Hook is also triggered when a page is saved through the API

[jrtderonde]

Hey,

I made a hook that is triggered when a page with a certain template is saved. I meant to create the script only for the backend of the website.

Now, whenever a page is saved on the front end (with the API) the module is being triggered. I was wondering if there is a method to have it only trigger whenever a page is saved on the backend (so not through the API).

 

Jim

[adrian]

In most cases you can simply do:

if($page->template == "admin") {

but this needs to be in ready(). If you need it to work within init(), then I use:

if(strpos($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], wire('config')->urls->admin) === 0) {

 

[jrtderonde]

That did the trick, thanks adrian!

[Robin S]

Alternatively you can have your module autoload only in the PW admin. Then the hooks you add in init() won't apply to API code you use in a template file.

public static function getModuleInfo() {
    return array(
        'title' => 'My Module',
        'version' => '1',
        'summary' => "Module summary.",
        'autoload' => "template=admin",
    );
}

 

[adrian]

Just now, Robin S said:

Alternatively you can have your module autoload only in the PW admin. Then the hooks you add in init() won't apply to API code you use in a template file.

public static function getModuleInfo() {
    return array(
        'title' => 'My Module',
        'version' => '1',
        'summary' => "Module summary.",
        'autoload' => "template=admin",
    );
}

 

This is a great idea (better than mine) if nothing in the module needs to work on the frontend, but one thing to note - if you change the autoload from true to template=admin you will need to do a Modules > Refresh to have the change take effect - I remember pulling some hairs in my early days of module development wondering why it wasn't working