Question

I’m creating a control panel application that has a base bundle with some basic functionality and specific bundles for advanced and specific functionality.

for example the base bundle handles user authentication and holds all the template assets and other bundles add functionalities to config different parts of the operating system.

I need to be able to add menu links in the layout of the base bundle to each of the other bundles. and I prefer to do it in each bundles configuration so I can mix and match features for different clients.

I read all about Compiler Passes, Extensions and dependency injection with no luck. is there correct of doing it ?

Answer 1

Just in case anyone has a similar problem, here is how I achieved this:

I created a service in my BaseBundle that implements the __get , __set, __isset and __unset magic methods and has an extra append method. it stores variables in a static variable inside the class.
I then added Listeners to all my bundles :

namespace Mbs\OtherBundle\Listener;

use Mbs\BaseBundle\Services\GlobalVars;
use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Event\FilterControllerEvent;

class ControllerListener
{
    protected $_global_vars;

    public function __construct(GlobalVars $global_vars)
    {
        $this->_global_vars = $global_vars;
    }

    public function onKernelController(FilterControllerEvent $event)
    {
        $this->_global_vars->append('bundles', 'mbs.other');
    }
}

This is my services.yml for one of the bundles. GlobalVars is the class I mentioned earlier.

services:
    mbs.base_controller_listener:
        class: Mbs\OtherBundle\Listener\ControllerListener
        tags:
            - { name: kernel.event_listener, event: kernel.controller, method: onKernelController }
        arguments:  [ @mbs.global_vars ]