adding custom attribute to category

Question

I'm trying to add a new custom image attribute for category, following the guide here "https://webkul.com/blog/add-custom-image-attribute-category-magento-2/comment-page-1/#comment-16835"

However, after I added these files under /app/code/[vendor]/[Module]/

Then run

php bin/magento setup:di:compile 
php bin/magento setup:upgrade 
php bin/magento c:c c:f

but nothing shows up, and I cannot find the module on the list. Please help

• Abhishek Panchal: you forgot to run php bin/magento s:s:d
• Mage Explorer: I tried to run that, but it's still not showing. also, can not find the module from the list "php bin/magento module:status"
• fmsthird: you have to register your own module first

Answer 1

You can create your own custom module wherein you can use the resources from the guide provided in a link included in your post.

Follow the steps below

registration.php
app/code/Vendor/CustomModule/registration.php

<?php
\Magento\Framework\Component\ComponentRegistrar::register(
 \Magento\Framework\Component\ComponentRegistrar::MODULE,
 'Vendor_CustomModule',
 __DIR__
); 

module.xml
app/code/Vendor/CustomModule/etc/module.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:Module/etc/module.xsd">
 <module name="Vendor_CustomModule" setup_version="1.0.0" />
</config> 

• Mage Explorer: This works, thanks a lot. After created the registration.php file, I had to delete the Vendor/Module/di.xml from the guide which was causing error, and replace the module.xml you provided. After that, just run setup:upgrade, and everything works now! Thanks, i'm new to creating modules.
• Mage Explorer: Can you show me how to call the image in the front end?
• fmsthird: it's on the comment: Please follow below steps in order to get image url at frontend. create instance of class Magento\Catalog\Model\CategoryRepository then get category model by calling get method like $category = $categoryRepository->get($categoryId, $storeId); $imageUrl = "magento_media_url_path"."catalog/category/".$category->getCustomImage(); And then you can use this $imageUrl in your custom category page or as per your design.