Replacing an Entry Type field with another field while maintaining the content

[svondervoort]

We have a "Plain Text" field which we would like to replace with a CKEditor field.

Now I know it is possible to just change the field configuration to a CKEditor, but we use the same field in different Entry Types where it need to stay as a "Plain Text" field.

Is there a way to "replace" the field while keeping the content or a way to migrate the data?

[brandonkelly]

You can create a new CKEditor field, attach it to the entry type(s) you wish to use it on, and then populate it with values from the original Plain Text field using the resave/entries command:

php craft resave/entries --type myEntryType --set myCkeditorField --to myPlainTextField

Or if the Plain Text field isn’t currently storing HTML, you can wrap its values in a <p> tag:

php craft resave/entries --type myEntryType --set myCkeditorField \
  --to "fn(\$entry) => sprintf('<p>%s</p>', (string)\$entry->myPlainTextField)"

Once you’ve done that and verified the CKEditor fields look right (on all environments), you can remove the Plain Text field from the entry type(s) it’s no longer needed on.

[svondervoort]

Thanks. The resave/entries command has more up it's sleeve than I thought :)

[brandonkelly]

It’s a pretty handy command :)