composer update command doesn't work

[blonder413]

when I add "ijackua/yii2-sharelinks-widget": "dev-master" to composer.json and execute composer update an error occurs, but when I use "composer require ijackua/yii2-sharelinks-widget" the problem is that widget doesn't work. Can you be more specific in the example, please?

[iJackUA]

strange, can't reproduce it but please try this one

    "require": {
...
        "ijackua/yii2-sharelinks-widget": "1.0.*",
....

[blonder413]

that line is created when I use composer require and it works, but I don't know how use the widget, I try with the example code but nothing.

[iJackUA]

ok, I see it looks like you are not using echo before the widget, I have update doc a little try the simplest one include way (with explicit echo)

<?php echo \ijackua\sharelinks\ShareLinks::widget(); ?>

if it works, then see the README on how to modify buttons appearance with custom view

[blonder413]

When I try to put the code say this:

Unknown Method – yii\base\UnknownMethodException Calling unknown method: app\controllers\SiteController::shareUrl()

this is my view

<?php
use ijackua\sharelinks\ShareLinks;
use yii\helpers\Html;
?>

....

<div class="socialShareBlock">
    <?= Html::a('<i class="icon-facebook-squared"></i>', $this->context->shareUrl(ShareLinks::SOCIAL_FACEBOOK),
        ['title' => 'Share to Facebook']) ?>
    <?= Html::a('<i class="icon-twitter-squared"></i>', $this->context->shareUrl(ShareLinks::SOCIAL_TWITTER),
        ['title' => 'Share to Twitter']) ?>
    <?= Html::a('<i class="icon-linkedin-squared"></i>', $this->context->shareUrl(ShareLinks::SOCIAL_LINKEDIN),
        ['title' => 'Share to LinkedIn']) ?>
    <?= Html::a('<i class="icon-gplus-squared"></i>', $this->context->shareUrl(ShareLinks::SOCIAL_GPLUS),
        ['title' => 'Share to Google Plus']) ?>
    <?= Html::a('<i class="icon-vkontakte"></i>', $this->context->shareUrl(ShareLinks::SOCIAL_VKONTAKTE),
        ['title' => 'Share to Vkontakte']) ?>
    <?= Html::a('<i class="icon-tablet"></i>', $this->context->shareUrl(ShareLinks::SOCIAL_KINDLE),
        ['title' => 'Send to Kindle']) ?>
</div>

[iJackUA]

Ah... you can't simply use $this->context->shareUrl calls in your action views. Calling unknown method: app\controllers\SiteController::shareUrl() means that $this->context is a Controller and view render called from a controller. You must render $this->context->shareUrl calls in a context of Widget. Look at example one more time

<?php echo \ijackua\sharelinks\ShareLinks::widget(
    [
        'viewName' => '@app/views/mypath/shareLinks.php' 
    ]
); ?>

$this->context->shareUrl call will work ONLY inside @app/views/mypath/shareLinks.php view file - as shareUrl is a ShareLinks widget's function, and view render should be called from Widget. It is how Widgets works in Yii2.

[blonder413]

thank you for your support, now I understand. I thought I should use one of the two, not both (view and widget). It's working now. Only one more thing, please, how can I add fontello icon to my project?

[iJackUA]

Great.

how can I add fontello icon to my project?

Generate custom font on http://fontello.com/ and add it to html according to instruction But maybe Font-Awesome would be easier to use for you, instruction , but don't forget to change html for icons <i class="icon-facebook-squared"></i> on those that is provided by Font-Awesome