Debugging a PHP XMLRPC Service with Xdebug and Curl

Submitted by brian on

Details will depend on your particular XMLRPC API. I'm going to debug a custom extension to the Magento API, so I have http://local-dev.example.com/xmlrpc/ set up with Magento, my custom code, and Xdebug. 

A good way to generate XMLRPC XML is to just debug the library you are using to make the calls. 

In a local terminal session, log in. Create login.xml

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Render a Region in an Arbitrary Template File

Submitted by brian on

declare region in .info​ file

regions[my_region] = My Region

in hook_preprocess_node() (or other preprocess function) add

  // insert contents of custom node region
  if ($blocks = block_get_blocks_by_region('my_region')) {
    $variables['my_region'] = $blocks;
    $variables['my_region']['#theme_wrappers'] = array('region');
    $variables['my_region']['#region'] = 'my_region';
  }

In node.tpl.php (or another template file) render the region using

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Add a New Field to a CCK Field Module

Submitted by brian on

Modify the module to define and implement the new field. In mymodule.install can use CCK CRUD utilities to update existing instances of field:

function mymodule_update_6001() {
  $ret = array();
  require_once 'sites/all/modules/cck/includes/content.crud.inc';
  $fields = content_fields();
  foreach ($fields as $field_name => $field) {
    if ($field['type'] == 'mymodule_field') {
      content_field_instance_update($field, FALSE);
    }
  }
  content_clear_type_cache(TRUE);
  menu_rebuild();
  return $ret;
}

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Disable Outgoing Email in Drupal

Submitted by brian on

If using devel with drupal 6, add to settings.php

$conf['smtp_library'] = 'sites/all/modules/devel/devel.module';

and all outgoing emails get logged in watchdog.

In drupal 7, if you add

$conf['mail_system'] = array('default-system' => 'DevelMailLog');

emails get written to files in the drupal temporary directory.

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