Converting EE2 extension (with settings) + FieldType
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Hi guys,
I’m trying to upgrade an extension / fieldtype combination to EE3 and I’m running into some difficulties with the settings in the extension. Probably just something stupid I missed so bear with me 😉
The extensions has a settings() array and in EE2 I used to configure it in the extensions section. So, in the extension I have set $settings_exists to ‘y’.
I was a bit confused as to what to put in the addon.setup.php file, but it does have settings so I set settings_exists = TRUE:
<?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
return array(
'author' => 'Wedoaddons',
'author_url' => 'http://wedoaddons.com',
'name' => 'SR Member for Simple Registration',
'description' => 'Create channel entries for members',
'version' => '1.5',
'namespace' => 'Wedoaddons\SR-Member',
'settings_exist' => TRUE,
'docs_url' => 'http://wedoaddons.com/addon/sr-member',
'fieldtypes' => array(
'sr_member' => array(
'name' => 'SR Member Link'
)
)
);However, it seems this is telling EE that the FieldType should have settings, which it does not have, so I get this error:
Notice
Undefined index: settings
ee/EllisLab/ExpressionEngine/Controller/Addons/Addons.php, line 1867 show details
Warning
call_user_func_array() expects parameter 1 to be a valid callback, class 'Sr_member_ft' does not have a method 'display_global_settings'
ee/legacy/libraries/api/Api_channel_fields.php, line 399 show detailsIf I set it to FALSE the settings icon is removed, which makes sense - but where do I access the extension settings?
The code is here: https://github.com/bjornbjorn/sr_member.ee_addon .. there’s a feature/ee3 branch there with the EE3 code.
In case anyone came here via search and is wondering about this; extension settings won’t work in EE3 if the extension is bundled with another type of add on (ie. FieldType). The solution is to ship the extension alone and the other add ons in a different package. According to EllisLab on Slack this is something they will fix at some point.