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/** * a function that allows link_to between apps * @param $app string the app we want to go to * @param $route string the route in the app. Must be valid * @param $args array the arguments required by the route. Optional * */ function cross_app_link_to($app, $route, $args=null) { /* get the host to build the absolute paths needed because this menu lets switch between sf apps */ $host = sfContext::getInstance()->getRequest()->getHost() ; /* get the current environment. Needed to switch between the apps preserving the environment */ $env = sfConfig::get('sf_environment'); /* get the routing file */ $appRoutingFile = SF_ROOT_DIR.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'apps'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.$app.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'config'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'routing.yml' ; /* get the route in the routing file */ /* first, substract the @ from the route name */ $route = substr($route, 1, strlen($route)) ; if (file_exists($appRoutingFile)) { $yml = sfYaml::load($appRoutingFile) ; $routeUrl = $yml[$route]['url'] ; if ($args) { foreach ($args as $k => $v) { $routeUrl = str_replace(':'.$k, $v, $routeUrl) ; } } if (strrpos($routeUrl, '*') == strlen($routeUrl)-1) { $routeUrl = substr($routeUrl, 0, strlen($routeUrl)-2) ; } } if ($env == 'dev') { $path = 'http://' . $host . '/' . $app . '_dev.php' . $routeUrl ; } else { $path = 'http://' . $host . $routeUrl ; } return $path ; }

$env = sfConfig::get('sf_environment'); $sf_root_dir = sfConfig::get('sf_root_dir'); // Gets the routing file $appRoutingFile = $sf_root_dir.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'apps'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.$app.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'config'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'routing.yml' ;

<!-- apps/frontend/templates/layout.php -->
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
 "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
  <head>
    <title>
      <?php if (!include_slot('title')): ?>
        Jobeet - Your best job board
      <?php endif; ?>
    </title>
    <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" />
    <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Latest Jobs"
      href="<?php echo url_for('@job?sf_format=atom', true) ?>" />
    <?php use_javascript('jquery-1.3.2.min.js') ?>
    <?php use_javascript('search.js')?>
    <?php include_javascripts() ?>
    <?php include_stylesheets() ?>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="container">
      <div id="header">
        <div class="content">
          <h1><a href="<?php echo url_for('@homepage') ?>">
            <img src="/images/logo.gif" alt="Jobeet Job Board" />
          </a></h1>
 
          <div id="sub_header">
            <div class="post">
              <h2>Ask for people</h2>
              <div>
                <a href="<?php echo url_for('@job_new') ?>">Post a Job</a>
              </div>
            </div>
 
            <div class="search">
              <h2>Ask for a job</h2>
              <form action="<?php echo url_for('@job_search') ?>" method="get">
                <input type="text" name="query" value="<?php echo $sf_request->getParameter('query') ?>" id="search_keywords" />
                <input type="submit" value="search" />
                <img id="loader" src="/images/ajax-loader.gif" style="vertical-align: middle; display: none" />
                <div class="help">
                  Enter some keywords (city, country, position, ...)
                </div>
              </form>
            </div>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
 
      <div id="content">
        <?php if ($sf_user->hasFlash('notice')): ?>
          <div class="flash_notice">
            <?php echo $sf_user->getFlash('notice') ?>
          </div>
        <?php endif; ?>
 
        <?php if ($sf_user->hasFlash('error')): ?>
          <div class="flash_error">
            <?php echo $sf_user->getFlash('error') ?>
          </div>
        <?php endif; ?>
        
        <div id="job_history">
          Recent viewed jobs:
          <ul>
            <?php foreach ($sf_user->getJobHistory() as $job): ?>
              <li>
                <?php echo link_to($job->getPosition().' - '.$job->getCompany(), 'job_show_user', $job) ?>
              </li>
            <?php endforeach; ?>
            </ul>
        </div>
 
        <div class="content">
          <?php echo $sf_content ?>
        </div>
      </div>
 
      <div id="footer">
        <div class="content">
          <span class="symfony">
            <img src="/images/jobeet-mini.png" />
            powered by <a href="http://www.symfony-project.org/">
            <img src="/images/symfony.gif" alt="symfony framework" /></a>
          </span>
          <ul>
            <li>
              <a href=""><?php echo __('About Jobeet') ?></a>
            </li>
            <li class="feed">
              <?php echo link_to(__('Full feed'), '@job?sf_format=atom') ?>
            </li>
            <li>
              <a href=""><?php echo __('Jobeet API') ?></a>
            </li>
            <li class="last">
              <?php echo link_to(__('Become an affiliate'), '@affiliate_new') ?>
            </li>
            <li class="backend">
              <?php // echo link_to(__('Become an affiliate'), cross_app_link_to('backend', '@homepage')) ?>
            </li>       
          </ul>
          <?php include_component('sfJobeetLanguage', 'language') ?>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>