Config File

The config file contains all the extension's configuration details. Under the config folder you will find the config.php file, In this file use the $config variable and pass an array of key-value pairs. This array has all the configuration keys and values. This $cofig array will resolve in miniCal core automatically.

$config = array(
        "name" => "Minical Extension Boilerplate",
        "description" => "It is a sample boilerplate extension it contains the basic structure of a typical extension. It will show you the list of bookings.",
        "is_default_active" => 1,
        "version" => "1.0.0", // version of extension
        "logo" => "", // extension's log image
        "view_link" => "bookings_list", // view icon link
        "setting_link" => "bookings_list", // setting icon link
        "categories" => array("payment_process"), // category of extension
        "marketplace_product_link" => ""
    
    );

Below is a list of each key and its default values.

Key	Value	Requirement	Default value
name	This key contains the extension name as a value.	Required	"Extension name" (String)
description	This key will conation the short description of the extension.	Required	"Extension description" (String)
is_default_active	This key will specify whether this extension will be activated by default or not.	Required	0 (boolean)
version	This key contains the current version of the extension.	Optional	"1.0.0" (String)
logo	This key contains the extension icon path.	Optional	"" (String)
view_link	This key contains the route name of the page you want to load on this link click.	Optional	"" (String)
setting_link	This key same as the view link, except this key will load the setting page for the extension.	Optional	"" (String)
categories	This key reflected the extension category.	Optional	array('') (array)
marketplace_product_link	This key will have the link of extension of miniCal marketplace.	Optional	"" (String)

How to set custom configuration

miniCal allows us to set custom configurations along with the prefined key-values, pass your key-value pair into the config array.

$config = array(
        "name" => "Minical Extension Boilerplate",
        "description" => "It is a sample boilerplate extension it contains the basic structure of a typical extension. It will show you the list of bookings.",
        "is_default_active" => 1,
        "version" => "1.0.0", // version of extension
        "logo" => "", // extension's log image
        "view_link" => "bookings_list", // view icon link
        "setting_link" => "bookings_list", // setting icon link
        "categories" => array("payment_process"), // category of extension
        "marketplace_product_link" => "",
        "custom_key" => "custom value"
    
    );

"logo" this key contains the value path of the extension logo, you can place it inside of your extension folder inside any subfolder. You can name this subfolder accordingly.

For e.g.

 |->minical-extension-boilerplate
    |->images
       |->logo.png
     
 # for this particular example, the value of the logo key would be   
       "logo" => "images/logo.png"

How to use the custom configuration

For retrieving any configuration key use the given syntax below.

At the place of $this->module_name, you can also use your extension folder name.

Load configuration key on controllers/Models

$this->all_active_modules[$this->module_name]['custom_key'];

$this->all_active_modules['minical-extension-boilerplate']['custom_key'];

Load configuration key on Libraries/Hooks

$this->ci->all_active_modules[$this->module_name]['custom_key'];

$this->ci->all_active_modules['minical-extension-boilerplate']['custom_key'];