Plugin Switch Statement

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Hello, I have a plugin that creates a list of documents when a user signs up with loginpe but so far I have it only working with one usergroup. My aim is to have 2 different forms that 1 type of user can register with and another form that another type of user registers. Basically I want register1 to have 3 docs added and register2 to have 4 docs created. I have the plugin working with how many docs and what their content is but I want a switch statement to say form1 has been filled out so you get 3 docs, if form2 you get 4 docs. Not I know in theory what I need, I’m just not a programmer at all so it’s been hard for me to get this working. After days of reading and searching I still am not any further forward. Is there anyone able to give me a simple switch statement that would cover what I need?

If I’m understanding you correctly, you have two registration pages and want your plugin to behave differently depending on which page is up when the plugin is activated.

You should be able to get the current page ID with $modx->documentIdentifier, so the simplest solution would be to put an if statement in your plugin:



Replace 5 and 6 with the document IDs of your two registration pages.

Thank you so much! Seem like it’s worked for what I need it to.



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If I’m understanding you correctly, you have two registration pages and want your plugin to behave differently depending on which page is up when the plugin is activated.

You should be able to get the current page ID with $modx->documentIdentifier, so the simplest solution would be to put an if statement in your plugin:

Code:

if ($modx->documentIdentifier == 5) {

// create your docs here

} elseif $modx->documentIdentifier == 6) {

// create your other docs here

} else {

echo "Error - unknown page";
}


Replace 5 and 6 with the document IDs of your two registration pages.

Code:


Or, if you’d rather use a switch statement:

switch ($modx->documentIdentifier) {
case 5:
// create documents
break;

case 6:
//create documents
break;

default:
echo "Unknown document";
break;

}

This worked as the other one didn’t... This opens up all sorts of ideas for me now since the switch statement works with forms.

Glad it worked. The first version would have worked as well if not for the (oops) mismatched parentheses in the elseif statement (fixed my post above).

They do the same thing, although the switch statement should be a little bit faster since the $modx->documentIdentifier is only evaluated once.

HAHA I no wonder it didn’t work, though it didn’t throw up an error on my page... it just didn’t activate the plugin! Anyway the switch is what I went with and it’s a bit simpler for myself to understand as well. Thanks again.

Quote from: rossco at Sep 20, 2008, 03:00 AM

HAHA I no wonder it didn’t work, though it didn’t throw up an error on my page... it just didn’t activate the plugin!  Anyway the switch is what I went with and it’s a bit simpler for myself to understand as well.  Thanks again.

The thing to remember for a switch statement is the "break;" that ends each case. It’s a common mistake to forget the "break;" and wonder why the code isn’t working right.