Pimcore where does code go - pimcore

Question

All the examples show random pimcore code; however, I have found no explanation of where the code goes - or a complete example. I do not use pimcore for the cms. I am only interested in the object management. The code I am trying to wrte is to export objects e.g. into csv or xml.
Thanks ~

Answer 1

You can either create a plugin as suggested by Johan, but a quicker way is to just put the files into the /website/lib/Website folder. This folder is already added to the autoloader so you don't need to do anything else.
For example create an ObjectExporter.php under /website/lib/Website folder with this content:
<?php
namespace Website;
class ObjectExporter
{
public function exportObjects()
{
// Your code
}
}
Then you can either instantiate this class in your controller action or in a CLI script. Controller actions are within /website/controllers folder and they need to be called through http: http://localhost?controller=default&action=default
Example: /website/controllers/DefaultController.php
<?php
class DefaultController extends Website_Controller_Action {
public function defaultAction () {
$this->disableViewAutoRender();
$objectExporter = new Website\ObjectExporter();
$objectExporter->exportObjects();
}
}
(You could also add your whole code directly into action, but that would be a bit ugly solution, it of course depends)
But better and quickest way to approach such tasks is with the CLI scripts.
I like to use the /website/var/cli folder (you need to create it manually, but the /website/var folder is excluded in .htaccess by default which makes it practical for such use cases).
Example: /website/var/cli/export-objects.php
<?php
$workingDirectory = getcwd();
chdir(__DIR__);
include_once("../../../pimcore/cli/startup.php");
chdir($workingDirectory);
$objectExporter = new Website\ObjectExporter();
$objectExporter->exportObjects();
Then just run it by issuing this command in your command line:
php website/var/cli/export-objects.php
In case you wish to add special UI elements to the Pimcore backend, the way to go is with building an extension as suggested by Johan.
Igor

Answer 2

Here is a primcore example to export a list of object into a csv file
private function csvAction(){
$this->disableLayout();
$this->disableViewAutoRender();
$obj_list = new YourObject_List();
$obj_list->load();
/* #var $obj Object_YourObject */
$out = array();
foreach($obj_list as $obj){
$entry = array();
$entry["key"] = $obj->getKey();
$entry["Field 1"] = $obj->getField1();
$entry["Field 2"] = $obj->getField2();
$entry["Field 3"] = $obj->getField3();
$out[]=$entry;
}
$this->_helper->Csv($out, "produkt");
}

Answer 3

You could either create a new Plugin using admin function
Extras -> Extensions -> Create new Plugin
Add name Test
Activate plugin in list at Extras -> Extensions
You can then add the action above to plugins/Test/controllers/IndexController.php
It's also possible to add controller code in website/controllers, there is already a default controller there.
/Johan