Error : Call to a member function autoGeneratesTitles() on null

[Nathan269]

Hi folks,

I've just upgraded Statamic from version 3.4 to 4.0 and I'm trying to clean up the test suite. I was initially getting this error when I tried to create an entry within my test:

LogicException : Cannot set date on non-dated collection entry.

After checking the docs, I was able to resolve this issue, but when I rerun my tests I now get this error:

Error : Call to a member function autoGeneratesTitles() on null

This is an example of one of the tests where I get the above error:

      public function it_can_fetch_new_embed_code_on_save()
      {
           $entry = Entry::make()
               ->slug('my_slug')
               ->data($this->getEntryData());

          $entry->collection(Collection::findByHandle('news'));
          $entry->save();

          $this->assertNotEmpty($entry->data()['bard'][16]['attrs']['values']['embed']);
          $this->assertNotEmpty($entry->data()['bard'][22]['attrs']['values']['embed']);
          $this->assertNotEmpty($entry->data()['bard'][29]['attrs']['values']['embed']);
          $this->assertNotEmpty($entry->data()['bard'][33]['attrs']['values']['embed']);
          $this->assertNotEmpty($entry->data()['bard'][35]['attrs']['values']['embed']);
          $this->assertNotEmpty($entry->data()['bard'][37]['attrs']['values']['embed']);
     }

Has anyone else experienced this error yet?

[ryanmitchell]

Did you try setting the collection before you set data()

[duncanmcclean]

What if you dd(Collection::findByHandle('news')) in your test - is it dated there?

[Nathan269]

Ah it's returning null. This is obviously why it keeps failing. I'll report back when I have that part sorted.

[Nathan269]

The only way I can get a return for dd(Collection::findByHandle('news')) is if I do the following:

$entry = Entry::make()
->slug('my_slug')
->data($this->getEntryData());

dd($entry->collection(Collection::findByHandle('news')));
$entry->save();

If I try this:

$entry = Entry::make()
->slug('my_slug')
->data($this->getEntryData())
->collection(Collection::findByHandle('news'))
->date(now());

$entry->save();

I continue to get this error:

LogicException : Cannot set date on non-dated collection entry.

This is what the docs say for upgrading to statamic version 4:

When using the date method on an entry, an exception will be thrown if the entry is not in a dated collection.

Because of this, if you are creating an entry instance, you should set the collection before the date.

[Nathan269]

Although my test setup was ok, my database seeders were causing the issues. It was just a matter making sure the collection was created and then set for the entry before the date was set.