How can i put custom fields on Standard SalesForce object, with PHP, using metadata API

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I searched a couple of days and didn't find how can i put my custom fields in standard SalesForce object (Account, Lead, Opportunity etc...). I found only info about metadata API described here, but it explains inserting new metadata only on custom objets. I found this code too, but it works only for custom objects too. Does anybody knows more about this stuff? Thanks.

EDIT: Here is final working code for those who can't find example.

// SOAP_CLIENT_BASEDIR - folder that contains the PHP Toolkit and your WSDL
// $USERNAME - variable that contains your Salesforce.com username (must be in the form of an email)
// $PASSWORD - variable that contains your Salesforce.com password
define("SOAP_CLIENT_BASEDIR", "../../soapclient");
require_once (SOAP_CLIENT_BASEDIR.'/SforcePartnerClient.php');
require_once (SOAP_CLIENT_BASEDIR.'/SforceMetadataClient.php');
require_once ('../userAuth.php');
try {
  $mySforceConnection = new SforcePartnerClient();
  $mySoapClient = $mySforceConnection->createConnection(SOAP_CLIENT_BASEDIR.'/partner.wsdl.xml');
  $loginResult = $mySforceConnection->login($USERNAME, $PASSWORD);
  $myMetadataConnection = new SforceMetadataClient(SOAP_CLIENT_BASEDIR.'/metadata.wsdl.xml', $loginResult, $mySforceConnection);
  $customField = new SforceCustomField();
  $customField->setFullName('Account.MyCustomFieldb__c');
  $customField->setDescription('Description of New Field');
  $customField->setLabel('My Custom Field Label');
  $customField->setType('Text');
  $customField->setLength(255);
  print_r($myMetadataConnection->create($customField));
} catch (Exception $e) {
  echo $myMetadataConnection->getLastRequest();
  echo $e->faultstring;
}

superfell · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-21 01:56:09Z

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You would create populate a CustomField structure, setting the fullName property based on the standard object you want to add it to, e.g. Account.rating__c and then pass that to the create metadata API call. I don't know about PHP, bu there's an example in .NET here.

answered Dec 21, 2011 at 1:56

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2 Comments

bksi Over a year ago

I tried it but it rises an Error "The custom object name must finish with __c".

superfell Over a year ago

Sounds like you're sending a CustomObject and not just a CustomField.

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