Questions tagged [plugin-development]
Questions having to do with constructing plugins.
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how to create Super Table field programmatically
i am trying to create a super table field programmatically.
this is the code i tried.
i see super table field in field list but i can see fields inside of super table.
how can i do this?
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Handling multi language registration
What would be the proper way to handle the login/registration page in a multi-language site? I can do this:
'loginPath' => [
'spanish' => 'iniciar-sesion',
'english' => '...
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How to overwrite base controller beforeAction method
How do you override the beforeAction method of Craft's base controller? I'm disabling CSRF for a specific route.
public function beforeAction($action): bool
{
$requestOrigin = \Craft::$app->...
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Assign a category group to a category field via migration
I am writing a plugin that sets up Craft in a particular way and have created a category field, but can't figure out how to assign a category group to the field, I have the following:
protected ...
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Is there a way to add a column to entries without making a field?
I would like to add a setting to password protect certain entries if the user chooses.
I don't want to create a custom field, but rather have this on the sidebar that the user can toggle on and off ...
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Get all elements (entries) where a field exists
I'm developing a plugin and I'm searching a way to get all entries where a field exists (by id or handle).
I'm trying to get all the entries even if the value of the field is null, empty or text.
I ...
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Load Entries after click (AJAX)
I try to load a entry after a button is clicked, currently my code looks like this:
This is generating a 404 error. Dunno why?
<?php
/**
* PopUp plugin for Craft CMS 3.x
*
* test
*
* @link ...
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How to work getFieldValue for assets
I have been implementing my own PHP plugin code.
In that, I need to get an asset field in user info. If I can get if the asset is set on the field or not, it is enough.
I can get the values of text ...
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Passing variables to email template not working
I am building a Craft plugin which sends emails to users of a subscribed list. I'm trying to get Craft to send the email with a Twig template and pass in variables to that template.
So far I've been ...
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Do something on save of an entry
if that entry is in a particular section, then I want to do some task.
I can't really find the event docs I need to do that. Everything I've come across has been for Craft 2.
Any steps for a hint?
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How Might A HUD Editor Be Extended For A Third Party Field Type?
How might one go about extending a field layout in the Craft CMS control panel HUD editor? Specifically, a Solspace Freeform Submissions field type. Please see attached.
We'd like to quick-edit ...
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How can I get uploaded images from my controller and upload them to Craft?
I'm using dropzone to upload images on my front-end. The form action url is to my controller from a custom plugin and that works fine. However, now I'm trying to get the files from dropzone (a json ...
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CSRF in plugin dashboard widget 400 error
Yes, it's another csrf question, the standard, 400 Error - Bad Request: Unable to verify your data submission.
If in config/general.php I set 'enableCsrfProtection' => false, then everything works ...
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Parse variables into twig email template from custom module
I'm trying to send an email from my module and am trying to pass some vars into my module template that I can render using twig. Please note that this is a module template not a front end template.
$...
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How to create a new Entry model in Craft 3?
I want to create a new entry for a section named 'drinks'(having section id= 6). The namespace of the file having this code is namespace putyourlightson\userguide\controllers;.I copied this code from ...
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Read File from Main Plugin Page
I'm new to plugin creation for Craft 3 and currently stuck trying to read the contents of a JSON file. I can manage it fine from the Settings page using:
protected function settingsHtml(): string
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Remove an entry's parent via a Craft Plugin or Module
I'm trying to remove/unset the parent from a module, according to the docs it seems like this method should do it: https://docs.craftcms.com/api/v3/craft-base-element.html#method-setparent.
However, ...
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Paypal Express, Commerce 3.0, more information on Paypal Invoice
Using Craft 3.4.9 and Commerce Pro 3.0.11
What's the best way to get more information onto a Paypal invoice so that I can match Paypal data with a Craft Commerce order? Does anyone have some success ...
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Not triggering SEOMatic on save element
I'm writing a module that loops over lines in a CSV file to save them as entries. For every entry I save with elements->saveElement($element);, SEOMatic will queue a job that regenerates the ...
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Add new error to macro errorList - User Registration
Using CraftCMS example registration form in the docs.
How would I add a new error message to the macro errorList in the registration form:
{% macro errorList(errors) %}
{% if errors %}
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How do I allow partial payments?
The closest thing I found to what I need is here, the problem is, even though it's only 8 months old, it appears outdated. I see there is an "outstanding balance" in the PayController, but I have no ...
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How to move a plugin from dev to prod?
I have a plugin that I developed in a symlinked folder locally.
I now want to deploy it to production.
But when I do composer require namespace/pluginhandle it gets symlinked.
What I want is to ...
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Update category selection in user custom fields
I have a Category "Colors".
This category has: Blue, Red, Green
I've added a custom users field (CP > Settings > Users > Fields), this field is the category type. "Colors".
In the front of website I ...
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PHP warning with composer on MacOS Mojave: Failed to open stream: No such file or directory
I am working on a plugin in Craft:3.4. I get this error while trying to install the plugin in the CP.
yii\base\ErrorException: include(/app/vendor/composer/../wittsstratts/craft-company/src/Company....
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Extending Craft controller classes and using private methods in child class
I created Controller that exptends Craft AssetsController. Hovewer some of AssetsController methods are private - and I cannot use them using $this context in child module, so i just copied them to ...
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Sending an e-mail to current user in FeedMe hook
I have made a custom module that allows a user to upload a CSV and import it using a FeedMe feed. This all works fine, however I want to send an e-mail to the user when the import has completed.
I ...
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How do I store and retrieve elements for ElementSelectField? Getting error “Call to a member function getUiLabel() on array”
I have a field that allows a user to select multiple products and save them to the database for a plugin, but when I try to retrieve these values and have them selected in my form I get the error
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Cannot call service: “'MyPlugin' not found” error
I'm sure this is a trivial mistake but I can't figure it out (first-time plugin dev).
I have my plugin running with all code in the controller and want now follow best practice and move the workhorse ...
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How to save dynamically created checkbox values in plugin settings?
I am in the early stages of developing a plugin for Craft 3. In its settings it should have a checkbox for each section the user has defined that enables the admin to select or unselect each section ...
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Getting adjustment amount in a plugin
I need to get the amount of a discount from orders to write that data into a json file (on EVENT_AFTER_COMPLETE_ORDER) which then will be consumed by an inventory management system and now am stuck ...
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Editing a users custom fields from a plugin action Craft 3
Does anyone know if there is a block on updating users form an action?
Trying to update a users custom field in craft 3 via plugin in the admin. The admin template calls an ajax call to the action ...
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RegisterUrlRulesEvent rule to display site page
Within a plugin I have written I would like to route POST requests to the plugin controller and GET requests to a single entity created in craft.
When the user POSTs to http://example.com/start-your-...
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After calling the controller method error from template. Craft CMS 3
https://prnt.sc/qqs50o
I use the base plugin template from plugin factory.
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How can I write a PHP script to zip and download an Assets subfolder?
I've searched everywhere but can't seem to get a straight answer. I want to write a php script to zip and download an entire subfolder in my assets directory. The subfolders are named based on a ...
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How can I access the Gateways services?
I have been trying to access craft\commerce\services\Gateways; from a plugin but I can't figure out how I need to access it. I've used the following:
$gateways = Commerce::getInstance()->commerce-&...
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Updating global set from controller
This is my code:
$giveaway = Craft::$app->globals->getSetByHandle('promotions');
$giveaway->giveawayName = "New Name";
$success = Craft::$app->globals->saveSet($giveaway);
return($...
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\ns\prefix\Plugin::getInstance() returns null from another plugin in Craft 3
I'm building a plugin that extends the functionality of the Contact Form Tuner plugin and customize the email recipients based on different scenarios. The email addresses need to be managed in the ...
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Choose not to save an element on EVENT_BEFORE_SAVE_ELEMENT
I want to do some server side checks to see if the entry should be saved or not.
In my plugin I have something like that
Event::on(
Elements::class,
Elements::EVENT_BEFORE_SAVE_ELEMENT,
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Craft3 DateTime is updating todays date on element save
I have an issue where my new element is saving with the current date and time. I won't want it to save with any kind of date/timestamp. Does craft just automatically put in the current date and time ...
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Craft 3 replacement for the Craft 2 fileCache component?
I'm upgrading a plugin from Craft 2 to Craft 3 and it looks like the fileCache component is no more.
What has replaced it in Craft 3?
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Use sidebar nav icons in modules and plugins
When adding a navigation item, there is the option to specify an icon, but it seems to have to be a path to an SVG. I can see that Craft has its own icon library, and it has an icon I want to use.
I ...
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ElementAPI: How to trigger the Custom service php file when a endpoint is loaded
I am Using Craft 3.3.11 version
I have a php file in
plugin/elementapi/src/services/EapiServices.php
and the same file within
vendor/craftcms/element-api/src/services/EapiServices.php
When ...
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Save and log in a user from event callback
I'm trying to build a plugin wherein after a user is created via the normal means via a front end template, the user is immediately logged in.
My module is watching for the after save event on ...
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Frontend form validation
I need to validate the form submitted at the frontend by applying additional validation rules.
For that I have created the plugin that listens to "EVENT_BEFORE_SAVE_ENTRY" event and should validate ...
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Create an entry type on plugin install
When a user installs my plugin, I would like the plugin to create an entry type on install. First of all, is this possible? If so, can someone point me in the direction of where I would find ...
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Craft 3 plugin - how to update entry with field of Entries type
Using PHP, I want to update a field of Entries type of an existing entry.
Fields of type Text and Number will update with the following code:
$entry = Entry::find()->id($entryId)->one();
$...
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Cannot declare class TwigTransformer, because the name is already in use
Within the source code of my plugin I needed to check if another plugin was installed. To do that, I needed to access plugins class. What is the difference between:
class Something{
public ...
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Conditionally attach behaviors to craft\elements\Entry by section
I'm trying to conditionally attach behaviors based on an entries section.
The following code works fine, but I'm trying to clarify one bit:
To avoid a yii\base\InvalidConfigException on the CP ...
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Contact form plugin ajax submit URL not working
I am using contact form plugin for forms in my craft website. For avoiding page redirection, I followed ajax submit for the form, but it is not redirected to controller code.
My form is as below:-
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Modify preview targets and save them
I'm using the following Event hook :
Event::on(Entry::class, Entry::EVENT_REGISTER_PREVIEW_TARGETS, function ($event) { }
The $event variable contains an array with the current $previewTargets as ...
