Getting Started
6 Jun 20237 minutes to read
To get start with the FileExplorer control using PHP wrapper classes, either of the following prerequisites needs to be installed in your machine to deploy and run those samples locally.
In this section, let’s see how to create, deploy and run the FileExplorer samples using Xampp server.
Creating a Sample Folder
Usually, the Xampp gets installed in C:\ drive. Now, create a new sample folder namely FileExplorerPHP within C:\\xampp\\htdocs and place all the below mentioned folders within it.
- Scripts - Includes all the script files necessary to render the control. [Optional, if cdn links are used in the sample]
- CSS - Includes all the required style sheet files. [Optional, if cdn links are used in the sample]
- PHP Class Libraries - Includes the individual PHP wrapper class files for all the controls. [Mandatory]
- Sample PHP file (with .php extension). [Mandatory]
- “FileBrowser” folder content, which is exposed by FileExplorer. [Mandatory]
Adding Scripts and CSS files
The required scripts and CSS files can be copied into the above created sample folder namely FileExplorerPHP and then can be manually referred on the sample page or else the cdn links can be referred directly. In case, if you are manually referring the scripts and CSS files in your PHP sample, refer this topic to know how to copy the required scripts and CSS from the installed location.
Adding PHP Class libraries
Copy the PHP class libraries into your sample folder, which are the collection of PHP wrapper files created individually for all the controls in order to access and process its server-side values and then send it back to the client-side. These libraries are available within the following installed location.
- (Installed Location)\Syncfusion\Essential Studio\28.1.33\PHP\Src
Copy the files from this location and paste it in following location
- C:\xampp\htdocs\FileExplorerPHP\EJ
Adding “FileBrowser” folder
Create “FileBrowser” folder under C:\xampp\htdocs\FileExplorerPHP path and add your necessary files that are need to be exposed by our FileExplorer component.
Create a PHP file
Create a first PHP file in Xampp and name it appropriately with .php extension and also place it under the newly created sample folder FileExplorerPHP. For example, say Index.php with the initial code as shown below.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Getting Started - FileExplorer</title>
<!--Dependency files references-->
</head>
<body>
<?php
?>
</body>
</html>Scripts and CSS references
Refer the required scripts and CSS files in your PHP page as mentioned below in order to render the FileExplorer control.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Getting Started - FileExplorer</title>
<link href="http://cdn.syncfusion.com/28.1.33/js/web/flat-azure/ej.web.all.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="http://cdn.syncfusion.com/28.1.33/js/web/responsive-css/ej.responsive.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script src="http://cdn.syncfusion.com/js/assets/external/jquery-3.0.0.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://cdn.syncfusion.com/js/assets/external/jsrender.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://cdn.syncfusion.com/28.1.33/js/web/ej.web.all.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<?php
?>
</body>
</html>Here, the CDN links are used. In case, if the individual scripts are required to render the FileExplorer control, refer here.
AutoLoad file reference
Include the PHP AutoLoad file reference within the body section of the PHP page.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Getting Started - FileExplorer</title>
<link href="http://cdn.syncfusion.com/28.1.33/js/web/flat-azure/ej.web.all.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="http://cdn.syncfusion.com/28.1.33/js/web/responsive-css/ej.responsive.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script src="http://cdn.syncfusion.com/js/assets/external/jquery-3.0.0.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://cdn.syncfusion.com/js/assets/external/jsrender.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://cdn.syncfusion.com/28.1.33/js/web/ej.web.all.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<?php require_once 'EJ\AutoLoad.php'; ?>
</body>
</html>Create a FileExplorer
Create the FileExplorer control object by accessing the FileExplorer namespace EJ\\FileExplorer using new keyword. Define its properties and then output the FileExplorer control by echoing the result object.
<body>
<?php
$fileexplorer=new EJ\FileExplorer('default');
echo $fileexplorer
->path('FileExplorerPHP/FileBrowser/')
->ajaxAction('EJ/Services/FileExplorer')
->ajaxDataType('jsonp')
->enableThumbnailCompress(true)
->width('100%')
->isResponsive(true)
->render();
?>
</body>NOTE
It is mandatory to define the render() method at last as given in the above syntax, in order to display the FileExplorer on the browser.
NOTE
Here “ajaxAction” property specifies the path of file action handling method and “path” property denotes the location of directory, which is exposed by FileExplorer.
Running the PHP file
The above created sample is now ready to run. Therefore, open the XAMPP control panel and start the Apache module as shown in the below image
Now, the sample can be run directly on the browser through localhost with appropriate port numbers, on which the Apache server is currently listening. For example, say if the Apache is configured to listen on port 7777, then type http://localhost:7777/ on your browser and press enter. Also, make sure that your sample folder is present within this location C:\\xampp\\htdocs as mentioned earlier.
The following FileExplorer output shows up on the browser, when you type http://localhost:7777/FileExplorerPHP/index.php and press enter
NOTE
In case, if you face any problem with default port 80 while running your sample, make the Apache to listen on some other different ports. The port number changes needs to be done on both the
httpd.confandhttpd-ssl.conffiles, in order to get rid of this problem.(Refer here)