How can I add a new enum value to an existing enum field?

Question

I am using the silvershop-core module and I want to add an additional order status to the existing Order.Status enum field. How can I do that?

I have already tried the DataExtension approach, but it did not work.

Answer 1

You can override individual db fields via YAML config. So in mysite/_config/config.yml put something like this:

Order:
  db:
    Status: "Enum('MyStatus,Unpaid,Paid,Processing,Sent,Complete,AdminCancelled,MemberCancelled,Cart','Cart')"

As you can see, MyStatus was added to the enum. It's important that you keep all the other statuses though (as some code might depend on them), so best copy the field definition from the class you want to override (in this case Order) and add the additional enum value(s) to that.