grunt-php-config

Builds a PHP config and constants file

Getting Started

This plugin requires Grunt ~0.4.5

If you haven't used Grunt before, be sure to check out the Getting Started guide, as it explains how to create a Gruntfile as well as install and use Grunt plugins. Once you're familiar with that process, you may install this plugin with this command:

npm install grunt-php-config --save-dev

Once the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-php-config');

The "php_config" task

Overview

In your project's Gruntfile, add a section named php_config to the data object passed into grunt.initConfig().

grunt.initConfig({
  php_config: {
    options: {
      // Task-specific options go here.
    },
    your_target: {
      // Target-specific file lists and/or options go here.
    },
  },
});

Options

options.type

Type: String Default value: php

The type of file which will be generated

php types create constants like define('\\NAMESPACE\\NAME', 'VALUE');

options.constants

Type: Object Default value: {}

This is where all the constants are specified. The key of the member will be the constant name, while the value can be either a string, or an object with the member value.

{
  name: "value",
  build: {
    value: "1.2"
  }
}

Other options may be specified in a specific constant. A generated file the constants will be a float and may look like this define('BUILD', 1.2);, (if the type is set to php).

{
  name: "value",
  build: {
    value: "1.2",
    raw: true
  }
}

Constants may also be nested, to create namespaces. The following constants object will create the constant \URL\STATIC\IMAGE and set it to FOO.

{
    url: {
        static: {
            image: "FOO"
        }
    }
}

options.allCaps

Type: Boolean Default value: true

Should the constant be in all capitals

options.raw

Type: Boolean Default value: false

Typically constant values are escaped and put in quotes. However, if this is true the constant's value will be untouched.

Usage Examples

Options

In this example, an empty destination.php file will be generated because no constants are specified.

grunt.initConfig({
  php_config: {
    dest: 'destination.php',
  },
});

Options

In this example constants will be read from the config.json file and be embedded into destination.php as is.

grunt.initConfig({
  php_config: {
    options: {
      constants: grunt.file.readJSON('config.json'),
      raw: true,
      allCaps: false,
    },
    dest: 'destination.php',
  },
});

Contributing

In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code using Grunt.

Release History

• 2015-12-02   v0.1.0   First official release