Question

I am creating a custom Magento module, and I cannot get the setup resource script to run. I am following Alan Storm’s tutorial on it, but cannot seem to track down the issue.

I have scaled it down to simply attempt to force an error that my …Model_Resource_Mysql4_Setup cannot be found as per the tutorial, but I cannot even seem to generate that (I get no errors at all).

The module does show up in System->Configuration->Advanced. I have all Magento caching disabled. There are no entries for this module in the core_resource table. What am I missing below? Shouldn’t these two files be enough to generate an exception error such as:

Fatal error: Class 'CBTools_Twilliotool_Model_Resource_Mysql4_Setup' not found in

…since I do not have the class defined in Model/Resource/Mysql4/Setup.php? If so, then I am unfortunately not getting the error.

app/etc/modules/CBTools_Twilliotool.xml

<config>
    <modules>
        <CBTools_Twilliotool>
          <active>true</active>
           <codePool>local</codePool>
        </CBTools_Twilliotool>
    </modules>
</config>

app/code/local/CBTools/Twilliotool/etc/config.xml

<config>
    <modules>
        <CBTools_Twilliotool>
            <version>0.1.0</version>
        </CBTools_Twilliotool>
    </modules>
    <models>
        <twilliotool>
            <class>CBTools_Twilliotool_Model</class>
            <resourceModel>twilliotool_mysql4</resourceModel>
        </twilliotool>
    </models>
    <resources>
        <twilliotool_setup>
            <setup>
                <module>CBTools_Twilliotool</module>
                <class>CBTools_Twilliotool_Model_Resource_Mysql4_Setup</class>
            </setup>
            <connection>
                <use>core_setup</use>
            </connection>
        </twilliotool_setup>
    </resources>
</config>

Answer 1

You’re missing a configuration node. The <models> and <resource> tags belong inside a <global> tag.

<config>
    <modules>
        <CBTools_Twilliotool>
            <version>0.1.0</version>
        </CBTools_Twilliotool>
    </modules>
    <global>
        <models>
            <twilliotool>
                <class>CBTools_Twilliotool_Model</class>
                <resourceModel>twilliotool_mysql4</resourceModel>
            </twilliotool>
        </models>
        <resources>
            <twilliotool_setup>
                <setup>
                    <module>CBTools_Twilliotool</module>
                    <class>CBTools_Twilliotool_Model_Resource_Mysql4_Setup</class>
                </setup>
                <connection>
                    <use>core_setup</use>
                </connection>
            </twilliotool_setup>
        </resources>
    </global>
</config>