@texnixe In the Discord, you point me to this cookbook : Quicktip: Add blocks to a blocks field programmatically | Kirby It’s ok for a block type fields: text: type: blocks pretty: true but what if I use a layout type fields: layout: type: layout I tried this in the config file …

You would have to create a new Layout object…

Could you please show me a code example ?

I’m afraid I can’t for the moment. You could have a look at the source code, how to construct a new layout object. @bastianallgeier or @distantnative , could you please help out with this?

The easiest way to create blocks and layouts looks like this: $blocks = Kirby\Cms\Blocks::factory([ [ 'content' => [ 'text' => 'Nice heading' ], 'type' => 'heading' ], [ 'content' => [ 'text' => 'This is some text' ], …

Ok so if I want to update a field that belongs to all my image type block, I need to rebuild an entire layout object based on my current layout and just change the field concerned then do : $newlayout = Kirby\Cms\Layouts::factory([ [ …

Yes, you would basically merge what you have with what you want to change, then update the field with the result.

Bringing this thread up instead of a new one. I am updating some values in some blocks which are also inside a Layouts field and am using the above technique to convert an array that holds the layout data structure to a Layouts object. When doing var_dump all I get is: object(Kirby\Cms\Layouts)#61…

Update blocks field programmatically if we use Layout?

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resolved, Programatically update blocks in a layout - #8 by afincato.

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