Yii 2 Font Awesome Asset Bundle

This extension provides a assets bundle with Font Awesome for Yii framework 2.0 applications and helper to use icons.

For license information check the LICENSE-file.

Code Status

Support

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Fontawesome version

Version of font-awesome	Version of extension
4.*	~2.17
5.*	~3.0

Update to 3.2

Be careful in version 3.2 rmrevin\yii\fontawesome\AssetBundle package use cdn by default. More in the changelog.

Update to 3.0

Be careful in version 3.0 deprecated methods were removed. More in the changelog.

Update to 2.17

Be careful in version 2.17 deprecated methods were removed. More in the changelog.

Installation

The preferred way to install this extension is through composer.

Either run

composer require "rmrevin/yii2-fontawesome:~3.5"

or add

"rmrevin/yii2-fontawesome": "~3.5",

to the require section of your composer.json file.

Usage with fa pro version

CDN

Register your domain here - https://fontawesome.com/how-to-use/on-the-web/setup/getting-started

Add CdnProAssetBundle as depends of your app asset bundle:

class AppAsset extends AssetBundle
{
	// ...

	public $depends = [
		// ...
		'rmrevin\yii\fontawesome\CdnProAssetBundle'
	];
}

Or inject CdnProAssetBundle in your view:

\rmrevin\yii\fontawesome\CdnProAssetBundle::register($this);

NPM

Install npm package of font:

npm install @fortawesome/fontawesome-pro

or

yarn add @fortawesome/fontawesome-pro

And add NpmProAssetBundle as depends of your app asset bundle:

class AppAsset extends AssetBundle
{
	// ...

	public $depends = [
		// ...
		'rmrevin\yii\fontawesome\NpmProAssetBundle'
	];
}

Or inject NpmProAssetBundle in your view:

rmrevin\yii\fontawesome\NpmProAssetBundle::register($this);

Optional

In order for do not install the free version of the font-awesome package, you can add it to the replace section of composer.json.

  "replace": {
    "fortawesome/font-awesome": "*"
  },

Usage with fa free version

CDN

Add CdnFreeAssetBundle as depends of your app asset bundle:

class AppAsset extends AssetBundle
{
	// ...

	public $depends = [
		// ...
		'rmrevin\yii\fontawesome\CdnFreeAssetBundle'
	];
}

Or inject CdnFreeAssetBundle in your view:

rmrevin\yii\fontawesome\CdnFreeAssetBundle::register($this);

Composer

Free version of package fortawesome/font-awesome already installed in vendor.

Add NpmFreeAssetBundle as depends of your app asset bundle:

class AppAsset extends AssetBundle
{
	// ...

	public $depends = [
		// ...
		'rmrevin\yii\fontawesome\NpmFreeAssetBundle'
	];
}

Or inject NpmFreeAssetBundle in your view:

rmrevin\yii\fontawesome\NpmFreeAssetBundle::register($this);

Class reference

Namespace: rmrevin\yii\fontawesome;

Class FAB, FAL, FAR, FAS or FontAwesome

• static FAR::icon($name, $options=[]) - Creates an component\Icon that can be used to FontAwesome html icon
  • $name - name of icon in font awesome set.
  • $options - additional attributes for i.fa html tag.
• static FAR::stack($name, $options=[]) - Creates an component\Stack that can be used to FontAwesome html icon
  • $options - additional attributes for span.fa-stack html tag.

Class component\Icon

• (string)$Icon - render icon
• $Icon->addCssClass($value) - add to html tag css class in $value
  • $value - name of css class
• $Icon->inverse() - add to html tag css class fa-inverse
• $Icon->spin() - add to html tag css class fa-spin
• $Icon->fixedWidth() - add to html tag css class fa-fw
• $Icon->ul() - add to html tag css class fa-ul
• $Icon->li() - add to html tag css class fa-li
• $Icon->border() - add to html tag css class fa-border
• $Icon->pullLeft() - add to html tag css class pull-left
• $Icon->pullRight() - add to html tag css class pull-right
• $Icon->size($value) - add to html tag css class with size
  • $value - size value (variants: FA::SIZE_LARGE, FA::SIZE_2X, FA::SIZE_3X, FA::SIZE_4X, FA::SIZE_5X)
• $Icon->rotate($value) - add to html tag css class with rotate
  • $value - rotate value (variants: FA::ROTATE_90, FA::ROTATE_180, FA::ROTATE_270)
• $Icon->flip($value) - add to html tag css class with rotate
  • $value - flip value (variants: FA::FLIP_HORIZONTAL, FA::FLIP_VERTICAL)

Class component\Stack

• (string)$Stack - render icon stack
• $Stack->icon($icon, $options=[]) - set icon for stack
  • $icon - name of icon or component\Icon object
  • $options - additional attributes for icon html tag.
• $Stack->icon($icon, $options=[]) - set background icon for stack
  • $icon - name of icon or component\Icon object
  • $options - additional attributes for icon html tag.

Helper examples

use rmrevin\yii\fontawesome\FAS;
// or (only in pro version https://fontawesome.com/pro)
// use rmrevin\yii\fontawesome\FAR;
// use rmrevin\yii\fontawesome\FAL;
// use rmrevin\yii\fontawesome\FAB;

// normal use
echo FAS::icon('home'); // <i class="fas fa-home"></i>

// shortcut
echo FAS::i('home'); // <i class="fas fa-home"></i>

// icon with additional attributes
echo FAS::icon(
    'arrow-left', 
    ['class' => 'big', 'data-role' => 'arrow']
); // <i class="big fas fa-arrow-left" data-role="arrow"></i>

// icon in button
echo Html::submitButton(
    Yii::t('app', '{icon} Save', ['icon' => FAS::icon('check')])
); // <button type="submit"><i class="fas fa-check"></i> Save</button>

// icon with additional methods
echo FAS::icon('cog')->inverse();    // <i class="fas fa-cog fa-inverse"></i>
echo FAS::icon('cog')->spin();       // <i class="fas fa-cog fa-spin"></i>
echo FAS::icon('cog')->fixedWidth(); // <i class="fas fa-cog fa-fw"></i>
echo FAS::icon('cog')->li();         // <i class="fas fa-cog fa-li"></i>
echo FAS::icon('cog')->border();     // <i class="fas fa-cog fa-border"></i>
echo FAS::icon('cog')->pullLeft();   // <i class="fas fa-cog pull-left"></i>
echo FAS::icon('cog')->pullRight();  // <i class="fas fa-cog pull-right"></i>

// icon size
echo FAS::icon('cog')->size(FAS::SIZE_3X);
// values: FAS::SIZE_LARGE, FAS::SIZE_2X, FAS::SIZE_3X, FAS::SIZE_4X, FAS::SIZE_5X
// <i class="fas fa-cog fa-size-3x"></i>

// icon rotate
echo FAS::icon('cog')->rotate(FAS::ROTATE_90); 
// values: FAS::ROTATE_90, FAS::ROTATE_180, FAS::ROTATE_180
// <i class="fas fa-cog fa-rotate-90"></i>

// icon flip
echo FAS::icon('cog')->flip(FAS::FLIP_VERTICAL); 
// values: FAS::FLIP_HORIZONTAL, FAS::FLIP_VERTICAL
// <i class="fas fa-cog fa-flip-vertical"></i>

// icon with multiple methods
echo FAS::icon('cog')
        ->spin()
        ->fixedWidth()
        ->pullLeft()
        ->size(FAS::SIZE_LARGE);
// <i class="fas fa-cog fa-spin fa-fw pull-left fa-size-lg"></i>

// icons stack
echo FAS::stack()
        ->icon('twitter')
        ->on('square-o');
// <span class="fa-stack">
//   <i class="fas fa-square-o fa-stack-2x"></i>
//   <i class="fas fa-twitter fa-stack-1x"></i>
// </span>

// icons stack with additional attributes
echo FAS::stack(['data-role' => 'stacked-icon'])
     ->on(FAS::Icon('square')->inverse())
     ->icon(FAS::Icon('cog')->spin());
// <span class="fa-stack" data-role="stacked-icon">
//   <i class="fas fa-square-o fa-inverse fa-stack-2x"></i>
//   <i class="fas fa-cog fa-spin fa-stack-1x"></i>
// </span>

// Stacking text and icons
echo FAS::stack()
     ->on(FAS::Icon('square'))
     ->text('1');
// <span class="fa-stack">
//   <i class="fas fa-square fa-stack-2x"></i>
//   <span class="fa-stack-1x">1</span>
// </span>

// Stacking text and icons with options
echo FAS::stack()
     ->on(FAS::Icon('square'))
     ->text('1', ['tag'=>'strong', 'class'=>'stacked-text']);
// <span class="fa-stack">
//   <i class="fas fa-square fa-stack-2x"></i>
//   <strong class="stacked-text fa-stack-1x">1</strong>
// </span>
// Now you can add some css for vertical text positioning:
.stacked-text { margin-top: .3em; }

// unordered list icons 
echo FAS::ul(['data-role' => 'unordered-list'])
     ->item('Bullet item', ['icon' => 'circle'])
     ->item('Checked item', ['icon' => 'check']);
// <ul class="fa-ul" data-role="unordered-list">
//   <li><i class="fas fa-circle fa-li"></i>Bullet item</li>
//   <li><i class="fas fa-check fa-li"></i>Checked Item</li>
// </span>

// autocomplete icons name in IDE
echo FAS::icon(FAS::_COG);
echo FAS::icon(FAS::_DESKTOP);
echo FAS::stack()
     ->on(FAS::_CIRCLE_O)
     ->icon(FAS::_TWITTER);