MachForm

Haven’t tried MachForm myself but might be worth trying :

This usually cures being redirected to your home page.

Thanks for your answer, Ive tried changing the action attribut as you mentioned but unfortunately I doesnt show up in the form. Can someone point me to the right document and line please. Ive tried to change the view_funcions.php at line 1840 without any effect (see below).

<h1><a>{$form->name}</a></h1>
<form id="form_{$form->id}" class="appnitro" {$form_enc_type} method="post" action="[*id*]#main_body">
{$form_desc_div}
<ul {$ul_class}>
{$form->error_message}
{$all_element_markup}
{$custom_element}
{$button_markup}
</ul>
</form>

It is better when MACHFORM is integrated as a module within Modx. If you are having problems installing it as a module as described here on this thread, take a look at your .htaccess file.
To get machform going, comment out this line: # RewriteRule ^(.*)$ ~modxfolder/index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA].

I initially had a difficult time installing it as a module, until i commented out the line above within my .htaccess file.

Thanks Webman but unfortunately still stuck.
I followed the instructions in this forum but still experiencing the same problem ie. form appears to work but, like diamondz problem" I get redirected to the homepage and no entries are recorded in Machform. I commented out the rewrite rule but that didn’t help. I installed both Modx & Machform in the root dir and have changed the index.php accordingly. I set up the module with the following code:
include_once $modx->config[’base_path’] . "forms/index.php";
(Machforms is installed in the forms dir)
I took the php code from Machforms Embed code window, created a new snippet in Modx, pasted the code and named it "orderf", set up a new page in Modx, put [[orderf]] as the Document content, published it, viewed it successfully, but when I submitted the form... back to the homepage and no entry listed. Tryied this logged in and logged out.
Would love to get this working as I don’t like using the iframe as it can be untidy cross browser.

well that was a waste of time and money. I should have known better.. %!@#$&

Quote from: fruitwerks at Jul 28, 2009, 04:31 AM

well that was a waste of time and money. I should have known better.. %!@#$&

Hallo Fruitwerks,


Just coming in late to the discussion. Sorry to hear that you guys are not having any success with this excellent form. I have just responded to another mail which I am going to post here again in case
anyone may have a use for it.

Initially i also had a hard time setting it up, but it is really relatively easy to do once you are able to have a correctly configured .htaccess file in addition to have the correct folder pathways pointing to
your MACHFORM folder within the modified index.php file, everything should work properly.

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Dear Saran,

Sorry for coming late to your note. I was away for holiday. In any case, installing MACHFORM within MODX is fairly easy but at first can be quite tricky.
I have setup about 4 working copies of MACHFORM on 4 different MODX sites, and they were all relatively easy to setup.
The only thing which you need to do to make sure your form works is to tweak your .htaccess file. MACHFORM apparently will not work at all if the settings
in the .htaccess file are not properly set.
With that said, make sure that you comment out completely this line in your .htaccess file.

---------------------------------------------------------------------
# RewriteRule ^(.*)$ ~yoursite folder/index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Depending on your webhost it may differ. But that is the crucial key in allowing machform to co-exist alongside with MODX.

Another question.
Where is your MACHFORM folder sitting within your MODX folder structure...?
In the manager folder...??
If yes, also make sure to put in the correct folder pathway within your modified machform index file.

My own MACHFORM sits within my MODX site folder. Here is the modified version of the index php file which you need
to substitute with the original index php that came with your MACHFORM.

If you have followed all the instructions as indicated here on the forum you will have a working copy right away..

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<?php
//AppNitro Modx Integration for Login
//
//Changes 20 Sep 08.
//(Modified index.php slightly because Manager check didn’t work properly 100% of the time. Now use $_SESSION[mgrValidated] instead...)
//
//
session_start();

require(’config.php’);
require(’includes/db-core.php’);
require(’includes/db-functions.php’);
require(’includes/helper-functions.php’);

$path_to_folder=’/pathway to your machform’;

$ssl_suffix = get_ssl_suffix();

if(file_exists("installer.php")){
header("Location: http{$ssl_suffix}://".$_SERVER[’HTTP_HOST’].$path_to_folder."/installer.php");
exit;
}


//Are we running this from the MODx Manager?
if (!empty($_SESSION[’mgrValidated’]) && $_SESSION[’mgrValidated’] == false) {
echo "Sorry, this file can only be run from the MODx Manager";
exit;
}


//We’re in the manager, so force login
$_SESSION[’logged_in’] = true;
header("Location: http{$ssl_suffix}://".$_SERVER[’HTTP_HOST’].$path_to_folder."/manage_form.php");
exit; //Just in case(tm)
?>
---------------------------------


Let me know if this works out for you.


Thanks.

Hi Webman,

Im still stuck with it. When I comment out the line my friendly urls wont work anymore.
I dont have another line in my htaccess file which looks like this so I dont know what else I could change.

Here is my complete htaccess file, would be great If you could have a look into it. I really want to get this to work since its an awesome module.

Hi diamondz,

I just got your PM and have responded already. Give me some few moments over here [by the way, I am in Berlin also] and I will copy paste my own .htaccess files for you to compare with yours and see where the fault lies.
I am using MACHFORM with MODXcms 0.9.6.3 on some sites now.

Thanks.

Hi Diamondz,

Actually as strange as it may sound, I am not even using the .htaccess file which came along with my MODXcms installer. I have a modified .htaccess from another web application which I modified and have been
using with all of my MODXcms installations.
This allows me the liberty of using friendly URLs, run Machform within MODX and other external PHP applications without any problems at all.

From what I have here with me, it is completely different from your own .htaccess file. So if you are also on 1und1 AG, this particular file might work well for you.
Let me know then if your ISP is 1und1. AG

Thanks.

hey webman,
thanks for your reply. Funny that you are in Berlin too. Maybe we can meet someday.
We have our server at Domainfactory which gives us a lot of freedom in terms of changing
the ini files etc.

My knowledge, however, is very limited in regards to the htaccess file. Im very thankful for every hint that you might give me, because
the snippet is so useful and I really want to get it to work.

Quote from: diamondz at Sep 04, 2009, 06:10 PM

hey webman,
thanks for your reply. Funny that you are in Berlin too. Maybe we can meet someday.
We have our server at Domainfactory which gives us a lot of freedom in terms of changing
the ini files etc.

My knowledge, however, is very limited in regards to the htaccess file. Im very thankful for every hint that you might give me, because
the snippet is so useful and I really want to get it to work.

Hi Diamondz,

Just got back again. But here is my .htaccess file on my 1und1 webspace.
It is a modified file, which I got from my Magento Ecommerce Suite
So try it out.

Did you also make sure to follow step by step the instructions to modify
your MACHFORM index.php file...??
Making sure that all the url paths are accurate....???
You may want to also check your URL paths in the modified index.php

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############################################
## uncomment these lines for CGI mode
## make sure to specify the correct cgi php binary file name
## it might be /cgi-bin/php-cgi

# Action php5-cgi /cgi-bin/php5-cgi
# AddHandler php5-cgi .php

############################################
## GoDaddy specific options

# Options -MultiViews

## you might also need to add this line to php.ini
## cgi.fix_pathinfo = 1
## if it still doesn’t work, rename php.ini to php5.ini

############################################
## this line is specific for 1and1 hosting

AddType x-mapp-php5 .php
AddHandler x-mapp-php5 .php

############################################
## default index file

DirectoryIndex index.php

<IfModule mod_php5.c>

############################################
## adjust memory limit

# php_value memory_limit 64M
php_value memory_limit 128M
php_value max_execution_time 18000

############################################
## disable magic quotes for php request vars

php_flag magic_quotes_gpc off

############################################
## disable automatic session start
## before autoload was initialized

php_flag session.auto_start off

############################################
## enable resulting html compression

php_flag zlib.output_compression on

###########################################
# disable user agent verification to not break multiple image upload

# php_flag suhosin.session.cryptua off

###########################################
# turn off compatibility with PHP4 when dealing with objects

php_flag zend.ze1_compatibility_mode Off

</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_security.c>
###########################################
# disable POST processing to not break multiple image upload

SecFilterEngine Off
SecFilterScanPOST Off
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_deflate.c>

############################################
## enable apache served files compression
## http://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html#gzip

# Insert filter
#SetOutputFilter DEFLATE

# Netscape 4.x has some problems...
#BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html

# Netscape 4.06-4.08 have some more problems
#BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\.0[678] no-gzip

# MSIE masquerades as Netscape, but it is fine
#BrowserMatch \bMSIE !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html
# Don’t compress images
#SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI \.(?:gif|jpe?g|png)$ no-gzip dont-vary

# Make sure proxies don’t deliver the wrong content
# Header append Vary User-Agent env=!dont-vary

</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_ssl.c>

############################################
## make HTTPS env vars available for CGI mode

SSLOptions StdEnvVars

</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

############################################
## enable rewrites

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 443
# RewriteRule ^(.*)$ ~sitefolder/index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]

############################################
## you can put here your designart root folder
## path relative to web root

# RewriteBase /sitefolder

############################################
## workaround for HTTP authorization
## in CGI environment

# RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]

############################################
## always send 404 on missing files in these folders

# RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(media|skin|js)/

############################################
## never rewrite for existing files, directories and links

# RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
# RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
# RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-l

############################################
## rewrite everything else to index.php

# RewriteRule .* index.php [L]

</IfModule>


############################################
## Prevent character encoding issues from server overrides
## If you still have problems, use the second line instead

# AddDefaultCharset Off
AddDefaultCharset UTF-8

<IfModule mod_expires.c>

############################################
## Add default Expires header
## http://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html#expires

ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 year"

</IfModule>

############################################
## By default allow all access

Order allow,deny
Allow from all

############################################
## If running in cluster environment, uncomment this
## http://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html#etags

#FileETag none
############################################
# Mozilla requires this to handle XSL stylesheets
AddType application/xml .xsl