How does one debug Formit?

1.5.1 with Revo 2.04-pl

One of the problems I have with CMS’s is there is often no way to track down malfunctions, if it works, great, if it doesn’t . . . . then what? (after poring through the docs repetitively.)

I have a seriously broken site using Formit, it just won’t email. The validation, responses, everything works fine. The modX log is empty, I intentionally wrote some bad snippets to cause an error and it’s indeed writing OK. Are there any flags I can turn on to output warnings, trace a path through the hooks, anything?

Update to FormIt 1.5.2-rc1. Then put this after your FormIt call:



That will display more info about your email issues.

Quote from: rocknbil at Dec 02, 2010, 01:36 PM

1.5.1 with Revo 2.04-pl

One of the problems I have with CMS’s is there is often no way to track down malfunctions, if it works, great, if it doesn’t . . . . then what? (after poring through the docs repetitively.)

I have a seriously broken site using Formit, it just won’t email. The validation, responses, everything works fine. The modX log is empty, I intentionally wrote some bad snippets to cause an error and it’s indeed writing OK. Are there any flags I can turn on to output warnings, trace a path through the hooks, anything?

You’ve probably done this, but just in case:

Remove all hooks but the email hook
Verify that the mail() function is working. Often it isn’t and no errors occur although the mail is not sent.
Try using the MODx SMTP system settings to see if it makes a difference.


BTW, I want to thank you for using the correct spelling of "poring." I haven’t seen that in a number of years on the internet and it made my day. I thought it was dead.

Hi,

I have i problem with formit, before it was working and now it's totally not working.
My Setup: MODX 2.1.4pl with formit ver. 2.03 using google SMTP

My form:
[[!FormIt?
&hooks=`math,spam,email,redirect`
&redirectTo=`2`
&emailTpl=`email-chunk`
&emailTo=`[email protected]`
&emailSubject=`uploaded file`
&validate=`name:required,
email:required,contact:required,address:required,city:required,state:required,contact_attachment:required,message:required:stripTags`

]]

<p>[[!+fi.error.error_message:notempty=`<p>[[!+fi.error.error_message]]</p>`]]

<form id="form1" class="cmxform" method="post" action="[[~[[*id]]]]" enctype="multipart/form-data">

<fieldset><legend>Contact form</legend>
<input type="hidden" name="nospam:blank" value="" />

<label for="name">
Name:
<span class="error">[[+fi.error.name]]</span>
</label>
<input type="text" name="name" id="name" value="[[+fi.name]]" />

<label for="address">
Address:
<span class="error">[[+fi.error.address]]</span>
</label>
<input type="text" name="address" id="address" value="[[+fi.address]]" />

<label for="city">
City:
<span class="error">[[+fi.error.city]]</span>
</label>
<input type="text" name="city" id="city" value="[[+fi.city]]" />

<label for="state">
Select State:
<select name="state">
[[!FormItStateOptions? &selected=`[[!+fi.state]]`]]
</select>
</label>

<label for="zipcode">
Zip Code:
<span class="error">[[+fi.error.zipcode]]</span>
</label>
<input type="text" name="zipcode" class="small" value="[[+fi.zipcode]]" />

<label for="contact">
Contact No:
<span class="error">[[+fi.error.contact]]</span>
</label>
<input type="text" name="contact" id="contact" value="[[+fi.contact]]" />

<label for="email">
Email:
<span class="error">[[+fi.error.email]]</span>
</label>
<input type="text" name="email" id="email" value="[[+fi.email]]" />

<label for="contact_attachment">Upload your own design with this format: PSD,AI,CDR,JPEG or PNG24</label><em>(max size 5MB)</em>

<input type="file" name="contact_attachment" value="[[!+fi.contact_attachment]]" />

<label for="message">
Your Message:
<span class="error">[[+fi.error.text]]</span>
</label>
<textarea name="message" id="text" cols="55" rows="20" value="[[+fi.text]]">[[+fi.text]]</textarea>
<br class="clear" />


<label>Please solve this math to avoid spam on our system.

<h3>[[!+fi.op1]] [[!+fi.operator]] [[!+fi.op2]]?</h3></label>
[[!+fi.error.math]]
<input type="text" name="math:required" value="[[!+fi.math]]" />
<input type="hidden" name="op1" value="[[!+fi.op1]]" />
<input type="hidden" name="op2" value="[[!+fi.op2]]" />
<input type="hidden" name="operator" value="[[!+fi.operator]]" />


<br class="clear" />
<div class="form-buttons"
<p class="submit"><button type="submit"></button></p>
</div>

</form>

Upon sending the standard form it's nothing happened, no redirect, no error validations & not sending any data.

Please help me to solved this problem...

Thanks

Try taking out the output modifier for now. You're telling MODX to print an empty paragraph if the error message is not empty. Try just:



Or use the tag from splittingred's post above.


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PLEASE, PLEASE specify the version of MODX you are using . . . PLEASE!
MODx info for everyone: http://bobsguides.com/modx.html

Hi bob,
Thanks for having a time to reply.
Here is my formit call:



i use the google smtp here..

but When i tried to use your quickemail it sends successfully and working.
On my manager error log was empty.

Note: I am also using multiple context for multiple domains

Try it with just the email hook and see if that works.


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PLEASE, PLEASE specify the version of MODX you are using . . . PLEASE!
MODx info for everyone: http://bobsguides.com/modx.html

One more thing that i observe here when using 2 context. (web) & (mywebsite)

Before all of my resources was on the (mywebsite) and configure all the system settings for this context. The formit was failed to work.

When i transfer all the resources on the (web context) and point the domain into default context in index.php the formit was working now.

Is there anyway to work this formit on a multiple context? Did you experience this problem before?

Thanks & best regards,

I notice that others are having trouble with FormIt in multiple contexts, but I'm afraid I didn't find any solution.

Maybe someone else knows.


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PLEASE, PLEASE specify the version of MODX you are using . . . PLEASE!
MODx info for everyone: http://bobsguides.com/modx.html

Yes bob,
This problem must be address to splittingred's. Since the modx has capable to handle multiple websites(context) that is supposed to be can handle the other plugins like formit.

Anyway bob, thanks again for having a time for this. I admire your work and all the staff's who build this modx.
I am having a plan to conduct a free seminar or training here in the philippines to teach the IT students on how to use this modx. I wish to have a book of modx here in my country.