Create page programmatically - set date

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I try to set a given date when creating a page programmatically but the current date/time is set instead.

Is it because I use default: now in my blueprints? Can I overwrite it when creating a page programmatically?

fields: 
  publication: 
      label: Publication date
      type: date
      time: true
      default: now

I create my page like this:

$publication_date = '1551744000'; // March, 05 th 2019
$content = [
			'title' 		=> 'Your Ad title (3-5 words)',
			'description'	=> 'Your Ad description (300-350 characters)',
			'sponsor'	=> 'sponsor',
			'publication'	=> (int)$publication_date
		];
	
		// Generate an unique slug with Stripe transaction_id
		$slug = $event->data->object->payment_intent;

		// Create the "post" page
		kirby()->page('posts')->createChild([
			'content'  => $content,
			'slug'     => $slug,
			'template' => $template,
		]);

I pass the date as an (int) => timestamp, is it the good format?

Thx for you advices

2

When you create that page, what is stored in the content file before you open the page in the Panel? I don’t think it makes sense to store a Unix timestamp, given that the Panel stores a date in the format YYYY-mm-dd and probably doesn’t make sense of the timestamp (not tested).

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So you think I should rather set my date like this?

$content = [
	'title' 	=> 'Your Ad title (3-5 words)',
	'description'	=> 'Your Ad description (300-350 characters)',
	'sponsor'	=> 'sponsor',
	'publication'	=> date( "Y-m-d" , (int)$publication_date );
	];

I give it a try …

4

Yep works with this format :slight_smile:

Thank you @texnixe

5

Not sure if this is a bug or I’m doing something wrong but… if I have this field in my blueprint:

image:
  type: files
  multiple: false
  label: Image
  width: 1/2

And I try to add an image programatically it doesn’t work. The field always stays empty.

$new = page('podcasts/category-a')->createChild([
'slug'     	=> $slug,
'template' 	=> 'episode',
'draft'		=> $draft,
'num'		=> $number,
'content' 	=> [
	'title'  	=> $item->get_title(),
	'date' 		=> $item->get_date('d-m-Y'),
	'text'		=> $item->get_description(),
	'number'	=> (int) $number,
	'image'		=> $image,
]
]);

If I rename the image field in the php code to something else then the info does get saved. Are files supposed to be added somehow differently?

6

If it works with another field name, then I assume it interferes with the native image method, but would have to check what happens in the source code.

7

I also want to create a page programmatically and want to add an image from the assets. But I dont know what to write instead of your $image? What is behind this variable? How do I refer to an image from the assets?

8

What exactly do you want to achieve? In the example, only a reference to an image is stored in a field, but not actually a file moved into the files folder.

If you want to store a link to a file, you can create an asset from a file in the assets folder using the asset() helper: https://getkirby.com/docs/reference/templates/helpers/asset, then get the url from that object.

But if you want to use a files field like in the example, it doesn’t accept a URL but needs a file object.

9

So under specific circumstances I want to create a child of a page programmatically – that is working well so far. But in this specific case I also want to pre-fill the text (what is working) and image fields.
I want to do that, because the page should be online/visible as soon as the page is created and for that I need an image (because of the layout/design). At the moment the page is created but I first need to add an image via the panel. And I want to pre-fill it, and later you still can change the image via the panel.

<?php $downloadChild = $page->createChild([
	"slug" => "downloads",
	"template" => "downloads",
	"content" => [
		"title" => "Downloads",
		"pageIntro" => "text bla",
		"teaser_description" => "text text text"
		"teaser_image" => ??
	]
]); ?>

The text is easy. But how do I add there an image from the assets folder? I thought I could do it like this or so
"teaser_image" => "assets/img/image_name.jpg"

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If you want to store something in a files field, the file must actually exist in the content folder, so you would have to move it there from the assets folder. Also, a files field expects that you store the data yaml-encoded.

The alternative would be to not store anything in that field, and only fall back to the image from the assets folder in your template. I think that’s probably the better option.

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Ah ok, I kind of thought about that, but I also dont know how to add the file to that content folder. Do you have an example code or a reference to a tutorial? Sorry I am a total beginner in Kirby.

Its a special case, so I dont want to have that image as a default in the blueprint

12

As I said, I wouldn’t even move the image into the folder that but handle the case that no image is present in the template.

13

Ah ok, I think I got it :slight_smile: