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Hi PW fanatics In this post I share two of my addHookMethods for those interested. As you surely already know (if not, time to take a look at it) the Wire::addHookMethod() and the Wire::addHookProperty() API methods can be used to "breath some extra OOP" into your projects. Using addHookMethods and addHookProperty are alternatives to "Using custom page types in ProcessWire". The methods I want to share: basically the idea here is to get the URL pointing to images uploaded in the admin without writing much code in the template files. With methods like these below, it does not matter what Formatted value is set to the images, because some predefined defaults are used in all circumstances. #1 Example template file code: <?php $img_src = $latest_article->siteFeaturedImage(); ?> <img src="<?= $img_src ?>" alt="<?= $page->title ?>"> addHookMethod goes into /site/init.php <?php /* Returns URL of the original Pageimage of Article. * Image field's value can be either null (default missing image), Pageimage or Pageimages. * * @return string */ $wire->addHookMethod('Page::siteFeaturedImage', function($event) { $page = $event->object; if ($page->template != "article") { throw new WireException("Page::siteFeaturedImage() only works on 'Pages of article template', Page ID=$page is not such!"); } $article_featured = $page->getUnformatted('article_featured'); //always a Pageimages array if (count($article_featured)) { $img_url = $article_featured->first()->url; } else { $img_url = urls()->templates . "assets/img/missing-article_image.jpg"; //we show this when image is not available } $event->return = $img_url; }); ?> #2 Example template file code: <?php $img600_src = $page->siteProductImageMaxSize(600, 600, ['rotate' => 180]); ?> <img src="<?= $img600_src ?>" alt="<?= $page->title ?>"> addHookMethod goes into /site/init.php <?php /* Generates image variations for Product images. Returns URL of Pageimage. * Image field's value can be either null (default missing image), Pageimage or Pageimages. * * @param int arguments[0] Max allowed width * @param int arguments[1] Max allowed height * @param array arguments[2] See `Pageimage::size()` method for options * @return string */ $wire->addHookMethod('Page::siteProductImageMaxSize', function($event) { $page = $event->object; if ($page->template != "product") { throw new WireException("Page::siteProductImageMaxSize() only works on 'Pages of product template', Page ID=$page is not such!"); } $width = isset($event->arguments[0]) ? $event->arguments[0] : 48; //default width $height = isset($event->arguments[1]) ? $event->arguments[1] : 48; //default height $options = isset($event->arguments[2]) ? $event->arguments[2] : $options = array(); //default empty options $product_image = $page->getUnformatted('product_image'); //always a Pageimages array if (count($product_image)) { $img_url = $product_image->first()->maxSize($width, $height, $options)->url; } else { $img_url = urls()->templates . "assets/img/product-missing-image.jpg"; //we show this when image is not available } $event->return = $img_url; }); ?> BTW, you can find more examples here: How can I add a new method via a hook? Working with custom utility hooks Adding array_chunk support to WireArray addHookProperty() versus addHookMethod() Have a nice weekend!

I wished to make a module that enables OAuth2, for use with twitter of google API's etc. The big problem is I wish to build the module my self, but lack the knowledge. So the biggest wish first, to get some real good documentation about OOP. When I search the internet, the quality is not good enough or to difficult to start with. Next to that, I prefer some good podcasts cause I have some problems with reading. ( Dutch, English or German ) So does anyone know some good Video Tutorials or any good understandable information about OOP?

Hello everyone, my oop knowledge is pretty limited so please don't stone me for the forthcoming question: I have a rather large project which I'm moving from symfony 1.4 to PW (finally). I'm rebuilding most of the functions in modules with Page hooks, which at one point (now) leads to a naming problem. LIke a countMedia() method can be neccessary for many different contextes. - Is there a way to give a module it's own class name? So I can use $channel->countMedia(), $tag->countMedia(), both referring to different modules? - how do YOU deal with a large set of user functions that are needed in many different templates? Thanks, thomas