addHookMethod for namespaced classes

[LAPS]

Hi there,

this post would be similar to the one posted in the VIP support relating the FormBuilder module but here is more general.

I would like to add a custom method to a namespaced class, say FormBuilderForm.

So in my ready.php file I added (and tried)

wire('forms')->addHookMethod('FormBuilderForm::myMethodName', function($event) {
// $forms->addHookMethod('FormBuilderForm::myMethodName', function($event) {
// wire('forms')->addHookMethod('FormBuilderForm::myMethodName', null, function($event) {
// $forms->addHookMethod('FormBuilderForm::myMethodName', null, function($event) {
// wire()->addHookMethod('FormBuilderForm::myMethodName', function($event) {
// $wire->addHookMethod('FormBuilderForm::myMethodName', function($event) {
// wire()->addHookMethod('FormBuilderForm::myMethodName', null, function($event) {
// $wire->addHookMethod('FormBuilderForm::myMethodName', null, function($event) {
// wire('forms')->addHook('FormBuilderForm::myMethodName', function($event) {
// $forms->addHook('FormBuilderForm::myMethodName', function($event) {
// wire('forms')->addHook('FormBuilderForm::myMethodName', null, function($event) {
// $forms->addHook('FormBuilderForm::myMethodName', null, function($event) {
// wire()->addHook('FormBuilderForm::myMethodName', function($event) {
// $wire->addHook('FormBuilderForm::myMethodName', function($event) {
// wire()->addHook('FormBuilderForm::myMethodName', null, function($event) {
// $wire->addHook('FormBuilderForm::myMethodName', null, function($event) {

  // function implementation...
});

but by calling the myMethodName method for FormBuilderForm objects e.g. in a template file 

$form = wire('forms')->get('my_form_name');

$form->myMethodName();

I'm getting the error

Fatal Error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined method ProcessWire\FormBuilderForm::myMethodName()

 

How can I solve the error in order to properly add the method myMethodName to the class FormBuilderForm?

[teppo]

The problem here is not about namespaces, but rather that FormBuilderForm doesn't extend Wire (or any class derived from it), which means that it's not hookable.

Long story short: currently you can't add methods to FormBuilderForm with hooks — you could submit a request for this to Ryan, but in the short term I'd recommend finding some other way to do whatever it is that you're ultimately trying to achieve with this method ?

[LAPS]

@teppo Thanks for the clarification.

Is there an dedicated place where I can submit a request for this to Ryan?

[teppo]

2 minutes ago, LAPS said:

Is there an dedicated place where I can submit a request for this to Ryan?

I'd say that the FormBuilder support forum is the best way to get his attention.