php-jquery

This library provides an easy way to get any jQuery libary included in your PHP project. This includes the usage of the remote, original jQuery libarary, or caching it locally on your server. Features include:

Checking for the latest jQuery version
Automatically use fix versions for any major version
Using any flavour jQuery library: minified, slim, uncompressed or slim-minified.
Listing all available versions
Using git versions

License

This project is licensed under GNU LGPL 3.0.

Installation

By Composer

composer install technicalguru/jquery

By Package Download

You can download the source code packages from GitHub Release Page

After Installation Task

You will need to make the directory vendor/technicalguru/jquery/js writable for your webserver when you want to make use of the local caching feature.

How to use

Listing available versions

$versionList = \TgJQuery\JQuery::getVersions();

This method lists all available versions.

Get the latest version number

The most recent stable version can be fetched by:

$lastestVersionNumber = \TgJQuery\JQuery::getLatest();

In case you are interested in the latest 3.3 fix:

$lastestVersionNumber = \TgJQuery\JQuery::getLatest('3.3');

Get the URI of a remote library

The following method will give you URIs for your further inspection:

use TgJQuery\JQuery;

// Get URI to latest version, as uncompressed JS
$uri = JQuery::getUri('latest', JQuery::UNCOMPRESSED, TRUE);

// Get URI to 3.5.1 version, as slim JS
$uri = JQuery::getUri('3.5.1', JQuery::SLIM, TRUE);

// Get URI to latest 3.x git build, as minified JS
$uri = JQuery::getUri('3.x-git', JQuery::MINIFIED, TRUE);

The boolean parameter TRUE tells JQuery to use remote versions only and not to cache it.

You can get the correct HTML script tag to be included in your HTML output in the same way:

use TgJQuery\JQuery;

// Get HTML link to latest version, as uncompressed JS
$link = JQuery::getLink('latest', JQuery::UNCOMPRESSED, TRUE);

// Get HTML link to 3.5.1 version, as slim JS
$link = JQuery::getLink('3.5.1', JQuery::SLIM, TRUE);

// Get HTML link to latest 3.x git build, as minified JS
$link = JQuery::getLink('3.x-git', JQuery::MINIFIED, TRUE);

Caching the jQuery library

Most projects prefer not to serve the jQuery library from remote CDNs but rather locally. This is also the default. That's why the getUri() and getLink() calls can be written much shorter.

use TgJQuery\JQuery;

// Get a local cache URI to latest version, as minified JS
$uri = JQuery::getUri('latest');

// Get local cache HTML link to 3.5.1 version, as slim minified JS
$link = JQuery::getLink('3.5.1', JQuery::SLIM_MINIFIED);

Performance Considerations

The current version triggers remote calls to http://code.jquery.com whenever you call getLatest() and getVersions() the first time in your script. The version list is not being cached across multiple HTTP requests. This will be added in a later version.

However, it is recommended to stick with a defined version in your application to avoid side effects when jQuery dynamically upgrades in the background.

Contribution

Report a bug, request an enhancement or pull request at the GitHub Issue Tracker.

technicalguru/php-jquery