Field collection field handler for migrate module. (#1175082) · Issues · project / field_collection

Field collection field handler for migrate module.

>>> [!note] Migrated issue   Reported by: [marcusx](https://www.drupal.org/user/837130) >>> Hi! I am trying to write a field collection field handler for the migrate module. As starter I used the code from the simple value fields fields handler that comes with the migrate module as I thought the field from field collection is pretty the same than an integer field. Instead of storing an integer value from the user, it stores an integer value which is the entity id. Am I right there? My first question is, has my array down here the right format? As I understand Field API (I don't know much about Field API) Where the array key says value down here. This is the name of a column in the db that ends with value and where the entity id is saved? In my case "field_ca_competitor_value ". <div class="codeblock"> <pre><?php $return[$language][$delta]['value'] = 5555; // Test with some fake Entity ID ?></pre></div> If I run this in my migration I wolud assume that I get a new row in the field table that looks like this: <pre> == Data for table field_data_field_ca_competitor |------ |entity_type|bundle|deleted|entity_id|revision_id|language|delta|field_ca_competitor_value |------ |node|competitor_analysis|0|6278|4818|de|0|5555 <-- This the fake ID from my migrate handler </pre>But this is not happening. The node with the field inside is created, but the field is not populated. So my second question is: Can someone tell me if this is because there is no field colletion with the entity id (5555) at this moment? Does field collection check if there is data with this id and than avoiding that inconsistent state. I can't be a feature from the field API or? Because field API can not know that this field stores the entity id to a field collection, or can it? I thought migrate is just calling the field API for creating a row in the db with this field data. But maybe this works not like that, instead the data is written by the field collection module and at this place there is some consitency checking?! Thanks for anything what helps me to understand this. <div class="codeblock"> <pre><?php /*  Example from the Migrate Module how this is done with simple value fields     class MigrateValueFieldHandler extends MigrateFieldHandler {   public function __construct() {     $this->registerTypes(array('value', 'list', 'list_boolean', 'list_integer',       'list_float', 'list_text', 'number_integer', 'number_decimal', 'number_float'));   }   public function prepare($entity, array $field_info, array $instance, array $values) {     $migration = Migration::currentMigration();     $arguments = (isset($values['arguments']))? $values['arguments']: array();     $language = $this->getFieldLanguage($entity, $field_info, $arguments);     // Setup the standard Field API array for saving.     $delta = 0;     foreach ($values as $value) {       $return[$language][$delta]['value'] = $value;       $delta++;     }     if (!isset($return)) {       $return = NULL;     }     return $return;   } }  */ // Define a way to get data into the field_collectio field in a node // This means not getting data in the fileds of the field collection class MigrateFieldCollectionFieldHandler extends MigrateFieldHandler {   // Define the constructor of our Handler - it lets Migrate know what *types* of fields this handler is compatible against.   public function __construct() {     // Handle the field_collectio field type     $this->registerTypes(array('field_collection'));   }     // Based on the entity and return an array of field values to get processed. public function prepare($entity, array $field_info, array $instance, array $values) {     $migration = Migration::currentMigration();     $arguments = (isset($values['arguments']))? $values['arguments']: array();     $language = $this->getFieldLanguage($entity, $field_info, $arguments);     // Setup the standard Field API array for saving.     $delta = 0;      $return[$language][$delta]['value'] = 5555; // Test with some fake Entity ID            if (!isset($return)) {       $return = NULL;     }     return $return;   } } ?></pre></div>

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