XenforoBridge

Simple to use XenForo bridge library. The goal of this package is to allow developer to easily integrate their existing/new application with XenForo Forum Platfrom. This package is still heavily underdevelopment so use with caution. I have also included a ServiceProvider to use within a Laravel application.

If you would like to see this package in action we are currently using for AstronomyConnect.com - ItemHub Database. This is a Laravel 5 app with Xenforo sitting within the public folder. Templates have been designed and implemented in Xenforo and are being rendered by this bridge instead of using Blade.

Installation

Install the XenforoBridge package with Composer by adding the folowing to your composer.json file.

{
    "require": {
        "urb/xenforobridge": "dev-master"
    }
}

Or by using the composer require command

composer require urb/xenforobridge:dev-master

To install XenforoBridge into Laravel 5 simple add the following service provider to your 'config/app.php' in the 'providers' array:

'providers' => array(
		'XenforoBridge\XenforoBridgeServiceProvider::class',
)

Then publish the config file with

php artisan vendor:publish

This will add the file 'config/xenforobridge.php'. This is where you will place the needed configurations to use the Xenforo Bridge.

Within this config file you will need to supply the full directory path to your XenForo installation and the base url path like the example below

return array(
		'xenforo_directory_path' => '/var/www/html/public/forums',
		'xenforo_base_url_path'  => '//example.com/forums/', //Default '/'
	);

Installing Middleware

To install Middleware you wil need to open up the app\Http\Kernel.php and the following middleware to either global middleware array or the routeMiddleware array.

Here is an example adding to the routeMiddleware array

protected $routeMiddleware = [
		'xen.auth' => 'XenforoBridge\Middleware\XenAuthMiddleware',
		'xen.auth.admin' => 'XenforoBridge\Middleware\XenAuthAdminMiddleware',
	];

You can then use them in your routes like so

Route::get('/example', ['middleware' => 'xen.auth',function(){
	//Do stuff
}]);

or you can use them in your controllers themselves

class SampleController extends Controller {


    function __construct()
    {

        $this->middleware('xen.auth');
    }

}

For more information on Middleware development an installation check out Laravel Docs - Middleware

Credits

Special thanks to VinceG, the idea and much of my work is based on his package xenforo-sdk which was previously integrated within an ongoing project.