I'm working on creating a custom module for SugarCRM. Their forums are active but they are very inactive with people that actually provide solutions, so I thought I would come here since this question is not specific to Sugar.

Given the following code:

PHP Code:

<?php

$installdefs = array (
    'copy' => array(
          0 => 
             array (
               'from' => '<basepath>/custom',
               'to' => 'custom',
             ),
          1 => 
             array (
               'from' => '<basepath>/custom2',
               'to' => 'custom2',
             ),
          2 => 
             array (
               'from' => '<basepath>/custom2',
               'to' => 'custom2',
             ),
      ),
);

?>

$installdefs['copy'][0]['from'] = "<basepath>/custom";

right??

If so... What would happen if I executed the code as follows:

PHP Code:

<?php
$installdefs['copy'][0]['from'] = "<basepath>/different";

$installdefs = array (
    'copy' => array(
          0 => 
             array (
               'from' => '<basepath>/custom',
               'to' => 'custom',
             ),
          1 => 
             array (
               'from' => '<basepath>/custom2',
               'to' => 'custom2',
             ),
          2 => 
             array (
               'from' => '<basepath>/custom2',
               'to' => 'custom2',
             ),
      ),
);

?>

My assumption is that the initial declaration of the $installdef['copy'][0]['from'] will get totally overwritten. If so... I need to be able to add a value to the $installdefs['copy'][] array. BUT I need to add this PRIOR to the first declaration. How can I accomplish this?

REASON: SugarCRM automatically generates the manifest.php file when you publish the module. BUT, I have custom code that I want inserted into custom directory. The only way to do that (automatically) is to insert values into the above array.

The problem is that the script is executed as followings:
include(pre_install.php)
include(manifest.php)
include(post_install.php)

If I put the declaration in the post_install.php file it is too late. If I put it in the pre_install.php file, I think it will be overwritten when the manifest.php file is included.

Is there a way to do what I want?

first of all, the array should be in pre_install.php as part of initialization.
in this case, you need to examine the script that created manifest.php and see which variables it uses to generate the array.
that way, you would know exactly where and which to set.

I know exactly what to set. The 'copy' element needs to get set as I set it, but I'm trying to set it up so that if I put it in the custom/modulebuilder/builds directory that when I package it, I won't have to extract and then edit the manifest.php file. I'd like it to be just packaged so that it will work.

The problem is that the script that generates the package automatically sets the 0 =>, 1=> and so on. So I would assume that if I add one manually at $installdefs['copy'][0] that it will get written over (if I put it in the pre_install.php).

When it automatically sets the array values, does it specifically set the keys 0, 1, 2 and so on? Because if it doesn't set any keys, they automatically is set to 0, 1, 2 and so on. So in that case, I guess you could modify the script a little, as in

PHP Code:

$installdef = array (
   'copy' => array(
      // Not specifying the keys here
      array(
         'from' => '<basepath>/custom',
         'to' => 'custom'
      ),
      array(
         'from' => '<basepath>/custom',
         'to' => 'custom'
      )
   )
); 


In that case, if you set a value at $installdef['copy'][0], the script will just continue at $installdef['copy'][1].

unfortunately, the 0=> is automatically inserted.

I guess the only way is going to be to manually edit the manifest.php file.