Drush vset variable in array

By Kristi_06 on 9 Jul 2015 at 16:53 UTC

Hi - I want to set a variable in an array to true in my install script so that each site I spin up already has the variable enabled. But, I can't seem to figure out how exactly to set the variable since it is in an array.

The variable of the array is admin_menu_components. The variable within the array that I would like to set to true is admin_menu.account.

Here is what I've tried using drush:
php -r "print json_encode(array('drupal', 'admin_menu_components'));" | drush vset --format=json admin_menu.account -
php -r "print json_encode(array('drupal', 'admin_menu.account'));" | drush vset --format=json admin_menu.account -
php -r "print json_encode(array('admin_menu.account'));" | drush vset --format=json admin_menu.account -
php -r "print json_encode(array('admin_menu_components', 'admin_menu.account'));" | drush vset --format=json admin_menu.account -

I also just tried to vset the admin_menu_components to 1 or TRUE and it broke my site. It's just a local version, so that's not a big deal...but that didn't work either.

Drush keeps telling me that it is setting the value to 1 and that it was a success, but the variable is not actually getting changed on the site.
What I'm trying to turn on by default is located at admin/config/administration/admin_menu - the Account Links option.

Thanks for any help!

Comments

php -r "print json_encode

Stefan Lehmann commented 9 July 2015 at 22:42

php -r "print json_encode(array('drupal', 'admin_menu_components'));" | drush vset --format=json admin_menu.account -

This will write the serialized array:
array('drupal', 'admin_menu_components'))

into the variable with the name "admin_menu.account" - which doesn't exist afaik.

I think you flipped around things a bit in your statement. Compare with: http://drushcommands.com/drush-7x/variable/variable-set

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I did compare

Kristi_06 commented 10 July 2015 at 15:01

I did compare...obviously I used that particular command and tried to get it to work to my advantage.

I also tried it in numerous ways, as I mentioned above. I guess I'm not following your instructions on what you think I did wrong. Maybe if you could provide a more detailed explanation.