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Hi there,
Is there a way to have the source code of a certain set of pages outputted by MODx into a field of a database table? I'd prefer this to happen with the least amount of interaction possible.
I am thinking of a table where MODx's resource ID is the primary key, and where there is a column with the rendered resource's source text.
How could I do that?
Thanks!
PHP illiterate MODx enthusiast
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/programming/php-get-the-contents-of-a-web-page-rss-feed-or-xml-file-into-a-string-variable/
Use the preferred method in a snippet, then save it to the custom database table. You can get the ID from the alias used in the URL.
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Thanks a lot, sottwell!
file_get_contents() looks good. Problem is, the relevant pages are in a password protected zone, and I'd like to keep it that way. So if I just take the http url as argument to file_get_contents(), I get nothing.
Is there a way to bypass the web server and grab the content directly from MODx?
PHP illiterate MODx enthusiast
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I think you can use a plugin for OnWebPageComplete, which can do some checks and stores the rendered output, when you visit the page.
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Alright, a plugin! Now I just looked into the API the first time - it looks daunting.
Would you mind a little hand-holding? Just dropping some object names or method names (or similar) that point in the right direction would be appreciated.
I am going to delve in the documentation, but right now I don't know where to start looking.
PHP illiterate MODx enthusiast
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this code in a plugin stores the rendered page into a chunk if you call the page with
in the url and the resourceID is in the storeResources-array:
<?php
if (isset($_REQUEST['store'])) {
$storeResources = array(1, 2, 5);
$chunkname = 'debug';
if (in_array($modx->resource->get('id'), $storeResources)) {
if ($chunk = $modx->getObject('modChunk', array('name' => $chunkname))){
}else{
$chunk = $modx->newObject('modChunk');
$chunk->set('name',$chunkname);
}
$chunk->setContent($chunk->getContent() . $modx->resource->_output);
$chunk->save();
}
}
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Hey, thank you, Bruno!
I have put the code into a new plugin and I can confirm that it works (by putting print("Success!"); into appropriate places.
Now I'm trying to have a look at the new chunk. I suppose its name is 'debug' by guessing at the array in the getObject method, but how to handle it? No chunk so named shows up in the elements tree...
I have tried print($chunk); but that outputs nothing.
PHP illiterate MODx enthusiast
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the plugin didn't create the chunk with name 'debug', you had to create it by yourself.
But now it does.
You can see the result, when you open the chunk 'debug'.
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Great, it's working!
One thing that puzzles me is that my print("..."); commands don't have any effect anymore, even though with the prior version they did put strings into the source code.
Why could that be? I thought the plugin suddenly stopped working at all.
Anyway, thanks a lot for your awesome help!
Next thing up is a mechanism that selects the right resources, strips the EOLs from the chunk content and writes it into the database table. I'll see how far I will get
PHP illiterate MODx enthusiast
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Print and echo send their output to the output buffer. Since there really isn't one for a plugin, they go nowhere.
You might also want to check out the EmailResource plugin, which could easily be modified to put the result in the DB instead of emailing it. It has the advantage of converting any CSS files to inline CSS (which you might or might not want).
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