Undefined array key "" when generating user (or any) crud

[alancwoo]

Hello, I've just installed Backpack and tried to get started by generating the user CRUD with php artisan backpack:crud user

However, it fails with the error: Undefined array key ""

I am using Laravel v10.10.0, backpack/crud 5.6.0 and php 8.2.6

[christmex]

Hi @alancwoo , i think the error is in the route file, if I'm not wrong, try to add this to your route

//routes/backpack/custom.php
Route::crud('user', 'UserCrudController');

or if you want the easy way, I create a starter pack for backpackforlaravel providing user, role, and permission, check this out.
https://github.com/christmex/basic-starter-pack-with-backpackforlaravel

let me know if you find any issues, thx mate

[alancwoo]

Thanks! Yes adding this does indeed fix the route, but there does indeed seem to be a problem with the generator then.

[pxpm]

Hey @alancwoo thanks for the report.

What version of generators are you running ? You can get backpack package versions with php artisan backpack:version.

I've tried in:

Did you manually modify the route file or something similar ?

Let me know how it goes.

Cheers

[alancwoo]

Thanks for the response, this is what php artisan backpack:version returns:

### PHP VERSION:
PHP 8.2.6 (cli) (built: May 11 2023 12:51:38) (NTS)
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v4.2.6, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
    with Zend OPcache v8.2.6, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies

### LARAVEL VERSION:
v10.10.0@0da22a8d179f79b49d4e71f4822f759651f35012

### BACKPACK PACKAGE VERSIONS:
backpack/crud: 5.6.0
backpack/generators: 3.3.16

I have indeed modified routes/web.php but not any of the backpack files. In case it matters, I also have Inertia.js and sanctum/breeze installed.

[pxpm]

Thanks for the reply.
Can you confirm that your routes/backpack/custom.php ends with: '}); // this should be the absolute last line of this file' or }); ?

Can you also confirm that maybe when the file was saved, some IDEs automatically add an empty line at the end of the file. That can also cause that script to fail.

Let me know.

[alancwoo]

I see, it ends in:

    }
); // this should be the absolute last line of this file

with a blank newline - at first I was confused because I didn't touch the file, but realise now that I have a pre-commit hook that runs prettier, which likely modified the file.

[pxpm]

That's it, can you add some @annotation or something so that the linter don't touch that line ?

We may need to look at this in the future, and try to make it more change proof, but for now, keeping the last line of that file intact is the way to go.

Cheers

[alancwoo]

Thanks a lot @pxpm is there a way for me to see a reference version of this file somewhere on github?

[pxpm]

You are welcome. Here you have the related files in core:
https://github.com/Laravel-Backpack/CRUD/blob/main/src/app/Console/Commands/AddCustomRouteContent.php
https://github.com/Laravel-Backpack/CRUD/blob/main/src/routes/backpack/custom.php

You can also check the route files in our demo repository:
https://github.com/Laravel-Backpack/demo/blob/main/routes/backpack/custom.php

Cheers

[jcastroa87]

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