Possibility to set default settings in app config

[rimas-kudelis]

It would be nice if I could set default options for this widget somewhere in the application config file. Things like $defaultImage, $rating or $fileType aren't likely to vary between places within a single webapp.

[rlucian]

you probably know you can just use the widget as:

<?= \cebe\gravatar\Gravatar::widget([
    'email' => '[email protected]',
    'defaultImage' => 'blank',
    'options' => [
        'alt' => 'Carsten Brandt'
    ],
    'size' => 32
]) ?>

to add the blank image provided by gravatar... or replace value with 'monster' or your own url
i wouldn't expect you would need to place the gravatar widget in too many places in one app.

[rimas-kudelis]

Even two places are enough to want a common place for config, aren't they? :)
E.g. I'm working on a blog now, and I want gravatars to be displayed near the post author name and near each comment. That's two places already, and I would like to configure things like defaultImage in a single place.

[rlucian]

True.
I was also tempted to fork it for our use-case, but in the end didn't needed to.
But I guess you could just fork it and implement what you need, the code is actually quite simple.

[rimas-kudelis]

Well I hope that maybe @cebe would be willing to implement this. If not, I'll consider forking, but more likely I'll just use the widget as it is now and specify that configuration separately for each instance.

[rimas-kudelis]

OK, I found a way to achieve this: I added the following to the array returned by params.php:

'gravatar' => [
    'defaultImage' => 'retro',
    'rating' => 'g',
],

And then I can use these settings when placing the gravatar widget like this:

<?= Gravatar::widget([
    'email' => $model->email,
    'size' => 100,
    'defaultImage' => Yii::$app->params['gravatar']['defaultImage'],
    'rating' => Yii::$app->params['gravatar']['rating'],
    'options' => [
        'alt' => Yii::t('app', 'author'),
        'class' => 'img-responsive'
   ],
]) ?>

[cebe]

related to yiisoft/yii2-bootstrap#89, you may check the DI solution linked there.