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My Custom Block Isn't working

Permalink January 23, 2015 at 10:53 AM

So this is the first time I'm using Concrete5.7, I used an older verison on other websites.

This is a fresh install in Concerete5.7.

I've tried creating my own Custom Block called CorporateEmployee (the folder in applications/blocks/ is called corporate_employee. The block installed correctly, but any time I try to drag the block onto an area it simply sits there idle, with the loading cursor icon going. It never actually adds the block to the area.

Here's all my block code.

add.php

<?php
    defined('C5_EXECUTE') or die(_("Access Denied."));
    $al = Loader::helper('concrete/asset_library');
?>
<div class="ccm-ui">
    <div class="alert-message block-message info">
        <?php echo t("This form is used to add corporate level employees.") ?>
    </div>
    <?php
        echo $form->label('name', t('Name'));
        echo $form->text('name');
        echo $form->label('title', t('Title'));
        echo $form->text('title');
        echo $form->label('biography', t('Biography');
        echo $form->text('biography');

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<?php
    defined('C5_EXECUTE') or die(_("Access Denied."));
    $al = Loader::helper('concrete/asset_library');
?>
 
<div class="ccm-ui">
    <div class="alert-message block-message info">
        <?php echo t("This form is used to add corporate level employees.") ?>
    </div>
 
    <?php
        echo $form->label('name', t('Name'));
        echo $form->text('name');
 
        echo $form->label('title', t('Title'));
        echo $form->text('title');
 
        echo $form->label('biography', t('Biography');
        echo $form->text('biography');
 
        echo($al->file('ccm-b-file', 'fID', t('Choose File')));
        $bf = File::getByID($fID);
    ?>
</div>

controller.php

<?php
namespace Application\Block\CorporateEmployee;
use Concrete\Core\Block\BlockController;
class Controller extends BlockController
{
    protected $btTable = "btCorporateEmployees";
    protected $btInterfaceWidth = "350";
    protected $btInterfaceHeight = "300";
    public function getBlockTypeName() {
        return t('Corporate Employees');
    }
    public function getBlockTypeDescription() {
        return t('This block is used to manage existing & new corporate employees.');
    } 
}

db.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<schema version="0.3">
    <table name="btCorporateEmployees">
        <field name="bID" type="I">
            <key />
            <unsigned />
        </field>
        <field name="name" type="X2">
            <default value="" />
        </field>
        <field name="title" type="X2">
            <default value="" />
        </field>
        <field name="biography" type="X2">
            <default value="" />

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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<schema version="0.3">
    <table name="btCorporateEmployees">
        <field name="bID" type="I">
            <key />
            <unsigned />
        </field>
        <field name="name" type="X2">
            <default value="" />
        </field>
 
        <field name="title" type="X2">
            <default value="" />
        </field>
 
        <field name="biography" type="X2">
            <default value="" />
        </field>
 
        <field name="fID" type="I">
        </field>
    </table>
</schema>

edit.php

<?php
    defined('C5_EXECUTE') or die(_("Access Denied."));
    $al = Loader::helper('concrete/asset_library');
?>
<div class="ccm-ui">
    <div class="alert-message block-message info">
        <?php echo t("This form is used to edit corporate level employees.") ?>
    </div>
    <?php
        echo $form->label('name', t('Name'));
        echo $form->text('name', $name);
        echo $form->label('title', t('Title'));
        echo $form->text('title', $title);
        echo $form->label('biography', t('Biography');
        echo $form->text('biography', $biography);

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<?php
    defined('C5_EXECUTE') or die(_("Access Denied."));
    $al = Loader::helper('concrete/asset_library');
?>
 
<div class="ccm-ui">
    <div class="alert-message block-message info">
        <?php echo t("This form is used to edit corporate level employees.") ?>
    </div>
 
    <?php
        echo $form->label('name', t('Name'));
        echo $form->text('name', $name);
 
        echo $form->label('title', t('Title'));
        echo $form->text('title', $title);
 
        echo $form->label('biography', t('Biography');
        echo $form->text('biography', $biography);
 
        echo($al->file('ccm-b-file', 'fID', t('Choose File'), $bf));
        $bf = File::getByID($fID);
    ?>
</div>

view.php

<?php defined('C5_EXECUTE') or die(_("Access Denied.")) ?>
<div class="row full-width">
    <div class="row">
        <?php echo($fID); ?>
        <div class="col-lg-7 col-lg-offset-1">
            <h3><span class="name"><?php echo($name); ?></span><span class="title"><?php echo($title); ?></span></h3>
            <hr class="little-orange">
            <p><?php echo($biography); ?></p>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

ntisithoj replied on Jan 23, 2015 at 11:55 am Permalink Reply

well, one problem is you are missing a closing paren

echo $form->label('biography', t('Biography');

need to be

echo $form->label('biography', t('Biography'));

in add.php and edit.php

shockdot replied on Jan 23, 2015 at 11:59 am Permalink Reply

Wow... It's the little things that get you.

Problem solved, thanks.

ntisithoj replied on Jan 23, 2015 at 12:06 pm Permalink Reply

However... testing your code gives me an error that the harder to find..

when adding a new employee, the form appears and on the last field I get

The identifier fID is missing for a query of Concrete\Core\File\File

Are you experiencing that?

I do not see where/why this would be happenning in your code.

shockdot replied on Jan 23, 2015 at 12:13 pm Permalink Reply

Not getting it on my end. I just added a brand new block and everything was working fine with it.

ntisithoj replied on Jan 23, 2015 at 11:38 pm Permalink Reply

I have posted my related question here ->http://www.concrete5.org/community/forums/customizing_c5/the-identi...

But I also want ot ask, Where is $fID coming from? The problem is, in my code (same as yours) it is null. But I assume yours is not.

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