Merge pull request #29417 from eileenmcnaughton/custom

Comment functions with deprecation/ preferred method notices

CRM/Core/Form/EntityFormTrait.php

@@ -156,6 +156,24 @@ public function addCustomDataToForm() {
     if ($this->isSuppressCustomData()) {
       return TRUE;
     }
+
+    /*
+    @todo - this would be the preferred code here to better support
+    php8.2 & take advantage of code improvements
+    Note in this example an additional filter (membership_type_id)
+    is relevant although for most entities it isn't.
+    if ($this->isSubmitted()) {
+    // The custom data fields are added to the form by an ajax form.
+    // However, if they are not present in the element index they will
+    // not be available from `$this->getSubmittedValue()` in post process.
+    // We do not have to set defaults or otherwise render - just add to the element index.
+    $this->addCustomDataFieldsToForm($this->getDefaultEntity(), array_filter([
+    'id' => $this->getEntityId(),
+    'membership_type_id' => $this->getSubmittedValue('membership_type_id')
+    ]));
+    }
+     */
+
     $customisableEntities = CRM_Core_SelectValues::customGroupExtends();
     if (isset($customisableEntities[$this->getDefaultEntity()])) {
       CRM_Custom_Form_CustomData::addToForm($this, $this->getEntitySubTypeId());

CRM/Custom/Form/CustomData.php

@@ -23,11 +23,6 @@ class CRM_Custom_Form_CustomData {
   /**
    * Generic wrapper to add custom data to a form via a single line in preProcess.
    *
-   * $this->getDefaultEntity() must be defined for the form class for this to work.
-   *
-   * If the postProcess form cannot use the api & instead uses a BAO function it will need.
-   *   $params['custom'] = CRM_Core_BAO_CustomField::postProcess($submitted, $this->_id, $this->getDefaultEntity());
-   *
    * @param CRM_Core_Form $form
    * @param null|string $entitySubType values stored in civicrm_custom_group.extends_entity_column_value
    *   e.g Student for contact type
@@ -36,6 +31,23 @@ class CRM_Custom_Form_CustomData {
    * @param null|int $contact_id contact ID associated with the custom data.
    *
    * @throws \CRM_Core_Exception
+   * @deprecated - preferred code now is to add to ensure the tpl loads custom
+   * data using the ajax template & add code to `buildForm()` like this
+   *
+   * ```
+   * if ($this->isSubmitted()) {
+   *   $this->addCustomDataFieldsToForm('Membership', array_filter([
+   *   'id' => $this->getMembershipID(),
+   *   'membership_type_id' => $this->getSubmittedValue('membership_type_id')
+   * ]));
+   * }
+   * ```
+   *
+   * $this->getDefaultEntity() must be defined for the form class for this to work.
+   *
+   * If the postProcess form cannot use the api & instead uses a BAO function it will need.
+   *   $params['custom'] = CRM_Core_BAO_CustomField::postProcess($submitted, $this->_id, $this->getDefaultEntity());
+   *
    */
   public static function addToForm(&$form, $entitySubType = NULL, $subName = NULL, $groupCount = 1, $contact_id = NULL) {
     $entityName = $form->getDefaultEntity();