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heimrichhannot/contao-entity-approval-bundle
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This bundle offers customizable approval process for all entities for the Contao CMS.

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contao-entity-approval-bundle
=============================

[](#contao-entity-approval-bundle)

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP: ^7.4
- Contao: ^4.9

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

composer require heimrichhannot/contao-entity-approval-bundle

Features
--------

[](#features)

- all entities can be configured for approval
- approval entities can only be set visible if approved
- admin can set visible without approval
- sends emails on entity status change or on transition
- unlimited approval steps

Workflow
--------

[](#workflow)

[![workflow](docs/img/approval-process.jpg)](docs/img/approval-process.jpg)

for automatic creation of workflow diagram, just use the following command:

`vendor/bin/contao-console workflow:dump entity_approval | dot -Tpng -o vendor/heimrichhannot/contao-entity-approval-bundle/docs/img/approval-process.jpg`

### External Components

[](#external-components)

Symfony Workflow component:

Symfony String component:

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

All entities can be configured for approval workflow by setting it up in the config.yml. Example below show a config for tl\_submission entity(see option comments for more information)

### example config.yml

[](#example-configyml)

```
huh_entity_approval:
  # Entity name( table name )
  tl_submission:
    # approval steps with options:
    # ['name'] will be used to field names
    # ['groups'] is array of usergroups for approval in each step
    # ['mode'] is used for choosing of a user from groups : possible values (random, all)
    auditor_levels:
      - { name: "primary", groups: [ 10 ], mode: 'random' }
      - { name: "secondary", groups: [ 11,12,13,14,17,18 ], mode: 'random' }
    # entity field where the author email address is saved (used for notifications)
    author_email_field: email
    # notifications to be sent on state change or transition
    emails:
      auditor_changed_former: true
      auditor_changed_new: true
      state_changed_author: true
```

### Contao limitations

[](#contao-limitations)

Some Entities will show approval fields after these fields are set visible in the entity archive settings (eg. tl\_submission)

Usergroup permissions need to be set for every entity and approval field, to be displayed in the backend.

Events
------

[](#events)

### PHP events

[](#php-events)

Events are fired as symfony events.

Event nameDescriptionBeforeEntityGetModelEventUsed to modify approval entity before display in Backend

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity47

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~3 days

Total

3

Last Release

1637d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/28ad3224d8727b622ebd229840eea6b9dbcb83eb0bd609e6ce65b614830ff538?d=identicon)[digitales@heimrich-hannot.de](/maintainers/digitales@heimrich-hannot.de)

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Top Contributors

[![AlexejKossmann](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/32612134?v=4)](https://github.com/AlexejKossmann "AlexejKossmann (1 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

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