TypeError: ::findEntityBundleWithField(): $entity_type_id must be of type string, null given

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Created on 17 March 2025, 16 days ago

Problem/Motivation

We are getting an error when adding blocks. There is an error in the browser console, "An AJAX HTTP error occurred". Drupal logs have:

TypeError: Drupal\ui_patterns_field_formatters\Plugin\Field\FieldFormatter\ComponentFormatterBase::findEntityBundleWithField(): Argument #1 ($entity_type_id) must be of type string, null given, called in …/ui_patterns/modules/ui_patterns_field_formatters/src/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/ComponentFormatterBase.php on line 223 in Drupal\ui_patterns_field_formatters\Plugin\Field\FieldFormatter\ComponentFormatterBase->findEntityBundleWithField() (line 174 of …/ui_patterns/modules/ui_patterns_field_formatters/src/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/ComponentFormatterBase.php)

Steps to reproduce

In CKEditor, click on the Block button. When "Select content block to embed" appears, choose a block and click "Select blocks". Check the browser console and logs for error messages.

There may be things that are specific to our setup that cause this to happen. However, looking at the code, ComponentFormatterBase::findEntityBundleWithField() requires that its first param is a string. It is called in ::getComponentSourceContexts(). The first param comes from the return value of BaseFieldDefinition::getTargetEntityTypeId(). That function does not promise to always return a string. It may also return NULL, which is what is happening here.

Proposed resolution

Check for a NULL return from BaseFieldDefinition::getTargetEntityTypeId() and handle the case where the value is NULL.

Remaining tasks

Implement.

User interface changes

None.

API changes

None.

Data model changes

None.

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Status

Active

Version

2.0

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🇨🇦Canada Liam Morland Ontario, CA 🇨🇦

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!352TypeError: ::findEntityBundleWithField(): $entity_type_id must be of type string, null given
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Issue created by @Liam Morland
Comment 16 days ago →
🇫🇷France just_like_good_vibes PARIS
Merge request !352Issue #3513546 by just_like_good_vibes: TypeError: ::findEntityBundleWithField(): $entity_type_id must be of type string, null given → (Merged) created by just_like_good_vibes
Comment 16 days ago →
🇫🇷France just_like_good_vibes PARIS
Hello, thank you for reporting.

When i read for example FieldDefinitionInterface in drupal core, in the comments :
"Returns the ID of the entity type the field is attached to.", "@return string".
But it is not in the signature, only in the comments.

That sounds like a very odd and strange case, where a field formatter would not have an entity_type_id to which it is attached.
i tried to patch the function and treat the case of entity_type_id being null, but my guess is that something else won't work at another place.

please review
Comment 15 days ago →
🇨🇦Canada Liam Morland Ontario, CA 🇨🇦
This patch fixed the problem for us. Thanks!
Comment 15 days ago →
🇫🇷France just_like_good_vibes PARIS
thanks, i will merge
Comment 15 days ago →
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just_like_good_vibes → committed 30c387fb on 2.0.x
Issue #3513546 by just_like_good_vibes, liam morland: TypeError: ::...
Comment 15 days ago →
🇫🇷France just_like_good_vibes PARIS
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Automatically closed - issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.

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