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OOP Style Widgets for Wordpress
class Widget_Setup
{
public $widget_class = '';
public $admin_styles = array();
public $admin_scripts = array();
public $front_styles = array();
public $front_scripts = array();
public $script_defaults = array(
'handle' => '',
'src' => '',
'deps' => array(),
'version' => false,
'in_footer' => false
);
public $style_defaults = array(
'handle' => '',
'src' => '',
'deps' => array(),
'version' => false,
'media' => 'all'
);
public function __construct( $widget_class = '', $admin_styles = array(), $admin_scripts = array(), $front_styles = array(), $front_scripts = array() ) {
$this->widget_class = $widget_class;
$this->admin_styles = $admin_styles;
$this->admin_scripts = $admin_scripts;
$this->front_styles = $front_styles;
$this->front_scripts = $front_scripts;
add_action( 'admin_print_styles', array( $this, 'add_styles' ) );
add_action( 'admin_enqueue_scripts', array( $this, 'add_scripts' ) );
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', array( $this, 'add_styles' ) );
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', array( $this, 'add_scripts' ) );
if( ! empty( $this->widget_class ) )
add_action( 'widgets_init', array( $this, 'register_widget' ) );
}
public function register_widget() {
register_widget( $this->widget_class );
return true;
}
public function add_styles() {
$styles = ( is_admin() ) ?
$this->admin_styles : $this->front_styles;
if( empty( $styles ) )
return false;
foreach( $styles as $style ) {
$style = wp_parse_args( $style, $this->style_defaults );
wp_enqueue_style(
$style['handle'],
$style['src'],
$style['deps'],
$style['version'],
$style['media']
);
}
return true;
}
public function add_scripts() {
$scripts = ( is_admin() ) ?
$this->admin_scripts : $this->front_scripts;
if( empty( $scripts ) )
return false;
foreach( $scripts as $script ) {
$script = wp_parse_args( $script, $this->script_defaults );
wp_enqueue_script(
$script['handle'],
$script['src'],
$script['deps'],
$script['version'],
$script['media']
);
}
return true;
}
}
class MyAwesomeWidget extends WP_Widget {
const TEXTDOMAIN = 'widget_textdomain';
public function __construct() {
parent::__construct(
'widget-name-id',
__( 'Widget Name', self::TEXTDOMAIN ),
array(
'classname' => __CLASS__,
'description' => __( 'Short description.', self::TEXTDOMAIN )
)
);
$admin_style = array(
array( 'handle' => 'somehandle', 'src' => 'path/to/source' ),
array( 'handle' => 'someotherhandle', 'src' => 'path/to/source' ),
);
$admin_scripts = array(
array( 'handle' => 'scrpthandle', 'src' => 'path/to/source', 'deps' => array( 'jquery') ),
);
$front_styles = array(
array( 'handle' => 'frontstyle', 'src' => 'path/to/src' ),
);
new Widget_Setup( __CLASS__, $admin_style, $admin_scripts, $front_styles );
}
public function widget( $instance, $args ) {}
public function update( $new_instance, $old_instance ) {}
public function form( $instance ) {}
}
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