How do I add new attributes to an attribute set using package upgrade?

Permalink March 03, 2014 at 11:47 AM

I'm trying to add a couple text fields and a couple select fields to an attribute set in a package I'm developing. I can't uninstall the package because we've already started adding content.

I've searched and I just can't find documentation on how to add those fields to a package using the package upgrade method.

Is this correct? Is there any documentation on this anywhere? I based this off the install for different attributes, the part I'm not sure about is $themeSet = AttributeSet::getByHandle('article');

$select = AttributeType::getByHandle('select');
        $themeSet = AttributeSet::getByHandle('article');
        $akArticle6 = CollectionAttributeKey::add($select,array('akHandle'=>'vertical','akName'=>t('Vertical Market'),'akIsSearchableIndexed'=>true,'akIsSearchable'=>true),$this)->setAttributeSet($themeSet);
        $pageType = CollectionType::getByHandle('article');
        $ak = CollectionAttributeKey::getByHandle('vertical');
        $pageType->assignCollectionAttribute($ak);
        $akArticle6Option = SelectAttributeTypeOption::add($ak, 'All Verticals', 0, 0);
        $akArticle6Option = SelectAttributeTypeOption::add($ak, 'Food and Beverage', 0, 0);

Thank you!

enlil replied on Mar 3, 2014 at 12:20 pm Permalink Reply

Look in the controller in the c5 boilerplate package available in the marketplace. That should point you in the right direction.

bobkennedy replied on Mar 3, 2014 at 1:40 pm Permalink Reply

Thanks, that gets me closer. Here's the upgrade portion from that controller:

public function upgrade() {
//      If you have an attribute type in your package that needs to
//      update it's database table, you will need to run this:
//      
//      $est = AttributeType::getByHandle('attribute_handle');
//      $path = $est->getAttributeTypeFilePath(FILENAME_ATTRIBUTE_DB);
//      Package::installDB($path);
      parent::upgrade();
      $pkg = Package::getByHandle($this->pkgHandle);
      $this->installAdditionalPageAttributes($pkg);
   }