
      • The template file used for the form create-book-form.html.twig
    • Allow deleting Books? (Y): similar to the previous step, this step will generate multiple files:
      • The form used for creation DeleteBookForm, the input filter it uses DeleteBookInputFilter as well as a singular Input class it uses - ConfirmDeleteBookInput
      • The handler that fetches the form GetDeleteBookFormHandler
      • The handler for the POST action PostDeleteBookHandler
      • The template file used for the form delete-book-form.html.twig
    • Allow editing Books? (Y): as the previous two cases, multiple files are generated on this step as well:
      • The form used for creation EditBookForm and the input filter it uses EditBookInputFilter
      • The handler that fetches the form GetEditBookFormHandler
      • The handler for the POST action PostEditBookHandler
      • The template file used for the form edit-book-form.html.twig
  • Following this step, dot-maker will automatically generate the ConfigProvider.php classes for both the Admin and Core namespaces, as well as the RoutesDelegator class containing all the relevant routes.

You will then be instructed to:

  • Register the ConfigProvider classes by adding Admin\Book\ConfigProvider::class and Core\Book\ConfigProvider::class to config/config.php
  • Register the new Book namespace by adding "Admin\\Book\\": "src/Book/src/" and "Core\\Book\\": "src/Core/src/Book/src/" to composer.json under the autoload.psr-4 key.
    • After registering the namespace, run the following command to regenerate the autoloaded files, as notified by dot-maker:
composer dump
  • dot-maker will by default prompt you to generate the migrations for the new entity, but for the purpose of this tutorial we will run this after updating the generated entity.

The next step is filling in the required logic for the proposed flow of this module. While dot-maker does also include common logic in the relevant files, the tutorial adds custom functionality. As such, the following section will go over the files that require changes.

  • src/Book/src/Handler/GetListBookHandler.php

The overall class structure is fully generated, but for the purpose of this tutorial you will need to send the indentifier key to the template, as shown below:

return new HtmlResponse(
    $this->template->render('book::book-list', [
        'pagination' => $this->bookService->getBooks($request->getQueryParams()),
        'identifier' => SettingIdentifierEnum::IdentifierTableUserListSelectedColumns->value,
    ])
);
  • src/Core/src/App/src/Message.php

The generated PostCreateBookHandler, PostEditBookHandler and PostDeleteBookHandler classes will by default make use of the Message::BOOK_CREATED, Message::BOOK_UPDATED and Message::BOOK_DELETED constants which you will have to manually add:

public const BOOK_CREATED = 'Book created successfully.';
public const BOOK_UPDATED = 'Book updated successfully.';
public const BOOK_DELETED = 'Book deleted successfully.';
  • src/Core/src/Book/src/Entity/Book.php

To keep things simple in this tutorial, our book will have three properties: name, author and releaseDate. Add the three properties and their getters and setters, while making sure to update the generated constructor method.

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace Core\Book\Entity;

use Core\App\Entity\AbstractEntity;
use Core\App\Entity\TimestampsTrait;
use Core\Book\Repository\BookRepository;
use DateTimeImmutable;
use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;

#[ORM\Entity(repositoryClass: BookRepository::class)]
#[ORM\Table("book")]
#[ORM\HasLifecycleCallbacks]
class Book extends AbstractEntity
{
    use TimestampsTrait;

    #[ORM\Column(name: "name", type: "string", length: 100)]
    protected string $name;

    #[ORM\Column(name: "author", type: "string", length: 100)]
    protected string $author;

    #[ORM\Column(name: "releaseDate", type: "datetime_immutable")]
    protected DateTimeImmutable $releaseDate;

    public function __construct(string $name, string $author, DateTimeImmutable $releaseDate)
    {
        parent::__construct();

        $this->setName($name);
        $this->setAuthor($author);
        $this->setReleaseDate($releaseDate);
    }

    public function getName(): string
    {
        return $this->name;
    }

    public function setName(string $name): self
    {
        $this->name = $name;

        return $this;
    }

    public function getAuthor(): string
    {
        return $this->author;
    }

    public function setAuthor(string $author): self
    {
        $this->author = $author;

        return $this;
    }

    public function getReleaseDate(): DateTimeImmutable
    {
        return $this->releaseDate;
    }

    public function setReleaseDate(DateTimeImmutable $releaseDate): self
    {
        $this->releaseDate = $releaseDate;

        return $this;
    }

    public function getArrayCopy(): array
    {
        return [
            'uuid'        => $this->getUuid()->toString(),
            'name'        => $this->getName(),
            'author'      => $this->getAuthor(),
            'releaseDate' => $this->getReleaseDate(),
        ];
    }
}

The BookService class will require minor modifications for the getBooks() and saveBook() methods, to add the custom properties added in the previous step. The class should look like the following after updating the methods.

  • src/Book/src/Service/BookService.php
<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace Admin\Book\Service;

use Admin\App\Exception\NotFoundException;
use Core\App\Helper\Paginator;
use Core\App\Message;
use Core\Book\Entity\Book;
use Core\Book\Repository\BookRepository;
use DateTimeImmutable;
use Doctrine\ORM\Tools\Pagination\Paginator as DoctrinePaginator;
use Dot\DependencyInjection\Attribute\Inject;

use function array_key_exists;
use function in_array;

class BookService implements BookServiceInterface
{
    #[Inject(
        BookRepository::class,
    )]
    public function __construct(
        protected BookRepository $bookRepository,
    ) {
    }

    public function getBookRepository(): BookRepository
    {
        return $this->bookRepository;
    }

    public function deleteBook(
        Book $book,
    ): void {
        $this->bookRepository->deleteResource($book);
    }

    /**
     * @param array<non-empty-string, mixed> $params
     */
    public function getBooks(
        array $params,
    ): array {
        $filters = $params['filters'] ?? [];
        $params  = Paginator::getParams($params, 'book.created');

       $sortableColumns = [
            'book.name',
            'book.author',
            'book.releaseDate',
            'book.created',
            'book.updated',
        ];
        if (! in_array($params['sort'], $sortableColumns, true)) {
            $params['sort'] = 'book.created';
        }

        $paginator = new DoctrinePaginator($this->bookRepository->getBooks($params, $filters)->getQuery());

        return Paginator::wrapper($paginator, $params, $filters);
    }

    /**
     * @param array<non-empty-string, mixed> $data
     * @throws \DateMalformedStringException
     */
    public function saveBook(
        array $data,
        ?Book $book = null,
    ): Book {
        if (! $book instanceof Book) {
            $book = new Book(
                $data['name'],
                $data['author'],
                new DateTimeImmutable($data['releaseDate'])
            );
        } else {
            if (array_key_exists('name', $data) && $data['name'] !== null) {
                $book->setName($data['name']);
            }

            if (array_key_exists('author', $data) && $data['author'] !== null) {
                $book->setAuthor($data['author']);
            }

            if (array_key_exists('releaseDate', $data) && $data['releaseDate'] !== null) {
                $book->setReleaseDate(new DateTimeImmutable($data['releaseDate']));
            }
        }

        $this->bookRepository->saveResource($book);

        return $book;
    }

    /**
     * @throws NotFoundException
     */
    public function findBook(
        string $uuid,
    ): Book {
        $book = $this->bookRepository->find($uuid);
        if (! $book instanceof Book) {
            throw new NotFoundException(Message::resourceNotFound('Book'));
        }

        return $book;
    }
}

When creating a book, we will need some validators, so we will create a form and the input filter that will be used to validate the data received in the request.

  • src/Book/src/Form/CreateBookForm.php

The default Csrf and Submit Inputs will be automatically added to the CreateBookForm.php class that dot-maker will create for you. For this tutorial, you will have to add the custom inputs, by copying the following code in the init function of CreateBookForm:

$this->add(
    (new Text('name'))
        ->setLabel('Name')
        ->setAttribute('required', true)
)->add(
    (new Text('author'))
        ->setLabel('Author')
        ->setAttribute('required', true)
)->add(
    (new Date('releaseDate'))
        ->setLabel('Release Date')
        ->setAttribute('required', true)
);
  • src/Book/src/Form/EditBookForm.php

A similar sequence is used for the init function of EditBookForm, with the required attributes removed, as leaving the inputs empty is allowed for keeping the original data:

$this->add(
    (new Text('name'))
        ->setLabel('Name')
)->add(
    (new Text('author'))
        ->setLabel('Author')
)->add(
    (new Date('releaseDate'))
        ->setLabel('Release Date')
);

By creating a module with dot-maker, separate inputs will not be created. However, you can still generate them as using these steps:

  • Run the following to start adding Input classes:
./vendor/bin/dot-maker input
  • When prompted, enter the names Author, Name and ReleaseDate one by one to generate the classes.
  • The resulting AuthorInput.php, NameInput.php and ReleaseDateInput.php classes require no further changes for the tutorial use case.

The module creation process has generated the parent input filters CreateBookInputFilter.php and EditBookInputFilter.php containing only the default CsrfInput. Now we add all the inputs together in the parent input filters' init functions, as below:

  • src/Book/src/InputFilter/CreateBookInputFilter.php and src/Book/src/InputFilter/EditBookInputFilter.php
$this->add(new NameInput('name'))
    ->add(new AuthorInput('author'))
    ->add(new ReleaseDateInput('releaseDate'));

We create separate Input files to demonstrate their reusability and obtain a clean InputFilters, but you could have all the inputs created directly in the InputFilter like this:

Note that dot-maker will not generate inputs in the init method, so the following are to be added by hand before the default CsrfInput, if going for this approach.

CreateBookInputFilter

$nameInput = new Input('name');
$nameInput->setRequired(true);

$nameInput->getFilterChain()
    ->attachByName(StringTrim::class)
    ->attachByName(StripTags::class);

$nameInput->getValidatorChain()
    ->attachByName(NotEmpty::class, [
        'message' => Message::VALIDATOR_REQUIRED_FIELD,
    ], true);

$this->add($nameInput);

$authorInput = new Input('author');
$authorInput->setRequired(true);

$authorInput->getFilterChain()
    ->attachByName(StringTrim::class)
    ->attachByName(StripTags::class);

$authorInput->getValidatorChain()
    ->attachByName(NotEmpty::class, [
        'message' => Message::VALIDATOR_REQUIRED_FIELD,
    ], true);

$this->add($authorInput);

$releaseDateInput = new Input('releaseDate');
$releaseDateInput->setRequired(true);

$releaseDateInput->getFilterChain()
    ->attachByName(StringTrim::class)
    ->attachByName(StripTags::class);

$releaseDateInput->getValidatorChain()
    ->attachByName(NotEmpty::class, [
        'message' => Message::VALIDATOR_REQUIRED_FIELD,
    ], true);

$this->add($releaseDateInput);

EditBookInputFilter

$nameInput = new Input('name');
$nameInput->setRequired(false);

$nameInput->getFilterChain()
    ->attachByName(StringTrim::class)
    ->attachByName(StripTags::class);

$nameInput->getValidatorChain()
    ->attachByName(NotEmpty::class, [
        'message' => Message::VALIDATOR_REQUIRED_FIELD,
    ], true);

$this->add($nameInput);

$authorInput = new Input('author');
$authorInput->setRequired(false);

$authorInput->getFilterChain()
    ->attachByName(StringTrim::class)
    ->attachByName(StripTags::class);

$authorInput->getValidatorChain()
    ->attachByName(NotEmpty::class, [
        'message' => Message::VALIDATOR_REQUIRED_FIELD,
    ], true);

$this->add($authorInput);

$releaseDateInput = new Input('releaseDate');
$releaseDateInput->setRequired(false);

$releaseDateInput->getFilterChain()
    ->attachByName(StringTrim::class)
    ->attachByName(StripTags::class);

$releaseDateInput->getValidatorChain()
    ->attachByName(NotEmpty::class, [
        'message' => Message::VALIDATOR_REQUIRED_FIELD,
    ], true);

$this->add($releaseDateInput);
  • src/App/assets/js/components/_book.js

As the listing pages make use of JavaScript, you will need to manually create your module specific _book.js file and register it in webpack.config.js for building.

You may copy this sample _book.js file to the src/App/assets/js/components/ directory:

$(document).ready(() => {
    const request = async(url, options = {}) => {
        try {
            const response = await fetch(url, options);
            const body     = await response.text();
            if (! response.ok) {
                throw {
                    data: body,
                }
            }
            return body;
        } catch (error) {
            throw {
                data: error.data,
            }
        }
    }

    $("#add-book-modal").on('show.bs.modal', function () {
        const modal = $(this);
        request(modal.data('add-url'), {
            method: 'GET'
        }).then(data => {
            modal.find('.modal-dialog').html(data);
        }).catch(error => {
            console.error(error);
            location.reload();
        });
    }).on('hidden.bs.modal', function () {
        const modal = $(this);
        modal.find('.modal-dialog').find('.modal-body').html('Loading...');
    });

    $("#edit-book-modal").on('show.bs.modal', function () {
        const selectedElement = $('.ui-checkbox:checked');
        if (selectedElement.length !== 1) {
            return;
        }

        const modal = $(this);
        request(selectedElement.data('edit-url'), {
            method: 'GET'
        }).then(data => {
            modal.find('.modal-dialog').html(data);
        }).catch(error => {
            console.error(error);
            location.reload();
        });
    }).on('hidden.bs.modal', function () {
        const modal = $(this);
        modal.find('.modal-dialog').find('.modal-body').html('Loading...');
    });

    $("#delete-book-modal").on('show.bs.modal', function () {
        const selectedElement = $('.ui-checkbox:checked');
        if (selectedElement.length !== 1) {
            return;
        }

        const modal = $(this);
        request(selectedElement.data('delete-url'), {
            method: 'GET'
        }).then(data => {
            modal.find('.modal-dialog').html(data);
        }).catch(error => {
            console.error(error);
            location.reload();
        });
    }).on('hidden.bs.modal', function () {
        const modal = $(this);
        modal.find('.modal-dialog').find('.modal-body').html('Loading...');
    });

    $(document).on("submit", "#book-form", (event) => {
        event.preventDefault();

        const form = event.target;
        if (! form.checkValidity()) {
            event.stopPropagation();
            form.classList.add('was-validated');
            return;
        }

        const modal = $(form.closest('.modal'));
        request(form.getAttribute('action'), {
            method: 'POST',
            body: new FormData(form),
        }).then(() => {
            location.reload();
        }).catch(error => {
            modal.find('.modal-dialog').html(error.data);
        });
    });

    $(document).on("submit", "#delete-book-form", (event) => {
        event.preventDefault();

        const form = event.target;
        if (! form.checkValidity()) {
            event.stopPropagation();
            form.classList.add('was-validated');
            return;
        }

        const modal = $(form.closest('.modal'));
        request(form.getAttribute('action'), {
            method: 'POST',
            body: new FormData(form),
        }).then(() => {
            location.reload();
        }).catch(error => {
            modal.find('.modal-dialog').html(error.data);
        });
    });
});

Next you have to register the file in the entries array of webpack.config.js by adding the following key:

book: [
    './App/assets/js/components/_book.js'
]

To make use of the newly added scripts, make sure to build your assets by running the command:

npm run prod
  • src/Book/templates/book/*

The next step is creating the page structures in the .twig files dot-maker automatically generated for you.

For this tutorial you may copy the following default page layout in the list-book.html.twig:

{% from '@partial/macros.html.twig' import sortableColumn %}

{% extends '@layout/default.html.twig' %}

{% block title %}Manage books{% endblock %}

{% block content %}
<div class="container-fluid">
    <h4 class="c-grey-900 mT-10 mB-30">Manage books</h4>
    <div class="row">
        <div class="col-md-12">
            <div class="bgc-white bd bdrs-3 pL-10 pR-20 pT-20 pB-3 mB-20">
                <form class="row g-3" method="get" action="{{ path('book::list-book') }}">
                    <input type="hidden" name="offset" value="0" />
                    <input type="hidden" name="limit" value="{{ pagination.limit }}" />
                    <input type="hidden" name="sort" value="{{ pagination.sort }}" />
                    <input type="hidden" name="order" value="{{ pagination.dir }}" />
                    <div class="col-sm-auto btn-group-sm">
                        <button type="button" class="btn btn-default btn-sm" id="btn-add-resource" data-bs-toggle="modal" data-bs-target="#add-book-modal">
                            <i class="fa fa-plus"></i>
                        </button>
                        <button type="button" class="btn btn-default btn-sm" id="btn-edit-resource" data-bs-toggle="modal" data-bs-target="#edit-book-modal" disabled>
                            <i class="fa fa-pencil"></i>
                        </button>
                        <button type="button" class="btn btn-default btn-sm" id="btn-delete-resource" data-bs-toggle="modal" data-bs-target="#delete-book-modal" disabled>
                            <i class="fa fa-trash-o"></i>
                        </button>
                    </div>
                    <div class="col-sm-auto ms-auto">
                        <div class="dropdown" data-bs-toggle="tooltip" data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-custom-class="custom-tooltip" data-bs-title="Toggle columns">
                            <button class="btn btn-light btn-sm dropdown-toggle" type="button" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">
                                <i class="fa fa-columns"></i>
                            </button>
                            <ul class="dropdown-menu" id="column-selector"></ul>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </form>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="col-md-12">
            <div class="table-responsive">
                <table id="book-table" class="table table-bordered table-hover table-striped table-light" style="display: none;">
                    <thead>
                    <tr>
                        <th class="column-book-uuid"></th>
                        <th class="column-book-name">
                            {{ sortableColumn('book::list-book', {}, pagination.queryParams, 'book.name', 'Name') }}
                        </th>
                        <th class="column-book-author">
                            {{ sortableColumn('book::list-book', {}, pagination.queryParams, 'book.author', 'Author') }}
                        </th>
                        <th class="column-book-release-date">
                            {{ sortableColumn('book::list-book', {}, pagination.queryParams, 'book.release-date', 'Release Date') }}
                        </th>
                        <th class="column-book-created">
                            {{ sortableColumn('book::list-book', {}, pagination.queryParams, 'book.created', 'Created') }}
                        </th>
                        <th class="column-book-updated">
                            {{ sortableColumn('book::list-book', {}, pagination.queryParams, 'book.updated', 'Updated') }}
                        </th>
                    </tr>
                    </thead>
                    <tbody>
                    {% for book in pagination.items %}
                    <tr class="table-row">
                        <td class="column-book-uuid" style="width: 1vw;">
                            <label>
                                <input type="checkbox"
                                       class="checkbox ui-checkbox"
                                       value="{{ book.uuid }}"
                                       data-edit-url="{{ path('book::edit-book', {uuid: book.uuid}) }}"
                                       data-delete-url="{{ path('book::delete-book', {uuid: book.uuid}) }}"
                                >
                            </label>
                        </td>
                        <td class="column-book-name">{{ book.name }}</td>
                        <td class="column-book-author">{{ book.author }}</td>
                        <td class="column-book-release-date">{{ book.releaseDate|date('Y-m-d') }}</td>
                        <td class="column-book-created">{{ book.getCreated()|date('Y-m-d H:i:s') }}</td>
                        <td class="column-book-updated">{{ book.getUpdated() is not null ? book.getUpdated()|date('Y-m-d H:i:s') : '' }}</td>
                    </tr>
                    {% endfor %}
                    </tbody>
                </table>
                {% if pagination.isOutOfBounds %}
                <div class="alert alert-warning text-center text-black fw-bold" role="alert">
                    Out of bounds! Return to
                    <a href="{{ path('book::list-book', {}, pagination.queryParams|merge({offset: pagination.lastOffset})) }}">page {{ pagination.lastPage }}</a>
                </div>
                {% endif %}
            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="col-md-12">
            <div class="bgc-white bd bdrs-3 p-20 mB-20">
                {{ include('@partial/pagination.html.twig', {pagination: pagination, path: 'book::list-book'}, false) }}
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>

    <div class="modal fade" id="add-book-modal" tabindex="-1" aria-labelledby="add-book-modal-content" aria-hidden="true" data-add-url="{{ path('book::create-book') }}">
        <div class="modal-dialog">
            <div class="modal-content">
                <div class="modal-header">
                    <h5 class="modal-title" id="add-book-modal-content">Create book</h5>
                    <button type="button" class="btn-close" data-bs-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"></button>
                </div>
                <div class="modal-body">Loading...</div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>

    <div class="modal fade" id="edit-book-modal" tabindex="-1" aria-labelledby="edit-book-modal-content" aria-hidden="true">
        <div class="modal-dialog">
            <div class="modal-content">
                <div class="modal-header">
                    <h5 class="modal-title" id="edit-book-modal-content">Edit book</h5>
                    <button type="button" class="btn-close" data-bs-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"></button>
                </div>
                <div class="modal-body">Loading...</div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>

    <div class="modal fade" id="delete-book-modal" tabindex="-1" aria-labelledby="delete-book-modal-content" aria-hidden="true">
        <div class="modal-dialog">
            <div class="modal-content">
                <div class="modal-header">
                    <h5 class="modal-title" id="delete-book-modal-content">Delete book</h5>
                    <button type="button" class="btn-close" data-bs-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"></button>
                </div>
                <div class="modal-body">Loading...</div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
{% endblock %}

{% block javascript %}
{{ parent() }}
<script>
    const tableId = '#book-table';
    const storeSettingsUrl = '{{ path('setting::store-setting', {identifier: identifier}) }}';
    const getSettingsUrl = '{{ path('setting::view-setting', {identifier: identifier}) }}';
</script>
<script src="{{ asset('js/table_settings.js') }}" defer></script>
<script src="{{ asset('js/book.js') }}" defer></script>
{% endblock %}

To add books, a modal must be generated based on the CreateBookForm.php class. You may copy the following structure in create-book-form.html.twig:

{% from '@partial/macros.html.twig' import inputElement, submitElement %}

<div class="modal-content">
  <div class="modal-header">
    <h5 class="modal-title" id="add-book-modal-content">Create book</h5>
    <button type="button" class="btn-close btn-sm" data-bs-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"></button>
  </div>
  <div class="modal-body">
    {{ form().openTag(form)|raw }}
    {% set fieldsets = form.getFieldsets() %}

    {{ inputElement(form.get('name')) }}
    {{ inputElement(form.get('author')) }}
    {{ inputElement(form.get('releaseDate')) }}

    {{ inputElement(form.get('createBookCsrf')) }}
    {{ submitElement(form.get('submit')) }}
    {{ form().closeTag()|raw }}

    {% if messages is defined and messages is iterable %}
    {% for type, message in messages %}
    <div class="mt-3 alert alert-{% if type == 'success' %}success{% elseif type == 'warning' %}warning{% else %}danger{% endif %}" role="alert">{{ message }}</div>
    {% endfor %}
    {% endif %}
  </div>
</div>

For the "edit" action, use the following modal in the edit-book-form.html.twig:

{% from '@partial/macros.html.twig' import inputElement, submitElement %}

<div class="modal-content">
    <div class="modal-header">
        <h5 class="modal-title" id="edit-book-modal-content">Edit book</h5>
        <button type="button" class="btn-close btn-sm" data-bs-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"></button>
    </div>
    <div class="modal-body">
        {{ form().openTag(form)|raw }}
        {% set fieldsets = form.getFieldsets() %}

        {{ inputElement(form.get('name')) }}
        {{ inputElement(form.get('author')) }}
        {{ inputElement(form.get('releaseDate')) }}

        {{ inputElement(form.get('editBookCsrf')) }}
        {{ submitElement(form.get('submit')) }}
        {{ form().closeTag()|raw }}

        {% if messages is defined and messages is iterable %}
            {% for type, message in messages %}
                <div class="mt-3 alert alert-{% if type == 'success' %}success{% elseif type == 'warning' %}warning{% else %}danger{% endif %}" role="alert">{{ message }}</div>
            {% endfor %}
        {% endif %}
    </div>
</div>

Add the following structure to the delete-book-form.html.twig file:

<div class="modal-content">
    <div class="modal-header">
        <h5 class="modal-title" id="delete-book-modal-content">Delete book</h5>
        <button type="button" class="btn-close" data-bs-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"></button>
    </div>
    <div class="modal-body">
        {{ form().openTag(form)|raw }}
        <div class="row">book
            <div class="col-md-12">
                <p>Are you sure you want to delete the following book: <span id="book" class="fw-bold">{{ book.name }} by {{ book.author }}</span> ?</p>
                <div class="form-check">
                    {{ formElement(form.get('confirmation')) }}
                    <label class="form-check-label" for="confirmation">Yes, I want to delete <span class="fw-bold">{{ book.name }} by {{ book.author }}</span></label>
                </div>
                <div class="d-flex justify-content-end">
                    {{ formElement(form.get('submit')) }}
                    {{ formElement(form.get('deleteBookCsrf')) }}
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
        {{ form().closeTag()|raw }}
    </div>
</div>
  • /config/autoload/navigation.global.php

Lastly, link the new module to the admin side-menu by adding the following array to navigation.global.php, under the dot_navigation.containers.main_menu.options.items key:

[
    'options' => [
        'label' => 'Book',
        'route' => [
            'route_name' => 'book::list-book',
        ],
        'icon'  => 'c-blue-500 fa fa-book',
    ],
],

Migrations

All changes are done, so at this point the migration file can be generated to create the associated table for the Book entity.

You can check the mapping files by running:

php ./bin/doctrine orm:validate-schema

Generate the migration files by running:

php ./vendor/bin/doctrine-migrations diff

This will check for differences between your entities and database structure and create migration files if necessary, in src/Core/src/App/src/Migration.

To execute the migrations run:

php ./vendor/bin/doctrine-migrations migrate

Update the authorization file

We need to configure access to the newly created endpoints. Open config/autoload/authorization-guards.global.php and append the below routes to the guards.options.rules key:

'book::create-book-form' => ['authenticated'],
'book::create-book'      => ['authenticated'],
'book::list-book'        => ['authenticated'],

Make sure you read and understand the rbac documentation.

Checking routes

The module should now be accessible via the Book section of the Admin main menu, linking to the newly created /list-book route.

New book entities can be added via the new "Create book" modal accessible form the + button on the management page.

Once selected with the checkbox, existing entries can be edited via the - button , or deleted via the "trash" icon.