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+Lightbox Widget for Yii 2
+=========
+- Lightbox widget based on Lightbox2 extension http://lokeshdhakar.com/projects/lightbox2/
+
+Installation
+------------
+
+The preferred way to install this extension is through [composer](http://getcomposer.org/download/).
+
+Either run
+
+```
+php composer.phar require --prefer-dist branchonline/yii2-lightbox "*"
+```
+
+or add
+
+```json
+"branchonline/yii2-lightbox": "*"
+```
+
+to the require section of your composer.json.
+
+Usage
+------------
+Once the extension is installed, simply add widget to your page as follows:
+
+```php
+echo Lightbox::widget([
+    'files' => [
+        [
+            'thumb' => 'url/to/thumb.ext',
+            'original' => 'url/to/original.ext',
+            'title' => 'optional title',
+        ],
+    ]
+]);
+```
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
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+{
+    "name": "branchonline/yii2-lightbox",
+    "description": "Lightbox widget for Yii2",
+    "type": "yii2-extension",
+    "keywords": ["yii2", "module"],
+    "license": "Apache-2.0",
+    "authors": [
+        {
+            "name": "Jap Mul",
+            "email": "jap@branchonline.nl"
+        }
+    ],
+    "require": {
+        "yiisoft/yii2": "*",
+        "bower-asset/lightbox2": "2.7.1",
+    },
+    "autoload": {
+        "psr-4": {
+            "branchonline\\lightbox\\": "src/"
+        }
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/src/Lightbox.php b/src/Lightbox.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace branchonline\lightbox;
+
+use yii\base\Widget;
+use yii\helpers\Html;
+
+class Lightbox extends Widget {
+
+    public $files = [];
+
+    public function init() {
+        LightboxAsset::register($this->getView());
+    }
+
+    public function run() {
+        $html = '';
+        foreach($this->files as $file) {
+            if(!isset($file['thumb']) || !isset($file['original'])) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            $img = Html::img($file['thumb']);
+            $a = Html::a($img, $file['original'], [
+                'data-lightbox' => 'image-' . uniqid(),
+                'data-title' => isset($file['title']) ? $file['title'] : '',
+            ]);
+            $html .= $a;
+        }
+        return $html;
+    }
+
+}
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+<?php
+
+namespace branchonline\lightbox;
+
+use yii\web\AssetBundle;
+
+class LightboxAsset extends AssetBundle {
+
+    public $sourcePath = '@bower/lightbox2';
+
+    public $js = [
+        '/js/lightbox.min.js',
+    ];
+
+    public $css = [
+        'css/lightbox.css'
+    ];
+
+    public $depends = [
+        'yii\web\JqueryAsset',
+    ];
+}
+