Possible to register a directory for blocks that isnt app/Blocks? about acf-composer

[Log1x]

Try calling it from a service provider like:

app('AcfComposer')->registerPath(...)

But I admittedly need to test this stuff more. I think adding an option to load classes from the config would be a fine addition too.

[drbroad]

@mike-sheppard Apologies, I just reread my post and I wasn't exactly clear.

I already have the view files registered as per your example, but I'm trying to get custom Block definitions registered. (Example.php for example)

I have tried doing the following:

Assuming I have a structure of:
`

• CustomBlockFolder
  -- Carousel
  --- ...other assets for the carousel block
  --- Blocks
  ---- Block.php
  -- Slider
  --- ...other assets for the slider block
  --- Blocks
  ---- Block.php
  `

I have used the following in older versions to iterate over that folder and register all the Block files:

        $app = new AcfComposer(app());
        $dirs = glob(get_theme_file_path('/customBlockPaths/*'), GLOB_ONLYDIR);

        foreach ($dirs as $d) {
            $name   = basename($d);
            $class  = "CustomBlockPaths\\" . $name . '\\';
            $p = $app->registerPath($d, $class);
        }

        var_dump($app->paths());

Again, this was code from 2.1.0 - but that method still exists in the latest release

I can see that it will add my block to the paths, but it still isn't viewable in the admin (I took the exact output of wp acorn acf:block Example and adjusted the namespace to match the folder structure)

In case you are wondering the motivation behind the request: I have all my block elements in separate repos that I can import into any of my projects. It is a self-contained folder with all the assets, scripts, block definition, and view - so that it can be dropped into any project and basically 'just work'.

[mike-sheppard]

@drbroad yep that's pretty much what we do to load block views in their own directory.

// config/view.php
'paths' => [
    resource_path('views'),
    resource_path('blocks'), // our custom blocks view dir
],

// app/Blocks/Hero.php
public $view = 'hero.hero';

Which will load in resources/blocks/hero/hero.blade.php

[mike-sheppard]

Aha, yeah, that does make sense 👍 Unfortunately I won't be much help on this so I'll leave it for @Log1x or other folks to follow up on! :)

[drbroad]

If I hardcode the same values into AcfComposer.php on line 172 as I would be from my loop:

    /**
     * Register the default application path.
     */
    public function registerDefaultPath(): void
    {
        $this->registerPath($this->app->path());
        $this->registerPath('/Users/me/Desktop/www/acftest/site/web/app/themes/acftest/customBlockPaths/Carousel', 'CustomBlockPaths\Carousel\\');
);
    }

Everything works just fine.

it seems that when I am running the following, it isn't being registered at the same time / is being registered to a different instance of AcfComposer:

        $app = new AcfComposer(app());
        $dirs = glob(get_theme_file_path('/customBlockPaths/*'), GLOB_ONLYDIR);

        foreach ($dirs as $d) {
            $name   = basename($d);
            $class  = "CustomBlockPaths\\" . $name . '\\';
            $p = $app->registerPath($d, $class);
        }

I can test it by running wp acorn acf:block Example and then:

$app = new AcfComposer(app());
var_dump($app->paths());

Which returns an empty array. My thinking was this should at least return the default path and existing blocks.

Should I be calling registerPath() a different way?

[drbroad]

app('AcfComposer')->registerPath(...)

Boy, do I feel silly right now - this works perfectly, thank you!
Also, a config approach would be very useful too.