Using KnpMenuBundle
===================

Welcome to KnpMenuBundle - creating menus is fun again!

Installation
------------

Step 1: Download the Bundle
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Open a command console, enter your project directory and execute the
following command to download the latest stable version of this bundle:

.. code-block:: bash

    $ composer require knplabs/knp-menu-bundle "^2.0"

This command requires you to have Composer installed globally, as explained
in the `installation chapter`_ of the Composer documentation.

Step 2: Enable the Bundle
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Then, enable the bundle by adding the following line in the ``app/AppKernel.php``
file of your project:

.. code-block:: php

    // app/AppKernel.php

    // ...
    class AppKernel extends Kernel
    {
        public function registerBundles()
        {
            $bundles = array(
                // ...

                new Knp\Bundle\MenuBundle\KnpMenuBundle(),
            );

            // ...
        }

        // ...
    }

Step 3: (optional) Configure the bundle
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The bundle comes with a sensible default configuration, which is listed below.
You can define these options if you need to change them:

.. configuration-block::

    .. code-block:: yaml

        # app/config/config.yml
        knp_menu:
            # use "twig: false" to disable the Twig extension and the TwigRenderer
            twig:
                template: KnpMenuBundle::menu.html.twig
            #  if true, enables the helper for PHP templates
            templating: false
            # the renderer to use, list is also available by default
            default_renderer: twig

    .. code-block:: xml

        <!-- app/config/config.xml -->
        <?xml version="1.0" charset="UTF-8" ?>
        <container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services"
            xmlns:knp-menu="http://knplabs.com/schema/dic/menu">

            <!--
                templating:       if true, enabled the helper for PHP templates
                default-renderer: the renderer to use, list is also available by default
            -->
            <knp-menu:config
                templating="false"
                default-renderer="twig"
            >
                <!-- add enabled="false" to disable the Twig extension and the TwigRenderer -->
                <knp-menu:twig template="KnpMenuBundle::menu.html.twig"/>
            </knp-menu:config>
        </container>

    .. code-block:: php

        // app/config/config.php
        $container->loadFromExtension('knp_menu', array(
            // use 'twig' => false to disable the Twig extension and the TwigRenderer
            'twig' => array(
                'template' => 'KnpMenuBundle::menu.html.twig'
            ),
            // if true, enabled the helper for PHP templates
            'templating' => false,
            // the renderer to use, list is also available by default
            'default_renderer' => 'twig',
        ));

.. versionadded::2.1.2

    The template used to be ``knp_menu.html.twig`` which did not translate menu entries.
    Version 2.1.2 adds the template that translates menu entries.

.. note::

    Take care to change the default renderer if you disable the Twig support.

Create your first menu!
-----------------------

There are two ways to create a menu: the "easy" way, and the more flexible
method of creating a menu as a service.

Method a) The Easy Way (yay)!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

To create a menu, first create a new class in the ``Menu`` directory of one
of your bundles. This class - called ``Builder`` in our example - will have
one method for each menu that you need to build.

An example builder class would look like this:

.. code-block:: php

    // src/AppBundle/Menu/Builder.php
    namespace AppBundle\Menu;

    use Knp\Menu\FactoryInterface;
    use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerAwareInterface;
    use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerAwareTrait;

    class Builder implements ContainerAwareInterface
    {
        use ContainerAwareTrait;

        public function mainMenu(FactoryInterface $factory, array $options)
        {
            $menu = $factory->createItem('root');

            $menu->addChild('Home', array('route' => 'homepage'));

            // access services from the container!
            $em = $this->container->get('doctrine')->getManager();
            // findMostRecent and Blog are just imaginary examples
            $blog = $em->getRepository('AppBundle:Blog')->findMostRecent();

            $menu->addChild('Latest Blog Post', array(
                'route' => 'blog_show',
                'routeParameters' => array('id' => $blog->getId())
            ));

            // create another menu item
            $menu->addChild('About Me', array('route' => 'about'));
            // you can also add sub level's to your menu's as follows
            $menu['About Me']->addChild('Edit profile', array('route' => 'edit_profile'));

            // ... add more children

            return $menu;
        }
    }

With the standard ``knp_menu.html.twig`` template and your current page being
'Home', your menu would render with the following markup:

.. code-block:: html

    <ul>
        <li class="current first">
            <a href="#route_to/homepage">Home</a>
        </li>
        <li class="current_ancestor">
            <a href="#route_to/page_show/?id=42">About Me</a>
            <ul class="menu_level_1">
                <li class="current first last">
                    <a href="#route_to/edit_profile">Edit profile</a>
                </li>
            </ul>
        </li>
    </ul>

.. note::

    You only need to implement ``ContainerAwareInterface`` if you need the
    service container. The more elegant way to handle your dependencies is to
    inject them in the constructor. If you want to do that, see method below.

.. note::

    The menu builder can be overwritten using the bundle inheritance.

To actually render the menu, just do the following from anywhere in any template:

.. configuration-block::

    .. code-block:: html+jinja

        {{ knp_menu_render('AppBundle:Builder:mainMenu') }}

    .. code-block:: html+php

        <?php echo $view['knp_menu']->render('AppBundle:Builder:mainMenu') ?>

With this method, you refer to the menu using a three-part string:
**bundle**:**class**:**method**.

If you needed to create a second menu, you'd simply add another method to
the ``Builder`` class (e.g. ``sidebarMenu``), build and return the new menu,
then render it via ``AppBundle:Builder:sidebarMenu``.

That's it! The menu is *very* configurable. For more details, see the
`KnpMenu documentation`_.

Method b) A menu builder as a service
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

For information on how to register a menu builder as a service, read
:doc:`Creating Menu Builders as Services <menu_builder_service>`.


Method c) A menu as a service
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

For information on how to register a service and tag it as a menu, read
:doc:`Creating Menus as Services <menu_service>`.

.. note::

    To improve performances, you can :doc:`disable providers you don't need <disabling_providers>`.

Rendering Menus
---------------

Once you've setup your menu, rendering it easy. If you've used the "easy"
way, then do the following:

.. configuration-block::

    .. code-block:: html+jinja

        {{ knp_menu_render('AppBundle:Builder:mainMenu') }}

    .. code-block:: html+php

        <?php echo $view['knp_menu']->render('AppBundle:Builder:mainMenu') ?>

Additionally, you can pass some options to the renderer:

.. configuration-block::

    .. code-block:: html+jinja

        {{ knp_menu_render('AppBundle:Builder:mainMenu', {'depth': 2, 'currentAsLink': false}) }}

    .. code-block:: html+php

        <?php echo $view['knp_menu']->render('AppBundle:Builder:mainMenu', array(
            'depth'         => 2,
            'currentAsLink' => false,
        )) ?>

For a full list of options, see the "Other rendering options" header on the
`KnpMenu documentation`_.

You can also "get" a menu, which you can use to render later:

.. configuration-block::

    .. code-block:: html+jinja

        {% set menuItem = knp_menu_get('AppBundle:Builder:mainMenu') %}
        {{ knp_menu_render(menuItem) }}

    .. code-block:: html+php

        <?php $menuItem = $view['knp_menu']->get('AppBundle:Builder:mainMenu') ?>
        <?php echo $view['knp_menu']->render($menuItem) ?>

If you want to only retrieve a certain branch of the menu, you can do the
following, where 'Contact' is one of the root menu items and has children
beneath it.

.. configuration-block::

    .. code-block:: html+jinja

        {% set menuItem = knp_menu_get('AppBundle:Builder:mainMenu', ['Contact']) %}
        {{ knp_menu_render(['AppBundle:Builder:mainMenu', 'Contact']) }}

    .. code-block:: html+php

        <?php $menuItem = $view['knp_menu']->get('AppBundle:Builder:mainMenu', array('Contact')) ?>
        <?php echo $view['knp_menu']->render(array('AppBundle:Builder:mainMenu', 'Contact')) ?>

If you want to pass some options to the builder, you can use the third parameter
of the ``knp_menu_get`` function:

.. configuration-block::

    .. code-block:: html+jinja

        {% set menuItem = knp_menu_get('AppBundle:Builder:mainMenu', [], {'some_option': 'my_value'}) %}
        {{ knp_menu_render(menuItem) }}

    .. code-block:: html+php

        <?php $menuItem = $view['knp_menu']->get('AppBundle:Builder:mainMenu', array(), array(
            'some_option' => 'my_value'
        )) ?>
        <?php echo $view['knp_menu']->render($menuItem) ?>

More Advanced Stuff
-------------------

.. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1

    menu_service
    menu_builder_service
    i18n
    events
    custom_renderer
    custom_provider
    disabling_providers

.. _`installation chapter`: https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md
.. _`KnpMenu documentation`: https://github.com/KnpLabs/KnpMenu/blob/master/doc/01-Basic-Menus.markdown
