Create comment inside a module

[Frank Vèssia]

I'm trying to create a comment inside a module function but I got error "Class 'Comment' not found"
 

public function postComment($pageid){
       $input      = wire('input');
       $user       = wire('user');
       $sanitizer  = wire('sanitizer');
       $pages      = wire('pages');
       if($input->post->rv_text && $user->isLoggedin() && $pageid != ''){
           $c     = new Comment();

          ...
        }
}

[rick]

Just off the top, I don't believe the comment module is autoloaded, so you'd have to reference it prior to instantiation.

[Frank Vèssia]

mmm you are right... but how? Usually I use other module's methods but comment module doesn't have a "new()" like method so I'm not quite sure how to make this 

[rick]

Sorry. I was in a hurry when I first posted, and only glanced at the error message in your question. 

Try this to retrieve whatever the module name is (?) within quotes. I believe this also instantiates the class as well (but gladly defer to the knowledgeable members).

$this->modules->get('?');

[DaveP]

I think 

 $comments = wire(modules)->get("Comments");

should work. Probably. 

Edited January 18, 2016 by DaveP

[Frank Vèssia]

it doesn't work, i tried wire('modules')->get('Comments') and wire('modules')->get('FieldtypeComments')
I also tried $c = FieldtypeComments::Comment()

[kongondo]

The Comment Class is not a module. It is a PHP file. You would have to require/include it first in your module, e.g. init() or earlier before you can call on it

[Frank Vèssia]

mmm, i tried to include those files (at least Comment.php) but still i got "Class 'Comment' not found"...

 

[kongondo]

Then your path must be wrong. I tested and it works fine.

Normally, $this->config->paths->ModuleName should give you the path on disk to a module's folder but I've found out that for Fieldtypes that live inside their own folders (such as FieldtypeComments), it doesn't work. For those 'outside' such as FieldtypeDatetime, you will get the path on disk, e.g. F:/vhosts/k.dev/wire/modules/Fieldtype/

So, you need to try something like this (hard-coded, I know ):

public function init() {
   $path = $this->config->paths->modules . 'Fieldtype/FieldtypeComments';
   require_once($path . '/Comment.php');
}

[Frank Vèssia]

thanks, anyway the problem was related to the module itself, some init issue, I uninstalled the module and reinstalled and now it works