octobercms/october · error · ApplicationException

List column type "%s" could not be found. %s

Error message

List column type "%s" could not be found. %s

What it means

Error "List column type "%s" could not be found. %s" thrown in octobercms/october.

Source

Thrown at modules/backend/widgets/lists/HasValueProcessor.php:48

        $methodValues = PluginManager::instance()->getRegistrationMethodValues('registerListColumnTypes');
        foreach ($methodValues as $availableTypes) {
            if (!isset($availableTypes[$type])) {
                continue;
            }

            $callback = $availableTypes[$type];

            if (is_callable($callback)) {
                return call_user_func_array($callback, [$value, $column, $record]);
            }
        }

        $customMessage = '';
        if ($type === 'relation') {
            $customMessage = 'Type: relation is not supported, instead use the relation property to specify a relationship to pull the value from and set the type to the type of the value expected.';
        }

        throw new ApplicationException(sprintf('List column type "%s" could not be found. %s', $type, $customMessage));
    }

    /**
     * evalTextTypeValue as text and escape the value
     * @return string
     */
    protected function evalTextTypeValue($record, $column, $value)
    {
        if (is_array($value) && count($value) === count($value, COUNT_RECURSIVE)) {
            $value = implode(', ', $value);
        }

        if (is_string($column->format) && !empty($column->format)) {
            $value = sprintf($column->format, $value);
        }

        return htmlentities((string) $value, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8', false);
    }

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at modules/backend/widgets/lists/HasValueProcessor.php:48 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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