Modx script after package installation

Question

I need to write a plugin that needs to create table in database and some setting from installation form. I can easily create form but I have difficulty to run the script after installation to read options and create table. Is it possible at all to run such simple script or maybe you need to create everything like for example models, vehicles and so on?

I would appreciate if anyone could give me directions how to do it. Modx documentation is not clear about this and https://github.com/splittingred/Doodles/tree/production sample repo contains multiple elements I'm not familiar with and I believe don't need at all

Answer 1

Typically you'd use a resolver to run code after the install.

While in the question comments the setup options are discussed, the package attributes there are actually executed to generate the setup options form, not to process the results.

The docs are a tad dated (mostly the screenshots), but Creating a 3rd party build script explains the different parts of a build script, and what they're for, with a fair bit of examples.

The piece you're looking for is this:

$vehicle->resolve('php',array(
    'source' => $sources['resolvers'] . 'setupoptions.resolver.php',
));

You'll need to have a $vehicle (perhaps from a category or other object you're adding to the build) and the file in the provided location. Inside the resolver file you can use $object->xpdo as an instance of the modX class to do your thing.