setupCreateOperation - issue with translatable/tags

[alancwoo]

I am trying to use Backpack to manage Spatie: laravel-tags via the JSON field addon.

The tags store the name and slug as JSON blobs with locales like {"en": "example"}.

In setupListOperation(), I'm getting the plain string like so:

$this->crud->addColumn([
            'name' => 'name',
            'label' => 'name',
            'type' => 'text',
            'type' => 'model_function',
            'function_name' => 'getTranslation',
            'function_parameters' => ['name', 'en'],
        ]);

However, in the setupCreateOperation() the JSON field is broken because somehow the translation string is passed through not the JSON itself:

$this->crud->addField([
            'name' => 'name',
            'type' => 'json',
            'view_namespace' => 'json-field-for-backpack::fields',
            'modes' => ['code', 'form'],
        ]);

How can I ensure that the raw JSON is passed through here in the edit/create operation so it can be edited accordingly?

[pxpm]

Does a model mutator solve your problem here ?

[alancwoo]

Hm, actually now I realize it probably should function as a Translatable model - and should thus be editable as a text field through locale/translation.

So I've tried to update my model accordingly:

...
use Backpack\CRUD\app\Models\Traits\SpatieTranslatable\HasTranslations;

class MyTag extends Tag
{
    use CrudTrait;
    use HasTranslations;
    ...

and my TagCrudController contains:

...
public function setup()
    {
        CRUD::setModel(\App\Models\MyTag::class);
...

but then encounter a number of errors regarding the inheritance/compatibility

Declaration of Backpack\CRUD\app\Models\Traits\SpatieTranslatable\HasTranslations::getAttributeValue($key) must be compatible with Spatie\Tags\Tag::getAttributeValue($key): mixed

If I update /Vendor/Backpack/crud/src/app/Models/Traits/SpatieTranslatable/HasTranslations.php to match the return type hints:

public function getAttributeValue($key): mixed
    {

and keep correcting things I eventually encounter:

Declaration of Backpack\CRUD\app\Models\Traits\SpatieTranslatable\HasTranslations::setLocale($locale) must be compatible with Spatie\Tags\Tag::setLocale(string $locale): Spatie\Tags\Tag

If I adjust this to read public function setLocale($locale): self, backpack does finally load with translations:

        $this->crud->addField([
            'name' => 'name',
            'type' => 'text',
        ]);
        $this->crud->addField([
            'name' => 'slug',
            'type' => 'text',
        ]);

but then upon saving, they are set to null:

Note: I've updated the title to reflect the issue more accurately

[alancwoo]

Hm, I've also set up a completely fresh laravel install with backpack and laravel-tags and the same thing occurs. However, creating a test model with translatable is working, so I am wondering if there is an issue with laravel-tags: spatie/laravel-tags#482