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Answered Generate Model Code?

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    David Reply #1, 13 years, 8 months ago
    Hi guys!
    I'm getting into using xPDO for the first time and I'm reading through the docs here: http://rtfm.modx.com/display/xPDO20/Generating+the+Model+Code
    The very first step says "Create a PHP file where you have access to an xPDO instance." How do I do that? I imagine I could create a snippet and load it into a resource in MODx but I feel like that's not what it's asking of me. Also, will this process create tables in the database? I have already created them and populated them with some data so if it tried to create them I would expect it to fail.
    Thanks!

    This question has been answered by Bruno17. See the first response.

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      Bruno17 Reply #2, 13 years, 8 months ago
      one easy way to create your package and basic xml-schema from existing table(s) is to use MIGXs package-management-feature.

      once installed correctly, there is a button 'create package' and 'write schema'

      I would give your existing tables a unique prefix other than modx_ before writing the schema.
      Then change your custom-prefix back to the default-prefix of modx_ and click the button 'parse schema' and you should be done.

      This is the way I do this stuff. Takes minutes to create a new xpdo-package this way.
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        David Reply #3, 13 years, 8 months ago
        Okay, so I'm trying to install MIGX. I downloaded the package and I'm walking through the steps in the readme but they say this:
        Actions-tree:
        migx -> right-click -> create Acton here
        controller: index
        namespace: migx
        language-topics: migx:default,file

        but I see this:
        http://img42.com/hMVZB

        What do I select for parent controller?
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          Bruno17 Reply #4, 13 years, 8 months ago
          parent controller: none
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            David Reply #5, 13 years, 8 months ago
            I tried that but it says I have to specify a parent action. There's no mention of language-tpoics or anything either.
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              David Reply #6, 13 years, 8 months ago
              Nevermind. I left it blank. That's not the same thing.
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                David Reply #7, 13 years, 8 months ago
                Okay, so I did that. It gave me an alert saying "success" a few times. Sweet! Can I now do something like the code below in my snippets or are there more steps?

                $path = MODX_CORE_PATH . 'components/myClass/';
$result = $modx->addPackage('myClass',$path . 'model/','prefix_');
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                  Bruno17 Reply #8, 13 years, 8 months ago
                  check if your package and xpdo-classes and map-files really are created, since the processors of this feature allways return a 'success' - message.

                  if all went well, you should be able to use your new created xpdo-classes now.
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                    BobRay Reply #9, 13 years, 8 months ago
                    Here is another easy way: http://bobsguides.com/custom-db-tables.html. It will create the schema and the class and map files for you.
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                      David Reply #10, 13 years, 8 months ago
                      Quote from: BobRay at Feb 01, 2013, 06:36 PM
                      Here is another easy way: http://bobsguides.com/custom-db-tables.html. It will create the schema and the class and map files for you.

                      Hi Bob! I actually started with that guide but it was talking about some methods that parse and write the schema and I couldn't figure out how or where I was supposed to run these methods. My search led me to the docs I linked in my original post but they were only marginally helpful. They helped me understand that I need to create a PHP file somewhere that has access to xPDO but they don't say how to do that, which was my original question. Am I missing something in your guide?

                      Incidentally, the MIGX method does appear to work well but so far I haven't been able to get my package that it created to return anything other than an empty array.