How to include $gibbon

Developers
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I need to be able to access the $gibbon variable so that I can pass it to a function. I’m not sure how to capture that from the environment?

2

MarkbookView::__construct() must be an instance of Gibbon\\Core, null given

I need to pass in $gibbon, but my php file doesn’t know what it is.

3

Hi Qualitymix,

Be sure to include the Gibbon core and you’ll have access to all the global variables. You can do so with the following code (assuming you’re in a module, otherwise update the number of levels of directories it goes up):

include ‘…/…/gibbon.php’;`

This should be at the top of your file, after any use` declarations.
4

Thank you Sandra. Here is the error I get now:
Uncaught Error: Call to a member function addPsr4() on bool in /var/www/html/gibbon/gibbon.php:67

5

I think it was because my folder in the module was named sources instead of what that function is expecting… src/ Changing that appears to have fixed that particular issue.

6

Hi Nate,

src and source are two different things: the first is for source code relating to the module you are in, the second refers to data sources. You definitely want to keep /source as /source in your reporting module, otherwise the data sources will not be locate-able.

Can you let me know what version of PHP you are using? I wonder if you are below the required 7.3?

Thanks,

Ross

7

Hey Ross!
Back in the office today, so just seeing this. I’m using PHP version 7.4.3

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I’ve got some things working so far. Trouble I’m running in to now is trying to actively debug the PHP as I go. I have a console_log function that should spit out stuff to the console, but it doesn’t work.

It exists inside the Markbook.php file in /modules/Reports Template/sources/

I’ve created a variable and am trying to check its contents by spitting it to console. Any suggestions?

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Hi Nate,

A useful function for debugging in PHP is print_r(), this will dump a variable out, including arrays and objects. I tend to wrap it in <pre> tags to make it easier to read. Something like:

echo '<pre>';
print_r($variableName);
echo '</pre>';

The console.log() function is for javascript, which in Gibbon is front-end only, so it likely won’t be as useful for debugging any server-side changes.