Help with advanced module

Sigal

Hello,

Following the toturial on advanced module, I am trying to create a module for admin.

I've created all the files, I see the admin toolbar, but when I click on the open orders link I get this error:

A PHP Error was encountered
Severity: Notice
Message: Undefined property: Module::$model_name
Filename: controllers/module.php
Line Number: 79
An Error Was Encountered

Unable to locate the file: .php

My openorders controller begins with:
<?php require_once(FUEL_PATH.'/libraries/Fuel_base_controller.php');

class Openorders extends Fuel_base_controller {
public function __construct()
{
parent::__construct();

$this->load->model('admin_model');
}
}

I tried that as well:
<?php require(MODULES_PATH.'/module.php');

class Openorders extends Module {
public function __construct()
{
parent::__construct();

$this->load->model('admin_model');
}
}

Not sure what I am doing wrong, didn't really understand that part in the tutorial:
"3. Create your controller files.
Admin Controllers - Pages that need to be displayed in the admin interface should inherit from the fuel/modules/fuel/libraries/Fuel_base_controller.php OR fuel/modules/fuel/controllers/module.php (which inherits from Fuel_base_controller) and can use the _validate_user(), protected controller method."

and I think the problem might be there.

Can you please help?

admin

That error message most likely appears because it is looking for a simple module named "openorders". Do you have one defined in your MY_fuel_modules.php file?

Sigal

Hi admin,

I used to have an openorders simple module but I deleted the line from MY_fuel_modules. Do I need to delete anything anywhere else?

admin

You need to add it in order for that error message to go away. You can create it in your advanced module with a config file of "openorders_fuel_module.php" with the same info in it (FUEL automatically looks for those files in advanced modules).

Sigal

Ok, I am more confused now.

Maybe I should explain what I want:

I need to have a title called Admin on the dashboard, under it I will have two links:
Open Orders
Closed Orders

I have a database table called orders. In the Open Orders I want to display only open orders from this table and of course in the Closed Orders only closed ones.

I have created an advanced module called admin.

It has a config file with this code:
$config['nav']['admin'] = array( 'admin/openorders' => 'Open Orders', 'admin/closedorders' => 'Closed Orders', );

admin_constants file:
define('ADMIN_VERSION', '1.0.0'); define('ADMIN_FOLDER', 'admin'); define('ADMIN_PATH', MODULES_PATH.ADMIN_FOLDER.'/');

admin_routes:
$admin_controllers = array('openorders', 'closedorders'); foreach($admin_controllers as $c) { $route[FUEL_ROUTE.'admin/'.$c] = FUEL_FOLDER.'/module'; $route[FUEL_ROUTE.'admin/'.$c.'/(.*)'] = FUEL_FOLDER.'/module/$1'; }

I have openorders controller.

What do I put in this controller?
Do I start it like this?
<?php require_once(FUEL_PATH.'/libraries/Fuel_base_controller.php'); class Openorders extends Fuel_base_controller { public function __construct() { parent::__construct(); $this->load->model('admin_model'); }

Thanks

admin

Try creating a fuel/modules/admin/config/admin_fuel_modules.php" file which has the following:
// add additional module config parameters here $config['modules']['openorders'] = array(); $config['modules']['closedorders'] = array();
The advanced module still needs to define the simple modules within it.

Sigal

Ah, that makes things clearer

Now another question, can I create a simple module called openorders when I don't have an openorders table?

admin

You can, but you must implement a few methods on the model (e.g. add_filters, list_items, list_items_total, find_by_key, record_count, delete, key_field, get_validation, get_errors, form_fields). The assets_model does this in which it uses the file system essentially as it's data source and inherits from the generic CI model instead of the base_module_model. Do you have another table that it needs to reference?

Sigal

Wow, thank you for such fast replies.
Yes the module will need to refference a few tables.

Is there a way I can use the controllers and models I have developped for this in my codeigniter site instead of redeveloping everything?

admin

Regarding using the same controllers and models, it's tough to say. I would hope you could use at least the models perhaps by augmenting them to support those methods. The controller for it to work inside the CMS would need to extend the Fuel_base_controller and you'd probably want to add certain permissions to validate against for the module. You could extract the reusable parts of the controller into a separate shared library they could both use.

Sigal

Hi,
Where do I find the assets_model?

Merry Christmas

admin

Merry Christmas to you as well. The file can be found in the fuel/modules/fuel/models/ folder.