Can't get field storage definition in custom entity

briast

1/15/23, 3:33 PM

I have a custom entity 'myentity' with some fields, and one of them is a taxonomy field with the next definition:

 $fields['colors'] = BaseFieldDefinition::create('entity_reference')
                ->setLabel(t('Colors'))
                ->setDescription(t(''))
                ->setRequired(FALSE)
                ->setSetting('target_type', 'taxonomy_term')
                ->setSetting('handler', 'default:taxonomy_term')
                ->setSetting('handler_settings',
                        array(
                            'target_bundles' => array(
                                'colors' => 'colors'
                    )))                
                ->setDisplayOptions('view', array(
                    'label' => 'above',
                    'type' => 'author',
                    'weight' => 0,
                ))
              ->setDisplayOptions('form', [
                    'type' => 'options_select',
                    'weight' => 0,
                ])
                ->setDisplayConfigurable('form', TRUE)
                ->setDisplayConfigurable('view', TRUE);

It works good and I can use my entity without any problem. But there is a problem:

FieldStorageConfig::loadByName('myentity','colors');

returns NULL.

I don't know why, but I think It should returns my field definition. Because It doesn't work, I have tried with "drush upe" (with this module) that let you ensure the field definition is right, but without success.

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4uk4

1/15/23, 3:59 PM

No, it shouldn't return your base field definition. Only configured fields.

briast

1/15/23, 4:19 PM

Thanks. But what do you mean with only configured fields? I don't understand you.

4uk4

1/15/23, 4:25 PM

Instead of the base field definition in code you could configure the field in UI or provide the configuration in the module /config/install folder as YAML. Then the command would return a result.

briast

1/15/23, 4:41 PM

Ok. Thanks. I'll try to create the configuration file in install folder. I'm not sure if I could generate it from the current entity definition. Is there any way to do it?

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