Basic form and submit field entry to database - SOLVED

<?php // highlighting
// $result = $modx->addPackage('quotes', $path . 'model/', 'bobs_');
$modx->addPackage('quotes', $path . 'model/', 'bobs_');

//Modifications need to be done to the "ShowQuotes" snippet from the tutorial
<?php
//begin snippet
$path = MODX_CORE_PATH . 'components/quotes/';
$result = $modx->addPackage('quotes', $path . 'model/', 'bobs_');


$quotes = $modx->getCollection('Quotation');

$output .= '<p>Total: ' . count($quotes) . '</p>';

foreach ($quotes as $quote) {

$output .= $modx->getChunk('quoteTpl', $quote->toArray());

}

return $output;

// end snippet
// ?>
//The "ShowQuotes" resource
<html>
//begin resource
[[ShowQuotes]]
 

//end resource
</html>
//The "quoteTpl" chunk references above
<html>
//begin chunk

Author: [[+author]]<br />
Quote: [[+quote]]<br />
Topic: [[+topic]]<br />
<a href="[[~41? &scheme=`full` &quoteId=`[[+id]]` ]]">Edit</a><br />

//end chunk
</html>
//The "FormEdit" resource(has resource id of 41)
<html>
//begin resource

[[!EditQuote]]

//end resource
</html>
//The "EditQuote" snippet

<?php
//begin snippet

$scriptProperties['quoteId'] = !empty($_GET['quoteId']) ? intval($_GET['quoteId']) : '';
if (empty($scriptProperties['quoteId'])) {
    // or you want to echo out any text
    return '';
}

/* Get the existing Quote */

$path = MODX_CORE_PATH . 'components/quotes/';
$modx->addPackage('quotes', $path . 'model/', 'bobs_');
$quote = $modx->getObject('Quotation', array('id' => $scriptProperties['quoteId']));

if (isset($_POST['submit']) && $_POST['submit'] == 'submit') {

    /**
     * Try to see whether the field's values are empty or not, using:
     * die(print_r($_POST));
     */
    /* Form has been submitted */
    // @todo sanitize the input values, this is IMPORTANT!

    $quote->set('topic', $_POST['topic']);
    $quote->set('quote', $_POST['quote']);
    $quote->set('author', $_POST['author']);

    if ($quote->save()) {
        $output = "<p>Quote Created</p>";
        $output .= '<a href="[[~22? &scheme=`full`]]">back</a>';
    } else {
        $output = "<p>Error when trying to save</p>";
        $output .= '<a href="[[~22? &scheme=`full`]]">back</a>';
    }
} else {

    /* Not a repost, just display the form */

    /* The second argument to getChunk() tells MODx to replace
     * the placeholders with the existing quote's values
     */
    $output = $modx->getChunk('quotationTplEdit', $quote->toArray());
}
return $output;

//end snippet
?>
//Now is to create a brand new record
// The "CreateQuote" snippet
<?php
//begin snippet

if (isset($_POST['submit']) && ($_POST['submit'] == 'submit')) {
    /* Form has been submitted */
    /* You might want to check for empty required fields here */
    $path = MODX_CORE_PATH . 'components/quotes/';
    $result = $modx->addPackage('quotes', $path . 'model/', 'bobs_');
    $fields = array(
        'topic' => $_POST['topic'],
        'quote' => $_POST['quote'],
        'author' => $_POST['author'],
    );
    $quote = $modx->newObject('Quotation', $fields);
    if ($quote->save()) {
        $output = "Quote Created";
    } else {
        $output = "Error";
    }
} else {
    /* Not a repost, just display the form */
    $output = $modx->getChunk('quotationTpl');
}
return $output;

//end snippet
?>
//The "quotationTpl" chunk
<html>
//begin chunk


<form method="post" action="[[~[[*id]]]]">
                <input type="hidden" name="quoteId" value="[[+id]]" />
                <input type="text" name='topic' id='topic' value="[[+topic]]" />
                <input type="text" name='quote' id='quote' value="[[+quote]]" />
                <input type="text" name='author' id='author' value="[[+author]]" />
                <input type='submit' name='submit' id='submit' value='submit'/>

</form>

//end chunk
</html>
//The "Form" resource
<html>
//begin resource

[[!CreateQuote]]

//end resource
</html>

<?php // highlighting
// $result = $modx->addPackage('quotes', $path . 'model/', 'bobs_');
$modx->addPackage('quotes', $path . 'model/', 'bobs_');