Overriding Classes

This module makes extensive use of the Yii2's Dependency Injection Container. The module has a special attribute named classMap where it allows you to override specific classes.

The following are the classes that you can override throughout that attribute:

• Model Classes (AR)
  • User
  • SocialNetworkAccount
  • Profile
  • Token
  • Assignment
  • Permission
  • Role
• Search Classes
  • UserSearch
  • PermissionSearch
  • RoleSearch
• Form Classes
  • RegistrationForm
  • ResendForm
  • LoginForm
  • SettingsForm
  • RecoveryForm
• Service Classes
  • MailService

How to Override

The classMap contains an easy to recognize name and their correspondent definition. The default configuration can be seen at the Bootstrap class:

$defaults = [
    // --- models
    'User' => 'Da\User\Model\User',
    'SocialNetworkAccount' => 'Da\User\Model\SocialNetworkAccount',
    'Profile' => 'Da\User\Model\Profile',
    'Token' => 'Da\User\Model\Token',
    'Assignment' => 'Da\User\Model\Assignment',
    'Permission' => 'Da\User\Model\Permission',
    'Role' => 'Da\User\Model\Role',
    // --- search
    'UserSearch' => 'Da\User\Search\UserSearch',
    'PermissionSearch' => 'Da\User\Search\PermissionSearch',
    'RoleSearch' => 'Da\User\Search\RoleSearch',
    // --- forms
    'RegistrationForm' => 'Da\User\Form\RegistrationForm',
    'ResendForm' => 'Da\User\Form\ResendForm',
    'LoginForm' => 'Da\User\Form\LoginForm',
    'SettingsForm' => 'Da\User\Form\SettingsForm',
    'RecoveryForm' => 'Da\User\Form\RecoveryForm',
    // --- services
    'MailService' => 'Da\User\Service\MailService',
];

As you can see, the only thing we need to do is actually modify its definition. For example, the following configuration will override the RegistrationForm class:

namespace app\forms;

use Da\User\Form\RegistrationForm as BaseForm;


class RegistrationForm extends BaseForm {

    /**
     * Override from parent
     */
    public function rules() {
        // your logic
    }
}

Now, to tell the module to use your class instead, you simply need to update the definition of that class into the the Module::classMap attribute.

// ...

'modules' => [
    'user' => [
        'class' => Da\User\Module::class,
        'classMap' => [
            'RegistrationForm' => 'app\forms\RegistrationForm'
        ]
    ]
]

The definition can be any of the following (from Yii2's DI container):

• a PHP callable: The callable will be executed when Container::get()]] is invoked. The signature of the callable should be function ($container, $params, $config), where $params stands for the list of constructor parameters, $config the object configuration, and $container the container object. The return value of the callable will be returned by Container::get()]] as the object instance requested.
• a configuration array: the array contains name-value pairs that will be used to initialize the property values of the newly created object when Container::get()]] is called. The class element stands for the the class of the object to be created. If class is not specified, $class will be used as the class name.
• a string: a class name, an interface name or an alias name.

See how to enhance a User model guide to see a practical example.

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