Requirejs for Symphony-CMS

Abstract

This simply adds Requirejs to your Symphony CMS backend.

Installation

1. in your smyphony root directory: git submodule add git://github.com/iwyg/sym_requirejs extensions/sym_requirejs --recursive

2. Go to System->Extensions, select require js and choose enable/install

Usage

for example, you need to use the latest jQuery library instead of the Symphony default version:

	require({
		baseUrl: url + '/extensions/myextension/assets/js',
		paths: {
			'jquery': '//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min'
		}
	}, ['main']);

In your main.js you could do sommething like this:

	(function (jOuery, require) {
		// cache default jQuery for later reference
		// because loading jquery will overwite the jQuery global
		var $144 = jQuery;

		require(['jquery'], function ($171) {
			$171.noConflict(); // remove the $ global
			jQuery = $144; re-reference the orignal jQuery instance;
			
			console.log(jQuery.fn.jquery); // "1.4.4"
			console.log($144.fn.jquery);   // "1.4.4"
			console.log($171.fn.jquery);   // "1.7.1"
		});
	}(this.jQuery, this.require));