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I'm having huge trouble with using hook_civicrm_post with drupal.  Like the examples in civicrm.module.sample, I'm accessing data in $objectRef using assocative array syntax, and php shows $objectRef to be an array with print_r and gettype.  When I run the code it gives an error:

Fatal error: Cannot use object of type CRM_Contact_DAO_Contact as array in sensiblebc.module on line 26


but it is not an object, does not identify as an object with gettype, and if I try to access the variable with object syntax ($objectRef->postal_code) it does not have any value.  Anyone have any idea what's going on here?


function sensiblebc_civicrm_post( $op, $objectName, $objectId, &$objectRef ) {

  $riding_id = 'custom_7';
  require_once 'CRM/Core/BAO/CustomValueTable.php';

  if (($objectName == 'Individual' || $objectName == 'Address') && ($op == 'create' || $op == 'edit')) {         

    $postal = $objectRef['postal_code'];  //this is line 26

    $riding = sensiblebc_civicrm_postal_lookup($postal);
    # assign to the custom field         
    $customParams = array("entityID" => $objectId, $riding_id => $riding);         
 
    CRM_Core_BAO_CustomValueTable::setValues( $customParams );     
  }
  return;
}

Thanks for the light, Ken.  I'm not exactly sure how I ended up looking at the Address object instead of the Individual.  it's surely not meant to be adressed that way, because then objectref refers to an Address associative array, which isn't happy after the hook finishes. so now I access the  postal code thus

if ($objectName == 'Individual' && ($op == 'create' || $op == 'edit')) { 
    $postal = $objectRef->address[0]->postal_code;
    $riding = sensiblebc_civicrm_postal_lookup($postal);

and everything seems to be happy.  I thought I was using the API.  I will look into the (other?) API as an alternative.

The address hook goes out as an array not an object  - I think this is fixed in 4.2