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PHP Version compatibility issue with EE module
As error says, PHP 7 is only allow variables to passed by reference not an instance. You now need to remove that line and replace all $this->EE calls to ee(). That will work for you.
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Module development: Any reasons creating catch-all action is a bad idea?
It's really your choice here. I imagine that this framework is best for smaller addons. One point of access is always slightly frowned upon; because it creates a SPOF in your addon.
Trust me, I ...
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How to create modules in ExpressionEngine?
The 1st party guide is everything you need to get the concept of module/extension/add-on/plugin/fieldtype development : https://ellislab.com/expressionengine/user-guide/development/index.html
If you'...
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Stash with timestamps and custom written module
Carefully "unescape" the variables you want to be cached, so e.g.
{stash:nocache}
<div>
{if {current_time format="%U"} - {/stash:nocache}{event_time format="%U"}{stash:nocache} < -86400}
...
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Render embed tags Shine pdf
What you're looking to do is far from trivial, however....
Lets simplify first. Forget the pdf module, I assume you want to render your embed (and any other) tags and push the result into your pdf ...
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Add a new menu button in control panel on module installation
There isn't a standard function, but there is a standard event hook, so within your module you can create an extension too, and use this to input your menu item. This way when you install the module, ...
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Add form to EE Module for front end processing
Take a look at the Code Ignitor Validation Helper. You can use this within PHP on an EE template, it really is as easy as this (example from the CI Docs), just replacing $this with a reference to EE : ...
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How to add a new database column in third party module?
The add column function requires the database name, something that I had missed out in my function.
ee()->dbforge->add_column( 'module_table', $updates );
Full code:
public function update( $...
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How to add a new database column in third party module?
add_column just defines the column specs.
After which you need to run create_table
https://codeigniter.com/userguide2/database/forge.html#add_field
"After the fields have been defined, they can be ...
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Global variable as a module tag pair's parameter?
One really simple way to get around parse order is just to use an embed.
{embed="embeds/_rest" ip_address="{ip_address}"}
Then in your embedded template (embeds/_rest):
{exp:rest url="http://domain....
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How to update Modules?
Important edit: a database backup before you do any module updating might prevent data loss and is always a good idea!
It is a pretty straight forward process. For Transcribe simply follow the ...
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Upgrading module from EE2 > EE3
Generally yes, you only need to add addon.setup.php. There of course could be some deprecated code etc.
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Settings for a module
For modules, you just go ahead and create your own DB table that stores your module settings. So just like you create your modules main table for storing data submitted from your form when you install ...
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Creating a button in module control panel to manually perform module action in EE 2
I suggest you to use below code in mcp file of your module folder.
url = BASE .'&'.'C=addons_modules'.'&'.'M=show_module_cp'.'&'.'module=MODULE_NAME'. '&' . 'method='.$method;
$this-&...
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Lang text with control panel interface
You can either use built-in Global Variables feature or Low Variables add-on
Both will work same way, you'll just place {variable_name} in your templates, without any other special tags, but you may ...
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PHP Version compatibility issue with EE module
Pretty sure you don't need this in a plugin `$this->EE =& get_instance();
ref https://docs.expressionengine.com/v2/development/plugins.html
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Storing Single Option Value in Admin
Set up a Global Variable with the value you need. Then you can access the value from within a template simply by including the Global Variable name (within curly brackets) within your templates - e.g....
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Unable to Access Add-ons Folder
This is a bug in 3.4.5. the solution is here. Click on the solution tab to see the necessary code change.
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Return Variables to a Template
I had similar situation this week.
I've made two functions - one for the form template tag and second is action callback that works with form data.
In this manner I could output information with ee()...
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Module not showing in modules list for installing
You will need to make sure the folder you place in the third_party directory matches the package name.
From the Github repo, you can see that the files are called xxx.flag_master.php, so therefore ...
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Module not showing in modules list for installing
The files should be located inside system/expressionengine/third_party/flag_master/ folder, not directly in third_party folder. Please check that.
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Trigger the member self activation email from custom add-on with member registration
The email are being sent with help of Email library. In the code you posted, there is no reference for it, therefore no emails go out.
Here is sample code for sending member activation email from one ...
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How to access a custom table name that isn't prefixed with exp_
If I recall correctly, using the query module (and relative portion of the database class) doesn't force the prefix.
https://ellislab.com/expressionengine/user-guide/add-ons/query/
So you can use ...
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How to access a custom table name that isn't prefixed with exp_
You can set the database to be used like so:
$mydb = ee()->load->database('mydatabase', TRUE);
By setting the second parameter to TRUE the function will return the database object.
and then ...
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Store: who can access "Settings?"
You will have to login with your super admin account and go to the settings panel. From there you will need to navigate to the security panel. You should see your member group on the right hand side ...
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form validation for module mod file template tags
Looks like you're looking for the Forn Validation library that is inherited from CodeIgnitor.
What you seem to be trying to do is set the validation rules at thes same time as setting up the form, ...
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