Channel Entries API - missing index 'field_fmt' | ExpressionEngine 2 Tech Support

Chroma Sports

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Hi,

I’m working on importing data (mentioned it in another thread, but posted as tracerstar), and I’m getting some PHP errors.

Using this bit of code ($entry is an array of data I am inserting):

$channel_id = 1;
$entry_data = array(
    'title' => $entry['headline'],
    'entry_id' => 0,
    'entry_date' => strtotime($entry['dateTime']),
    'field_id_1' => $entry['content'],
    'field_ft_1' => 'xhtml',
    'field_id_2' => $entry['teaser'],
    'field_ft_2' => 'none',
    'field_id_3' => $entry['img_field'],
    'field_ft_3' => $entry['img_field_ft']
);
$this->EE->api_channel_entries->submit_new_entry($channel_id, $entry_data);

I’m getting the error:

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Notice

Message: Undefined index: field_fmt

Filename: api/Api_channel_entries.php

Line Number: 943

I’ve traced it back through the API to be in the library file Api_channel_fields.php The function which creates the settings for the custom fields is not selecting the field “field_fmt” from the database, but this field is trying to be read in the method “_base_prep” on line 943 of the Api_channel_entries.php library file.

I’ve fixed this by adding to the Api_channel_fields.php the necessary code to select and set this field, but I just wanted check if this is a bug or not?

Interestingly, this bit of code in the Api_channel_entries.php file (lines 939 - 941) seem to suggest that a data field named “field_ft_field_id_X” is required (where X is an int of the field ID).

$id = 'field_id_'.$id;
if ($data['entry_id'] == 0 && ! isset($data['field_ft_'.$id]))

Is this another bug, or am I missing something?

Thanks,
Ben.

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