10.x

Extending the functionality of a contrib module in Drupal can enhance its usefulness without altering the original codebase. This article provides a step-by-step guide on how to add custom configuration options to an existing contrib module, using the sitewide_alert module as an example. We will extend its configuration by adding new settings through a separate custom module named sitewide_alert_ext.

When receiving a logic error such as

Adding a new service to a custom module and the following error greeted me:

The website encountered an unexpected error. Try again later.

Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Exception\ServiceNotFoundException: You have requested a non-existent service "summaries.reference_node". in Drupal\Component\DependencyInjection\Container->get() (line 157 of core/lib/Drupal/Component/DependencyInjection/Container.php).

When executing the following command, the response I'm getting is

To view the email before it's sent from Drupal, especially when using Drupal 10 and dealing with encrypted emails or a specific module like Mailhandler, you can take a few steps to intercept or debug the email before it's actually dispatched. The process involves either configuring your configuration for debugging emails or using a development tool/module that captures outgoing emails.

To run a SQL command using Drush, use the following sql-query command

drush sql-query "COMMAND"

As an example, in the following I will remove all of the records in the Watchdog.

Delete from watchdog

To empty (clear) the watchdog table, which contains Drupal's log messages, using the above noted command. The command to delete all entries from the watchdog table is as follows:

In Drupal, the logging system is based on the PSR-3 logging standard, which Drupal integrates through the \Psr\Log\LoggerInterface. When you want to log messages, you typically use placeholders in your message string, which are replaced with context array values.

Working through the following error

Notice: Only variables should be passed by reference in load_view_block_content() (line 391 of /var/www/vhosts/{domain}/httpdocs/themes/custom/{theme}/{theme}.theme.theme)

If you want to read the full error, scroll to the bottom in Appendix.  The related function to this error is

Attempting to apply a patch in Drupal 10.2.4 that had been working until this version.  Now I'm seeing the following error

Could not apply patch! Skipping. The error was: The process "patch '-p1' --no-backup-if-mismatch -d '/Users/andrewfletcher/Sites/codebales/modules/contrib/facets' < '/Users/andrewfletcher/Sites/codebales/patches/3336646-function-is-deprecated.patch'" exceeded the timeout of 300 seconds.

Using Drupal 10, VIews, Solr and Facets has post upgrade to version 10, created the following issue