Error using --providerList and possible fix

[bwragg]

Error using --providerList and possible fix

[schmunk42]

Can you try

--providerList='\schmunk42\giiant\generators\crud\providers\extensions\DateTimeProvider'

usually Yii CLI applications should parse a comma separated list as an array.

[bwragg]

Thanks for the quick reply @schmunk42 ! I think I tried that already but to be sure I just tried that again and get the same error.

If I add my code in it works, but in saying that I haven't successfully got the date time callback to work. At the moment just outputting text field still. Maybe my addition is screwing it up? Will keep looking into it

[schmunk42]

It looks like the one (1) provider in the options is treated as a string rather than an array. With your check it would (also) not be added to the provider list.

For debugging: Could you add another provider as a second element?

A fix could be to cast the option into an array, but this could also be a framework issue (CC: @cebe)

[bwragg]

Thanks. I tried this:

--providerList='\schmunk42\giiant\generators\crud\providers\extensions\DateTimeProvider','\schmunk42\giiant\generators\crud\providers\extensions\EditorProvider','schmunk42\giiant\generators\crud\providers\core\OptsProvider'

and it still didn't work. also tried it like:

--providerList='\schmunk42\giiant\generators\crud\providers\extensions\DateTimeProvider,\schmunk42\giiant\generators\crud\providers\extensions\EditorProvider,schmunk42\giiant\generators\crud\providers\core\OptsProvider'

To get around it I did what you suggested and did this before the for loop:

$this->providerList=(array)$this->providerList;

[bwragg]

Still can't get the DateTimeProvider working. Traced it back to this in DateTimeProvider.php

switch (true) { case in_array($attribute, $this->columnNames):

the columnNames array is empty. Im setting it like the instructions say:

\Yii::$container->set( schmunk42\giiant\generators\crud\providers\extensions\DateTimeProvider::class, [ 'columnNames' => ['proposed_disposal_at','type'], ] );

Can't see anywhere in the code where columnNames actually gets set?

[schmunk42]

Looks good. the check should be here:

yii2-giiant/src/generators/crud/providers/extensions/DateTimeProvider.php

Line 10 in af8574f

case in_array($attribute, $this->columnNames):

[bwragg]

If I put a var_dump($this->columnNames); above the switch it prints out an empty array for every field. so it never makes it into that section of the case.

When I said "Can't see anywhere in the code where columnNames actually gets set?" i meant I can't see where $this->columnNames gets the array from the bootstrap but I think its me not understanding DI. Need to do a bit more reading on it.

[schmunk42]

Where you use use DI?

Can be done in the config i.e.

[bwragg]

Where you use use DI?
I thought your plugin uses DI In the bootstrap.php Eg $container->set ...I understand that is how you set the columnName field in the DateTimeProvider?

Since I’m finding the columnName property is empty In the DateTimeProvider I’m trying to understand where the values in the columnName array in bootstrap.php get loaded into the DateTimeProvider object.

Can be done in the config i.e.
You mean in the bootstrap? That is where I am doing it. Or is there another way?

[schmunk42]

Can you post the file where you are setting it? Can be done in several places.
Did you turn on logging? That should also help seeing what's going on.

[bwragg]

Thanks.

bootstrap.php has:

<?php include_once('giiant.php');

and giiant.php has

<?php
\Yii::$container->set(
    'schmunk42\giiant\generators\crud\providers\extensions\DateTimeProvider', 
    [
        'columnNames' => ['proposed_disposal_at','type'],
    ]
);

will do some extra logging now and see what it shows.

[schmunk42]

Where is bootstrap.php included? Is from the tests?

[bwragg]

Im using the advanced template. Running it from the console using

yii gii/giiant-crud

So in answer to your question I believe the yii command does this:

`
/**

• Yii console bootstrap file.
  */

defined('YII_DEBUG') or define('YII_DEBUG', true);
defined('YII_ENV') or define('YII_ENV', 'dev');

require DIR . '/vendor/autoload.php';
require DIR . '/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/Yii.php';
require DIR . '/common/config/bootstrap.php';
require DIR . '/console/config/bootstrap.php';`

So done some more digging into a few of the issues:

1. With the \ --providersList issue I was having. No matter what way I enter the providers they don't get inserted into the model as an array, always a string. To fix this I propose the following code changes to Generator.php line 313:

public function generate() { $this->providerList=explode(',',$this->providerList);

This forces an input like this:

--providerList='\schmunk42\giiant\generators\crud\providers\extensions\DateTimeProvider,\schmunk42\giiant\generators\crud\providers\extensions\EditorProvider'

or like:

--providerList='\schmunk42\giiant\generators\crud\providers\extensions\DateTimeProvider','\schmunk42\giiant\generators\crud\providers\extensions\EditorProvider'

2. The code that DateTimeProvider.php creates here (around line 14):

yii2-giiant/src/generators/crud/providers/extensions/DateTimeProvider.php

Line 14 in 3d00e9c

\$form->field(\$model, '{$attribute}')->widget(\zhuravljov\widgets\DateTimePicker::className(), [

doesn't work, should be:
\$form->field(\$model, '{$attribute}')->widget(\zhuravljov\yii\widgets\DateTimePicker::className(), [

(notice the \yii added in)

3. Still am not getting the columnNames array to be passed correctly to DateTimeProvider. To my test to work I hardcoded may field names into the object:

$this->columnNames=['proposed_disposal_at'];

just before the switch here:

yii2-giiant/src/generators/crud/providers/extensions/DateTimeProvider.php

Line 9 in 3d00e9c

switch (true) {

widget began to generate when I did this. Looking into why its not being passed in correctly.

[bwragg]

Found the issue for why the columnName was not being passed into the DateTimeProvider..missing a freaking backslash!

I noticed in ProviderTrait.php it calls this:

$obj = \Yii::createObject(['class' => $class]);

Made me thing that if the $class value didn't match exactly it would fail. Checked my code and my bootstrap had no backslash:

\Yii::$container->set( 'schmunk42\giiant\generators\crud\providers\extensions\DateTimeProvider',

but my --providerList did:

--providerList='\schmunk42\giiant\generators\crud\providers\extensions\DateTimeProvider','\schmunk42\giiant\generators\crud\providers\extensions\EditorProvider'

added a \ to the bootstrap and it worked....as long as I applied changes 1 and 2 in my last post.

[schmunk42]

Might be better this use ::class...

So, is this still and issue with giiant or was it only DI?

[bwragg]

Thanks for the response schmunk42. I believe there are a few issues with Giiant.

1. Code here is wrong:

yii2-giiant/src/generators/crud/providers/extensions/DateTimeProvider.php

Line 14 in 3d00e9c

\$form->field(\$model, '{$attribute}')->widget(\zhuravljov\widgets\DateTimePicker::className(), [

doesn't work. Maybe the external library has changed its structure. It should be:

\$form->field(\$model, '{$attribute}')->widget(\zhuravljov\yii\widgets\DateTimePicker::className(), [

2. --providerList doesn't work from CLI unless I add this:

$this->providerList=explode(',',$this->providerList);

above this line:

yii2-giiant/src/generators/crud/Generator.php

Line 315 in 3d00e9c

$accessDefinitions = require $this->getTemplatePath().'/access_definition.php';

Is it possible to add these changes to the code?

I'm having issues with custom templates for crud and schema with models but will start another thread on these issues.

[bwragg]

actually adding

$this->providerList=explode(',',$this->providerList);

messes up if you are using the Gii web form. This works:

if (Yii::$app instanceof \yii\console\Application){ $this->providerList=explode(',',$this->providerList); }

[schmunk42]

Hmm, wouldn't this break, when using a real array via DI in a config, since an array would be exploded?

We should have tests for all cases, CLI, DI, Web with one and multiple items.