Example export script to turn MODX Resources into CSV entries for importing in another site.
<?php
// Only run this via SSH
if (PHP_SAPI !== 'cli') return;
// Sometimes helpful if processing lots of Resources
ini_set('memory_limit', '2048M');
// Init @modx
@include(dirname(__FILE__) . '/config.core.php');
if (!defined('MODX_CORE_PATH')) define('MODX_CORE_PATH', dirname(__FILE__) . '/core/');
include_once (MODX_CORE_PATH . "model/modx/modx.class.php");
$modx= new modX();
$modx->initialize('web');
// Options
$template = 1;
$resClass = 'modDocument';
$tvnames = array_flip(array('someTV', 'anotherTV', 'thirdTV'));
$filename = 'export.csv';
// Query Resources
$c = $modx->newQuery('modResource');
$c->where(array(
'template' => $template,
'class_key' => $resClass,
));
$resources = $modx->getCollection('modResource', $c);
// Create a "template" Resource
$template = $modx->newObject($resClass);
$template = $template->toArray();
$idx = 0;
// Open a file handle
$file = fopen($filename, 'w');
foreach ($resources as $res) {
// get resource fields
$id = $res->get('id');
$fields = $res->toArray();
// merge in tvnames
$fields = array_merge($template, $fields, $tvnames);
// add idx for reference
$fields['idx'] = $idx;
// get tvs from resource
$tvs = $res->getMany('TemplateVars');
foreach ($tvs as $tv) {
$tvname = $tv->get('name');
// if the tv isn't in our list, skip it
if (!isset($fields[$tvname])) continue;
// if you want the raw value you can do this
//$rawValue = $tv->getValue($id);
$processedValue = $tv->renderOutput($id);
// set the value
$fields[$tvname] = $processedValue;
}
// first column of the csv should have headers
if ($idx === 0) {
$columns = array_keys($fields);
fputcsv($file, $columns);
}
// write the row
fputcsv($file, $fields);
$idx++;
}
// close file handler
if (!fclose($file)) echo 'problem closing file';
exit();