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Where do I create helpers in Yii? – Ebay API

I want to create an EBay API wrapper object. In Rails, I would create a helper so it would be available in the controller and view. Where do I create such an object in Yii? There is no helpers/ directory. This was the closest concept I could find: http://www.yiiframework.com/doc-2.0/guide-structure-application-components.html

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    I managed to get this to work with the following, but I think there is a better answer.

    helpers/myhelpers.php 
    <?php
namespace apphelpers;

function isGrid() {
  return true;
}
?>
    views/shopping/index.php 
    <?php
use apphelpers; // this doesn't seem to work - how does Yii know to include the files?
include('../helpers/myhelpers.php');
...
<?= apphelpersisGrid() ?>

    For some reason, you have to still give the full namespace path to the function. It won't work without it.


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    You can always create a helpers directory if you want, there is nothing to stop you, just create your namespace accordingly. I personally put them in the components directory.

    You are using namespaces now 🙂 enjoy it. If you are using the advance app then there is already defined a namespace for the backend for example that is called….. backend. What does this mean it means that when you use a class that is found in a known namespace it starts from there and it tries to guess the path to your class.

    For example:

    use backend/helpers/foo/Bar;

    Bar should be found in the backend/helpers/foo directory. Yii2 will know where to find it because it knows where backend is.

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