Save a value when a page is added using ready.php hook

[cb2004]

I am having a bit of a brain ache with this one. Can anybody point me in the right direction. At the moment I just want to get the field text_1 populated with the value test and then I should be good to go.

Cheers.

<?php

$pages->addHookAfter("added", function($event) {
	$page = $event->object;
	if($page->template->id == 46) {
		$page->text_1 = "test";
	}
});

[BitPoet]

You need to save your change. For PW < 2.7:

$of = $page->of();
$page->of(false);
$page->set('text_1', 'test');
$page->save('text_1');
$page->of($of);

Or for PW >= 2.7:

$page->setAndSave("text_1", "test");

[cb2004]

Cheers BitPoet, but there is an error after adding:

Method Pages::setAndSave does not exist or is not callable in this context

[cb2004]

This is in the ready.php file, I think it would work with no problems on the frontend.

[LostKobrakai]

$event->object will always give you the object the hook function is on. In this case it's pages.

$pages->addHookAfter("added", function($event) {
	// $pages = $event->object; 
        $page = $event->arguments(0);
	if($page->template->id == 46) {
		$page->setAndSave('text_1', "test");
	}
});

[cb2004]

Cheers LostKobrakai. Still no joy with this though.

[cb2004]

I tacked on $this->message("WORKING"); just to make sure I got this message and I did.

[cb2004]

I have a working solution. I am taking a guess that it cannot update a field directly in the page you are saving without a bit of extra information:

<?php

$pages->addHookBefore('added', function($event) {
	$page = $event->arguments(0);
	if ($page->template->id == 46) {
		$p = wire('pages')->get($page->id);
		$p->setAndSave("text_1", "test");
	}
});

The solution by LostKobrakai works as well.

Edited April 14, 2016 by cb2004

[bernhard]

That looks strange... Does anybody know why lostkobrakai's solution does not work?

[cb2004]

I could be wrong but I think LostKobrakai edited his post from $page->text_1 = "test"; to $page->setAndSave('text_1', "test"); as I revisited his solution and it worked fine.