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I have been trying to generate DAO and SQL files for an entity I created with civix generate:entity ... according to the documentation ("Add a new entity" - 4.d.).

Using the latest civicrm-core clone (latest commit e637260) I:

  1. ran composer install on the root (civiroot);
  2. verified that the vendor folder has the same packages that come along with, for example, CiviCRM 4.7.20 for Drupal 7.x (sites/all/modules/civicrm/vendor);
  3. copied the new entity's schema to the xml/schema folder;
  4. altered the Schema.xml itself to include this entity.

However, after running bash bin/setup.sh -g or php xml/GenCode.php this comes up:

Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required 'Log.php'

I.e. <root>/CRM/Core/Config.php is expecting:

require_once 'Log.php';
require_once 'Mail.php';

I searched for a while and I could not find these files, so I just thought of trying it out without these lines from Config.php, but once I rerun I got:

Notice: Use of undefined constant PEAR_ERROR_CALLBACK - assumed 'PEAR_ERROR_CALLBACK' in <root>/CRM/Core/TemporaryErrorScope.php on line 49

Notice: Undefined index: _PEAR_default_error_mode in <root>/CRM/Core/TemporaryErrorScope.php on line 74

Notice: Undefined index: _PEAR_default_error_options in <root>/CRM/Core/TemporaryErrorScope.php on line 75

Warning: require_once(PEAR/ErrorStack.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in <root>/CRM/Core/Error.php on line 36

Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required 'PEAR/ErrorStack.php' (include_path='.:<root>:<root>/packages:<root>/vendor/tecnickcom:<root>/vendor/phpseclib/phpseclib/phpseclib:<root>/vendor/pear/pear_exception:<root>/vendor/pear/auth_sasl:<root>/vendor/pear/validate_finance_creditcard:.:../packages:..') in /CRM/Core/Error.php on line 36

I did find a PEAR folder but it is in <root>/vendor/pear/pear_exception/PEAR, without any ErrorStack.php file.

I also found a couple of related questions in here:

In the last one, I understand that people seem to run the code generator without such problems.

I apologize the long question, TLDR;

  • what am I missing? What does GenCode.php need in order to run properly?
  • is there another way to generate DAO and SQL files for new entities?
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    Hi @Armfoot, did you already try to install buildkit to create a development instance (See docs.civicrm.org/dev/en/latest/tools/buildkit). I installed my development machine this way and the setup script works.
    – Kainuk - CiviCooP
    Commented Jun 18, 2017 at 15:41
  • Thank you @Kainuk. Although the setup.sh script runs for me as well (in a clean core clone, without even buildkit), the generation option (-g) does not. I indeed added the buildkit bin folder to the relevant environment variable (PATH), but even so, the files I mentioned continue to be required. I am still considering if any of the buildkit scripts would generate these missing files...
    – Armfoot
    Commented Jun 20, 2017 at 18:16

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civix generate:entity is experimental and, last I checked, broken.

When I need to do this, my approach is as follows:

  1. create my XML file for the new entity
  2. run a helper script to generate the SQL and DAO

Have a look at the helper files in CiviVolunteer for guidance; they should work for any project with minimal modification.

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  • generate:entity isn't actually broken (for me at least): it created the appropriate folder, a few PHP files and even the XML, I just needed to add more fields to it. I believe it is mentioned as experimental and incomplete because ideally it would also generate the DAO and SQL files. I saw the helper script you linked and realized it's a short version of the core's setup.sh, calling php GenCode.php at the end, which also fails due to the missing files I mentioned above. Anyway, thank you for the suggestion Frank.
    – Armfoot
    Commented Jun 22, 2017 at 18:11
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civix is now capable of generating the SQL and DAO with: civix generate:entity-boilerplate. The civix documentation gives more info.

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