Wordpress pods framework - importing custom settings pages with php - php

Question

I would like to import the pods settings using the functions.php file in my theme I have a json file exported from pods UI
function import_pods_package($package_data) {
// Check if Pods is active
if ( !function_exists( 'pods' ) ) {
return new WP_Error( 'pods_not_active', 'Pods plugin is not active' );
}
// Import the package
var_dump(json_decode($package_data));
$import = pods_api()->import( $package_data,);
// Return the result
if ( false === $import ) {
return new WP_Error( 'pods_import_failed', 'Failed to import Pods package' );
} else {
return true;
}
}
import_pods_package(get_template_directory_uri().'/general.json');
I tried this, but result is:: Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in C:\laragon\www\wordpress\test\wordpress\wp-content\plugins\pods\classes\PodsAPI.php on line **10668
i also tried to convert json file to csv and result is same.
If I have provided too little information, please let me know what else is needed

Answer 1

For the current state of the import(...) function in PodsAPI.php see https://github.com/pods-framework/pods/blob/main/classes/PodsAPI.php
/**
* Import data from an array or a CSV file.
*
* #param mixed $import_data PHP associative array or CSV input
* #param bool $numeric_mode Use IDs instead of the name field when matching
* #param string $format Format of import data, options are php or csv
*
* #return array IDs of imported items
*
* #since 1.7.1
* #todo This needs some love and use of table_info etc for relationships
*/
public function import( $import_data, $numeric_mode = false, $format = null ) {
// ... Doing something ...
// If the $import_data is a CSV, then parse it
if ( 'csv' === $format && ! is_array( $import_data ) ) {
$data = pods_migrate( 'sv', ',' )->parse( $import_data );
$import_data = $data['items'];
}
// ... Doing something ...
// Gets default valid POD fields
$fields = pods_config_merge_fields( $pod['fields'], $pod['object_fields'] );
// ... Doing something ...
// Loops through your $import_data
foreach ( $import_data as $key => $data_row ) {
$data = array();
// Loops through default valid POD fields and try to find an equivalent filed in your $import_data
foreach ( $fields as $field_name => $field_data ) {
// If there is not an equivalent filed in your $import_data, jump into the next field
if ( ! isset( $data_row[ $field_name ] ) && ! isset( $data_row[ $field_data['label'] ] ) ) {
continue;
}
// If there is an equivalent filed in your $import_data, apply its value to the current POD configuration
// ... Doing something ...
}
}
// Return the ID numbers of those valid fields which have been found in your $import_data
return $ids;
}
Your problem starts with the line 10668:
Clearly there is something wrong with the $fields variable. This variable contains the current configuration of your POD fields.
You can try to var_dump it to see what's wrong with it:
Go to PodsAPI.php and create a new function for testing purposes:
public function myTest() {
/**
* #var $wpdb wpdb
*/
global $wpdb;
pods_query( "SET NAMES utf8" );
pods_query( "SET CHARACTER SET utf8" );
if ( ! empty( $this->pod_data ) ) {
$pod = $this->pod_data;
} elseif ( ! empty( $this->pod ) ) {
$pod = $this->load_pod( [ 'name' => $this->pod ], false );
}
if ( false === $pod ) {
return pods_error( __( 'Pod not found', 'pods' ), $this );
}
$pod_name = $pod['name'];
$fields = pods_config_merge_fields( $pod['fields'], $pod['object_fields'] );
return $fields;
}
Go back to functions.php and var_dump the $fields variable:
function import_pods_package($package_data) {
// Check if Pods is active
if ( !function_exists( 'pods' ) ) {
return new WP_Error( 'pods_not_active', 'Pods plugin is not active' );
}
// Prints out the current POD fields configuration
$fields = pods_api()->myTest();
var_dump($fields);
// ...
}