Questions tagged [plugin-development]
Questions having to do with constructing plugins.
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In a plugin, how to get entry status?
This seems like it should be simple to find, but where does Craft store the status of entries (lightswitch for enabled/disabled)? It doesn't seem to be a column in the entries table, and I can't ...
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EntryModel as model attribute doesn't get populated as model
I've created this custom plugin with a CP interface for a website running latest version of Craft 2. Each record in my custom table relates to an entry using an entryId. I've set up all the records ...
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Custom field plugin: Unable to find template / General custom field plugin information
I am still relatively new to Craft CMS.
I am trying to make a custom field plugin for Craft 3 but I am struggling to understand why I can't render my form template.
The fieldtype should render a map ...
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What is the appropriate way to query and Hard Delete existing Soft Deleted Elements for a Custom Element?
I have a Custom Element where the Soft Delete functionality is not necessary. Right now, existing users of this plugin may have thousands of Soft Deleted Elements in their Elements table that don't ...
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Entry element query missing user field data when user is suspended
I have a channel in which each channel entry has a "users" field type that is limited to one user. My code below works fine when the user is not suspended, however if I suspend the user, the then $...
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Send email with dedicated SMTP settings from a Craft 2 plugin
I have looked a lot for this but cannot find any dedicated solution. Basically I want to do this: How to send email from Craft 3 custom plugin? … but for a Craft 2 plugin.
A how-to for the global ...
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Geocode address when saving custom field type in plugin
I've got a Craft CMS 3 plugin that has a custom field type for entering an address. When saving that field I'd like to take that address and geocode it using Google's Geocode API and save the latitude ...
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Is it possible to send Solspace Freeform mail with custom module?
I'd like to send mails from my custom module for Craft. But instead of Craft I want to use Solspace Freeforms plugin. Is it possible to send mails with this plugin outside of frontend?
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How to use a table field in custom plugin's settings (Craft 3)
I need a table field in my plugin's settings, but when I make 2 rows and save the settings, only the first row is shown when I go back to the settings page. When I dump the values, my second setting ...
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AssetBundle-related when installing a plugin via console and not via Cp
I have a plugin which registers an AssetBundle. The asset bundle itself is quite basic and only includes one JS-File.
In the init() method of my plugin, I register the bundle:
// registering the ...
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How do I get the site from the dropdown in the control panel?
Is there an easy way to fetch the selected site of the dropdown (the one an editor would use to switch the site) in control panel in a plugin?
The only way I found so far is to get the last segment ...
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Module Development - Get ID of a field within a Matrix field
I have a matrix field that has a Supertable matrix within it.
I need to programatically get the ID of the field that is nested in the Matrix.
I have the code below:
$matrixField = Craft::$app->...
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Fetch the entries based on local time zone
I am trying to fetch the entries based on the local timezone.
$entries = Entry::find();
$entries->section('news');
$timezone = new \DateTimeZone(Craft::$app->getTimeZone()); // current site ...
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$event->isNew not working as expected after Craft 3.2 update
Pre Craft 3.2, you could do something like this if you wanted to perform an action in the event you just saved a new entry:
use craft\elements\Entry;
use craft\events\ModelEvent;
Event::on(
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Modify a field value before the element is saved
I have a simple plugin with a field that extends the Craft PlainText field.
Is there some kind of function I can use to modify the field's submitted value before the element is saved?
class myField ...
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Craft criteria for asset folders
In my plugin, I would like to search a folder.
However, I cannot find any information about the criteria for folders.
Are there any documentation or something?
$n = Craft::$app->assets->...
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Setting “enabled for site” from a plugin
I have entries that propagate across multiple sites. Default value is enabled in general but disabled for all sites. I want it to be enabled for the site to which it was originally added (while ...
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Custom element from plugin in structure-like hierarchy
I'm working on a plugin that would require a custom element to have a hierarchy, as in, possibly have a parent set or not. Much like entries have when used in a structure.
I've got my element set up ...
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User query in PHP does not work
I would like to get user query in my custom PHP plugin.
According to this document, the code would be like this.
https://docs.craftcms.com/v3/dev/element-queries/user-queries.html#example
$...
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What are the different scenarios to plan for when using $allowAnonymous in a controller?
Craft 3.2 updates how the allowAnonymous behavior works. I have things working in our plugins but I don't understand the different syntaxes needed across our different allowAnonymous use cases.
For ...
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HTML Email Template setting not working for reset password email
I'm on the latest release of craft 3.x. I have the HTML Email Template setting set to a twig file in my templates folder. When sending a test email the template is used to send the test email, however ...
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Storing complex field content (plugin)
I'm trying to work through some issues with the field content for our Maps plugin, but I'm not sure about the best way to go about it.
Currently the value for each map field is stored as an element ...
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Unable to create new category groups in plugin
So, I'm writing a plugin to assist with a content migration which will be creating new category groups. I'm able to successfully run the plugin, and what's strange is that the category group does get ...
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Is it possible to know which fields have been changed when a user save an entry?
Event::on(Entry::class, Entry::EVENT_BEFORE_SAVE, function (ModelEvent $event) {});
What I can found in docs is EVENT_BEFORE_SAVE hook. But I can only get the updating entry from the params. Is it ...
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Entries are being saved even when I try to upload files with the wrong extension
My Image service function throws an exception and sends it to the Craft logger that the extension is invalid. But my entry is being saved even though the field is set to only allow images. I am ...
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Filter and sort Commerce products based on Matrix blocks
We have a website that uses Craft CMS v3.1.28 and Commerce v2.1.6.1. The below logic is implemented within a plugin and we're prepared to do custom implementations aka. prepared to go deep!
I would ...
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How to run function after plugin installed?
How can I run a function when my plugin is installed? I tried SafeUp in migrations but it doesn't work.
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How to fire flash messages when using Event::on()?
I'm looking to hook into an Asset::EVENT_BEFORE_HANDLE_FILE event and toss up a JS flash error if it's above a certain file size. However, the registerJs() function never runs and I assume it's ...
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Get entries based on multiple fields in controller
I am trying to get the entries based on multiple fields.
Fields can be of type tags, checkbox, radio box, and number.
In my controller currently what I tried is.
$extrafilter will be like
Array
(
...
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Rename files uploaded to certain sources in Craft 3
I have an event written for Craft 2 which renames files, which are uploaded to certain sources, to have a 35 character random string, plus its original extension.
I am looking to update this for ...
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Loop through all created fields and get the field type
I want to show some input fields on frontend template form.
Type of input is dependent on the type of fields selected on the backend.
For example, if the text field is selected in the backend I ...
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How to order or filter entries by their author's custom field?
Is it possible to order and/or filter all entries from a section whose author has a custom field value that is set to "X"?
Below is the starting code.
in Twig:
{% set elementQuery = craft.entries()...
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Hooking Event After Record Save
I have a custom module that is receiving data from an external API. I need to save some of that data into a record and return a success response, so far all is good.
Along side this I want to set up ...
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Merge trashed element with existing one
Is there any way to merge trashed elements with an existing element? I'm creating a custom restore action so you can merge a trashed (commerce) Product with an existing one. The mergeElementsByIds ...
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How to hook into root controller to redirect any route based on some criteria?
We have a use case where if our user account has a certain flag that they are redirected to a specific page.
Is there a way to hook into the root controller or some sort of router mechanism such that ...
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Craft 3 Plugin Index No Template Found
I'm looking to have a basic index page for my plugin, yet I can't seem to get index.html working for my plugin. But when I head to site.local/admin/plugin it displays 404 Template Not Found
I have ...
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How to access controller method from a plugin script?
I have created a custom TwigParser which needs to execute some controller logic in a similar way to how CraftCMS's {% requirePermissionNode %} Twig parser does.
Their implementation accesses the ...
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Query element api (output) via plugin
Is there a way to fetch the content generated by the Element API via a plugin.
For example, if we have created an ingredients/<slug:{slug}>.json endpoint, can the data for a specific page (eg ...
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Changing some letters in entry's uri before save it
I need to replace some characters in my entry's URI because we have some letters which do not exist in English like "ş" or "ç". It is a problem for SEO and we have to change each time manually. I ...
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Category select field in custom plugin settings not saving
I am trying to show a list of categories on my plugin's settings page so an admin can select multiple categories.
I am doing this with a Craft form macro:
{{ forms.elementSelectField({
label: '...
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How do I correctly upload a new Asset from a temp file I generated from a service method?
Preamble
Craft 3.1.26
PHP 7.2.8 on Mamp Pro 5.1.1
I browsed to my storage/reports folder and made sure in Finder than full read/write privileges are granted.
What's goin on
I have a module with a ...
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Custom field value doesn't get saved
I have the following code:
$fieldHandle = 'contentLead';
$entryTitle = $event->element;
$entryQuery = \craft\elements\Entry::find();
$entries = $entryQuery->title($entryTitle)->limit(1);
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Change Dropdown Value via Module
I'm looking to change a dropdown field within an entry, then save it. I currently have a lightswitch which works perfectly, but now I need to change a dropdown field. I have the following for the ...
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How do you access craft()->runController variables within the action?
I have a plugin that runs
craft()->runController($actionUrl);
This runs the action Controller of a separate plugin. The actionUrl contains a variables array:
$actionUrl = UrlHelper::...
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Get all available fields in plugin setting page
I am trying to get all the fields created by admin in my custom plugin setting page.
As we can get entries , in same way can we have option to get the available fields.
{{ forms.elementSelectField({...
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Draft from front-end form with limited field set
I have a front-end form which sends a limited selection of the fields to the action entryRevisions/saveDraft (actually a custom plugin action, but in the it end up there). I expected it to take the ...
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What's the difference between `checkboxGroupField` and `checkboxSelectField` in Craft 3?
Short:
What exactly is the checkboxGroupField used for?
And why not just using the checkboxSelectField?
Long:
I am building a library that's gonna be required by a couple of my future Craft plugins ...
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Batch saving a custom field to multiple users via controller
I have to build a custom plugin for an internal user management system/data export that needs to be able to get triggered from the CP.
I basically have to sort a big amount of users (1500+) in a ...
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How can I search for entries with precision in my module?
I'm working on an autocomplete Vue component for one of my Craft projects. It's very simple at the moment, all I am trying to do is have my component send a search value from the user to a controller. ...
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How can I overwrite the search page within a plugin?
My first day with Craft.
I want to create a plugin that will provide a Product Query (collection, Craft Commerce) based on some 3rd party search (like Algolia).
How can I overwrite the route search?...
