Is there a way to put CiviCRM in read-only mode or deactivate forms programmatically?

Question

I have recently set up our website so that I can put it in read-only mode (using the Read Only Mode module) when doing maintenance, such as upgrades and code pulls, however, this is a Drupal function only and I noticed that while in read-only mode, CiviCRM front-facing forms, such as CiviContribute forms, as well as backend functions are still available.

Is there a way to either put CiviCRM into read-only mode or turn off/deactivate the CiviContribute forms? I have written a bash script that runs all my update/upgrade processes and would like to find a way to do this using drush. For staff, I'm thinking of just deactivating the link to CiviCRM in the administrative menu, but I am most concerned with making sure users can't process transactions and write to the database during down-time.

I'm on CiviCRM 5.1.0 and Drupal 7.59

Answer 1

For the CiviContribute forms, you can choose Disable for each form from the Manage Contribution Pages screen (civicrm/admin/contribute?reset=1 on 4.6 LTS). The Disable option is under the More link. When maintenance is done, you can Enable each one in the same way.

For something from the command line:

There is an entity in the API called ContributionPage with a parameter called "Is Page Active?" (is_active). I just executed the Create action thru the API Explorer and it seems to have worked. I would test it out and see what works best for you. The API Explorer lists the drush command as: drush cvapi ContributionPage.create sequential=1 id=15 is_active=0 (0 being disabled and 1 being enabled)

Answer 2

Maybe, we could just add an extension with a simple call to freeze the form in a buildform hook. Something like -

function example_civicrm_buildForm($formName, &$form) {
  $form->freeze();
}

This will display all forms in CiviCRM as read-only.

Note: We need to enable this ext before an upgrade and disable after the process is completed.

Answer 3

No there is no way of putting CiviCRM in read only or maintance mode.

However if you put Drupal in maintaince mode only administrators could login and access civicrm. All other users cannot do anything.

Answer 4

You could temporarily disable the CiviCRM module. That would take down all your contribution forms, etc. However you'd have to be careful to re-enable it when doing anything Civi-related in your maintenance. It must be enabled in order to upgrade CiviCRM.