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<?php
 
class myEventDispatcherContainer {
 
  protected static $dispatcher;
 
  public static function setDispatcher(sfEventDispatcher $dispatcher) {
    self::$dispatcher = $dispatcher;
  }
 
  public static function getDispatcher() {
    if (is_null(self::$dispatcher)) {
      self::$dispatcher = new sfEventDispatcher();
    }
    return self::$dispatcher;
  }
 
}

<?php
 
class frontendConfiguration extends sfApplicationConfiguration {
 
  public function initialize() {
    myEventDispatcherContainer::setDispatcher($this->dispatcher);
    // other stuff...
  }
 
}

<?php
 
class Foo extends BaseFoo {
 
  public function preInsert($event) {
    myEventDispatcherContainer::getDispatcher()->notify(new sfEvent($this, 'pre_insert'));
  }
 
}

<?php
 
class ProjectConfiguration extends sfProjectConfiguration {
 
  public function enablePackages($packages) {
    if (!is_array($packages)) {
      if (func_num_args() > 1) {
        $packages = func_get_args();
      } else {
        $packages = array($packages);
      }
    }
    foreach ($packages as $package) {
      $this->setPluginPath($package, sfConfig::get('sf_root_dir') . '/packages/' . $package);
    }
    $this->enablePlugins($packages);
  }
 
}

<?php
 
class ProjectConfiguration extends sfProjectConfiguration {
 
  public function setup() {
    $this->enablePlugins(
      'sfDoctrinePlugin',
      'sfFormExtraPlugin',
      ...
    );
    $this->enablePackages(
      'fooPackage',
      'barPackage',
      ...
    );
  }
 
  ...
 
}

<?php
 
class BaseForm extends sfFormSymfony {
 
  public function getErrorSchemaAsArray() {
    $errorSchema = $this->getErrorSchema();
    $array = array('global' => array(), 'named' => array());
    foreach ($errorSchema->getGlobalErrors() as $error) {
      $array['global'][] = $error->getMessage();
    }
    foreach ($errorSchema->getErrors() as $name => $error) {
      $array['named'][$name] = $error->getMessage();
    }
    return $array;
  }
 
}

<?php
 
class BarPluginConfiguration extends sfPluginConfiguration {
 
  public function getDependencies() {
    return array('FooPlugin');
  }
 
  public function initialize() {
     // Check after factories are loaded, so the exception gets caught by symfony
    $this->dispatcher->connect('context.load_factories', array($this, 'checkDependencies'));
  }
 
  public function checkDependencies() {
    $plugins = $this->configuration->getPlugins();
    foreach ($this->getDependencies() as $dependency) {
      if (!in_array($dependency, $plugins)) {
        throw new sfException(sprintf('The plugin "BarPlugin" requires "%s" to be enabled.', $dependency));
      }
    }
 
  }
 
}

<?php
 
class myPHPView extends sfPHPView
{
 
  /**
   * Loop through all template slots and fill them in with the results of presentation data.
   *
   * @param  string $content  A chunk of decorator content
   *
   * @return string A decorated template
   */
  protected function decorate($content)
  {
    if (sfConfig::get('sf_logging_enabled'))
    {
      $this->dispatcher->notify(new sfEvent($this, 'application.log', array(sprintf('Decorate content with "%s/%s"', $this->getDecoratorDirectory(), $this->getDecoratorTemplate()))));
    }
 
    // set the decorator content as an attribute
    $attributeHolder = $this->attributeHolder;
 
    $attributes = array_merge($attributeHolder->getAll(), array('sf_content' => new sfOutputEscaperSafe($content)));
    $this->attributeHolder = $this->initializeAttributeHolder($attributes);
    $this->attributeHolder->set('sf_type', 'layout');
 
    // check to see if the decorator template exists
    if (!is_readable($this->getDecoratorDirectory().'/'.$this->getDecoratorTemplate()))
    {
      throw new sfRenderException(sprintf('The decorator template "%s" does not exist or is unreadable in "%s".', $this->decoratorTemplate, $this->decoratorDirectory));
    }
 
    // render the decorator template and return the result
    $ret = $this->renderFile($this->getDecoratorDirectory().'/'.$this->getDecoratorTemplate());
 
    $this->attributeHolder = $attributeHolder;
 
    return $ret;
  }
 
}

default:
  enabled:          true
  view_class:       myPHP

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName www.mydomain.dev
  ServerAlias admin.mydomain.dev
  DocumentRoot "/my/symfony/project/web"
  <Directory "/my/symfony/project/web">
    AllowOverride All
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
  </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

<?php
 
require_once(dirname(__FILE__) . '/../config/ProjectConfiguration.class.php');
 
if (strpos($_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'], 'admin.') === 0) {
  $app = 'backend';
} else {
  $app = 'frontend';
}
 
if (substr($_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'], -4) == '.dev') {
  $env = 'dev';
  $debug = true;
} else {
  $env = 'prod';
  $debug = false;
}
 
$configuration = ProjectConfiguration::getApplicationConfiguration($app, $env, $debug);
sfContext::createInstance($configuration)->dispatch();