PhoenixHtmlSimplifiedHelpers

Installation

If available in Hex, the package can be installed as:

1. Add phoenix_html_simplified_helpers to your list of dependencies in mix.exs:

def deps do
  [{:phoenix_html_simplified_helpers, "~> x.x.x"}]
end

2. Ensure phoenix_html_simplified_helpers is started before your application:

def application do
  [applications: [:phoenix_html_simplified_helpers]]
end

3. phoenix_html_simplified_helpers need to import(use) your Phoenix project. The following description is adding 'use syntax' into web.ex.

def view do
  quote do
    use Phoenix.View, root: "web/templates"

    # Import convenience functions from controllers
    import Phoenix.Controller, only: [get_csrf_token: 0, get_flash: 2, view_module: 1]

    # Use all HTML functionality (forms, tags, etc)
    use Phoenix.HTML
    use Phoenix.HTML.SimplifiedHelpers  # <- this line.

    import MyApp.Router.Helpers
    import MyApp.ErrorHelpers
    import MyApp.Gettext
  end
end

It is also able to import(use) in each view helper files.

defmodule MyApp.LayoutView do
  use MyApp.Web, :view
  import Phoenix.HTML.SimplifiedHelpers.Truncate        # <- this line.
  import Phoenix.HTML.SimplifiedHelpers.TimeAgoInWords  # <- this line.
end

4. time_ago_in_words has Gettext module that is changed translation file from project's locale.

Gettext.put_locale(Phoenix.HTML.SimplifiedHelpers.Gettext, "en")
Gettext.put_locale(Phoenix.HTML.SimplifiedHelpers.Gettext, "ja")
Gettext.put_locale(Phoenix.HTML.SimplifiedHelpers.Gettext, "es")

Usage

truncate

<%= truncate entity.content %>

truncate "Once upon a time in a world far far away"
# Once upon a time in a world...
truncate "Once upon a time in a world far far away", length: 27
# Once upon a time in a wo...
truncate "And they found that many people were sleeping better.", length: 25, omission: "... (continued)"
# And they f... (continued)
truncate("Once upon a time in a world far far away", length: 17, separator: " ")
# Once upon a...

time_ago_in_words

<%= time_ago_in_words entity.published_at %> ago

time_ago_in_words :os.system_time
# less than 5 seconds
time_ago_in_words Timex.now
# less than 5 seconds
time_ago_in_words DateTime.utc_now
# less than 5 seconds
time_ago_in_words Ecto.DateTime.utc
# less than 5 seconds
time_ago_in_words NaiveDateTime.utc_now
# less than 5 seconds
time_ago_in_words ~N[2017-08-14 04:40:12.101212]
# ......

distance_of_time_in_words

from = Timex.to_datetime({{2015, 10, 31}, {0, 0, 0}})
to   = Timex.shift(from, days: 45)
distance_of_time_in_words(from, to)
# about 2 months

Gettext.put_locale(Phoenix.HTML.SimplifiedHelpers.Gettext, "ja")
from = Timex.to_datetime({{2015, 10, 31}, {0, 0, 0}})
to   = Timex.shift(from, months: 1)
distance_of_time_in_words(from, to)
# 約1ヶ月

Gettext.put_locale(Phoenix.HTML.SimplifiedHelpers.Gettext, "es")
from = Timex.to_datetime({{2015, 10, 31}, {0, 0, 0}})
to   = Timex.shift(from, months: 18)
distance_of_time_in_words(from, to)
# más de 1 año

Or uses Timex.format!("{relative}", :relative) instead, like this.

Timex.shift(datetime, hours: -3) |> Timex.format!("{relative}", :relative)
"3 hours ago"

number_with_delimiter

number_with_delimiter 1234567
# 1,234,567

url_for

Routes setting is Here.

url_for(conn, "home.index")
# /

url_for(conn, "entry.release:")
# /release/

url_for(conn, "entry.release:percent")
# /release/percent

url_for(conn, "entry.release:", some: "query")
# /release/?some=query

url_for(conn, "entry.release:", some: "query", unko: "query2")
# /release/?some=query&unko=query2

current_page?

conn = conn(:get, "/release/")

current_page?(conn, "entry.release:")
# true

current_page?(conn, "home.index")
# false