Yii2 Extension that simplies adding and management of footnotes on a web page; it generates accessible, automatically numbered footnotes.
Inspired by the Accessible Footnotes with CSS article.
For license information check the LICENSE-file.
The preferred way to install this extension is through composer.
Either run
php composer.phar require --prefer-dist beastbytes/yii2-footnotes
or add
"beastbytes/yii2-footnotes": "*"to the require section of your composer.json.
In a view:
$footnotes = Footnotes::begin(); // Before any footnote references on the page
echo $footnotes->add('Local text', 'Footnote text'); // at every footnote reference
Footnotes::end(); // where the footnotes are to be rendered $footnotes = Footnotes::begin();
// Can be other view stuff here
echo Html::tag('p', strtr('This example shows how to use the {Footnotes widget}.', [
'{Footnotes widget}' => $footnotes->add('Footnotes widget', 'The Footnotes widget makes it easy to add accessible footnotes.'),
]));
// More view stuff
echo Html::tag('p', strtr('The Footnotes widget uses the {Yii2 framework}.', [
'{Yii2 framework}' => $footnotes->add('Yii 2 framework', 'The Yii2 framework is the best framework for developing web applications.'),
]));
// More view stuff, maybe with some more footnote references
Footnotes::end(); // renders the footnotes