Runtime Exception Booted CiviCRM, but failed to find 'api/class.api.php'

Question

I created an extension module with civix then cd'd to the module directory and tried to create a custom report based on a copy of an existing report. I used the following command:

$ civix generate:report --copy CRM_Report_Form_Case_Summary DemandCaseReport CiviCase

This generates an error message that I haven't yet been able to fix.

Initialize report CRM_Case_Form_Report_DemandCaseReport


[RuntimeException]                                      
Booted CiviCRM, but failed to find 'api/class.api.php'  


generate:report [--webPath [WEBPATH]] [--copy [COPY]] [--] <<ClassName>> <<CiviComponent>>

I'm using civix version v16.03.2-3-geeff5c0. It's a WordPress installation.

I can see that a file with that name resides in /wp-content/plugins/civicrm/civicrm/api/class.api.php

Is there an environment variable that I should be setting or something else that I'm overlooking?

Grateful for any tips, thanks.

Answer 1

It appears that civix is ignoring or overwriting additions to or modifications of the include_path. I added the full path name /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/xxx/civcrm/‌​wp-content/plug‌​ins/civicrm/‌​civicrm (where api resides) to include_path in the php.ini (checked I got the right one with php --ini). That didn't work.

But I got it to work by soft linking the api directory into the new extension directory, i.e. changed directory to the extension directory and did the following command: $ ln -s /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/xxx/civcrm/‌​wp-content/plug‌​ins/civicrm/‌​civicrm/api .

It's not an ideal solution but it enabled meet move forward.