Can't upgrade because of 2 missing modules
How Do I?
I want to upgrade for over a year now from version 3.5 but I can’t because I have 2 modules that are not listed as v5 compatible.
Both modules do very simple things so I was wondering if there was a way to natively replace what they do with the latest EE version.
One of the modules is Streeng:
https://github.com/caddis/streeng
It basically makes basic operations on some fields and I use it to capitalize and trim some channel fields.
The other one is: http://republiclabs.com/expressionengine/republic-variables
And use this one for replacing language words (multi language).
I also use the Wiki and forums but I guess those are supported natively since they are from Ellis Lab.
Hi Nibb.
I have no experience with Republic Variables, so I can’t help you there. As for Streeng…
Have you ever tried CE String? https://devot-ee.com/add-ons/ce-string
I think it does most of the same stuff Streeng can do (and more), and according to one forum poster, it seems to be working with EE5. https://devot-ee.com/add-ons/support/ce-string/viewthread/16929
Thank you. I will have a look. Maybe Streeng also works with EE 5. To be honest, I did not test any upgrade yet since I’m afraid of breaking to many things and having to re-do code or addons. I will definitely take a look at CE String.
Streeng works just fine with EE5.
I don’t know anything about Republic Variables directly, but a quick squint at its documentation suggests that you probably can just not install it: I think it depends what you use it for. All it seems to do is provide a mechanism for working with global variables, and write the values to disk. I would think you can do the same using EE5 template variables - which are also written to the templates folder as files. The only thing perhaps is that you miss out on the CP interface - the template variables appear there but you cannot put them into multiple folders.
HTH
I tried Republic Variables on a EE4 or EE5 site (can’t remember..) and i had problems. Now i use Low Variables. It’s not as good as Republic Variables for Multilingual but there’s more option…