How can I keep the same classes on two ezpublish websites?

Thursday 18 December 2008 5:02:27 am

why do you use two databases for your websites? if you have the same classes and you want to share content between your sites you should consider using only one database.

Best regards,

Patrick

Wednesday 20 May 2009 5:39:23 am

create an extension cronjob export->import

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Wednesday 20 May 2009 6:14:23 am

This cronjob creates a package for every class, automatically bumping up the version only when classes are updated:

<?php
/**
 * Cronjob that will export all classes definition as a package file.
 * Will only update the package if classes have been modified since last version
 *
 * @author G. Giunta
 * @version $Id$
 * @copyright 2009
 *
 * @todo add an ini file to get the parameters from
 */

$packagename = 'classes_mysite';
$packagesummary = 'Export of all the classes of the website';
$packagecreatorname = 'eZ Publish';
$packagecreatoremail = 'gg@ez.no';
$packageexportdir = '';


// create or open existing package
$package = eZPackage::fetch( $packagename );
if ( !$package )
{
    if ( !$isQuiet )
        $cli->output( 'Creating package ' . $packagename );
    $package = eZPackage::create( $packagename,
                                  array( 'summary' => $packagesummary ),
                                  false, false );
    $package->setAttribute( 'install_type', 'install' );
    $package->setAttribute( 'type', 'contentclass' );
    $package->appendChange( $packagecreatorname, $packagecreatoremail, 'Package created' );

    $lastsavedate = 0;
    $packageversion = '1.0';
}
else
{
    $lastsavedate = $package->attribute( 'release-timestamp' );
    $packageversion = $package->attribute( 'version-number' );
}

// find date of last modification of classes
$classes = eZContentClass::fetchList( eZContentClass::VERSION_STATUS_DEFINED, true );
$lastmodification = 0;
foreach( $classes as $class )
{
    if ( $class->attribute( 'modified' ) > $lastmodification )
    {
        $lastmodification = $class->attribute( 'modified' );
    }
    if ( $class->attribute( 'created' ) > $lastmodification )
    {
        $lastmodification = $class->attribute( 'created' );
    }
}

// if no class has changed since last release, quit
if ( $lastmodification <= $lastsavedate && $lastsavedate > 0 )
{
    if ( !$isQuiet )
        $cli->output( 'No class has been modified since last package save. Aborting' );
}
else
{
    if ( $lastsavedate > 0 )
    {
        if ( !$isQuiet )
            $cli->output( 'Updating package ' . $packagename );
    }

    // we always increment the minor version
    $major = substr( $packageversion , 0, strpos( $packageversion, '.' ) );
    $packageversion = substr( $packageversion , strpos( $packageversion, '.' ) + 1 );
    $packageversion = $major . '.' . ( $packageversion + 1 );
    // the release date is set to last date of modification of classes
    $package->setRelease( $packageversion, '1', $lastmodification );

    $handler = $package->packageHandler( 'ezcontentclass' );
    $classlist = array();
    foreach( $classes as $class )
    {
        if ( $class->attribute( 'modified' ) > $lastsavedate ||  $class->attribute( 'created' ) > $lastsavedate )
        {
            $classlist[] = $class->attribute( 'identifier' );
            $parameters = $handler->handleAddParameters( 'ezcontentclass', $package, $cli, array( $class->attribute( 'identifier' ) ) );
            $handler->add( 'ezcontentclass', $package, $cli, $parameters );
        }
    }
    $classlist = implode( ', ', $classlist );
    $package->appendChange( $packagecreatorname, $packagecreatoremail, 'Added classes ' . $classlist );
    $package->store();
    //$cli->output( 'Added classes ' . $classlist );

    $outputfilename = $packageexportdir . eZSys::fileSeparator() . $package->exportName();
    $package->exportToArchive( $outputfilename );
    if ( !$isQuiet )
        $cli->output( 'Saved file ' . $outputfilename );
}

?>

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