tv value in &to

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BB2 Reply #1, 19 years, 7 months ago

Hi,

Is it possible to have the value of a tv in the &to parameter? So that the form is sent to the e-mail address defined in the TV... This to have the same chunk/call to the eform for various, different contact pages/documents

I have a tv [*Emailadres*] with input type ’email’ and no default value. In the documents with this tv i type the e-mail address of a particular contact.

call=
[!eForm? &formid=`contactform` &tpl=`contactform` &to=`[*Emailadres*]` &vericode=`1`!]

Any help much appreciated. Thx

PS
I’ve tried using a snippet that passes the value of the tv to a placeholder end then use the placeholder in &to. But that didn’t seem to work (or i did something wrong in that snippet)

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heliotrope Reply #2, 19 years, 7 months ago

Hi

I hope I haven’t misunderstood your issue.

the tv value is related to the document.
If this document has no value for this TV, it will be blank.
You could define a default value in TV settings to avoid the empty value.

:-)

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BB2 Reply #3, 19 years, 7 months ago

Hi ,

But the tv has got a value, namely an e-mail address.

What i mean is, instead of using x times a call to eform (with each time &to value the typed e-mail address in the parameter of the snippet call), i wanted to use a tv that stores the e-mail address. And then in the form of that document the e-mail would be sent to &to=`[*Emailadres*]` ...

Hopefully this clarifies my question a bit

thx

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TobyL Reply #4, 19 years, 7 months ago

You can’t use a snippet or tv tag inside the eForm snippet call as there is now way to ensure that it is evaluated before eForm is called. eForm would just see the value ’[*Emailadres*]’ instead of the TV value since the TV may not get a value until later in document parsing process.

What you will have to do is use the eFormOnbeforeParse event and set the &to parameter in the event function. Firstly set the &to to a place holder and in the event function retrieve the TV value and populate the fields array for the place holder you created.

[!eForm? &formid=`contactform` &tpl=`contactform` &to=`[+tvEmailAddres+]` &vericode=`1`! eFormOnBeforeFormParse=`beforeParseFunction` !]

<?php
// pseudo code only -- fill in the blanks yourself
function beforeParseFunction( &$fields, &templates ){
   $var =  getTemplateVarOutput( array('wateverYourTvIsCalled') );
   $fields['tvEmailAddress'] = $var['wateverYourTvIsCalled'];
   return true;
}
?>

Bit rough but it’ll give you an idea anyway... Have a look at the eForm documentation and at example here in the forum how to include event functions...

eForm | eForm support | eForm @ wiki

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BB2 Reply #5, 19 years, 7 months ago

I understand it.
I will give it a go, thx

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BB2 Reply #6, 19 years, 7 months ago

Hi TobyL,

unfortunately I don’t get the function working sad

I remember trying to get another eformonbeforeparse event to work, and it didn’t work either. I must be overseeing something essential ...

What i did is (comparing your previous post and the eform_example_events.htm page) :

I created a snippet [[includeEmailadres]] with the function you suggested

<?php
function beforeParseFunction( &$fields, &templates ){
   $var =  getTemplateVarOutput( array('Emailadres') );
   $fields['PHEmailadres'] = $var['Emailadres'];
   return true;
}
//return empty string
return '';
?>

Where Emailadres = the tv with the email stored per document
and PHEmailadres is the Placeholder which I put in the call to eform

the call to the snippet and eform in my chunk:

[[includeEmailadres]]
[!eForm? &formid=`contactform` &tpl=`contactform` &to=`[+PHEmailadres+]` &report=`contactformreport` &subject=`Vraag via site` &vericode=`1` &eFormOnBeforeFormParse=`beforeParseFunction`!]

I always get the error
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: beforeparsefunction() in .../assets/snippets/eform/eform.inc.php on line 134

Can you tell me what I’m doing wrong?
thx

(I have version 1.4.1)

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TobyL Reply #7, 19 years, 7 months ago

I’m not sure why you’re getting this error.. perhaps you need to clear the MODx cache?

I did notice that the function example I gave earlier was a bit rough indeed, won’t work in fact. Here’s a correction:

<?php
function beforeParseFunction( &$fields, &templates ){
   global $modx;
   $var =  $modx->getTemplateVarOutput( array('Emailadres') );
   $fields['PHEmailadres'] = $var['Emailadres'];
   return true;
}
//return empty string
//for debugging
return 'beforeParseFunction included';
//return '';
?>

Notice the return value of the snippet.. I’ve set it to a string for debuging purposes. This should end up in your document.

eForm | eForm support | eForm @ wiki

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jivanro Reply #8, 19 years, 7 months ago

I had the same "problem" (of putting a TV value inside the &to parameter) and here is what I did to solve it:

I wrote a new Snippet named "ContactForm" that looks like this:

<?php

$to = $modx->documentObject['myTV_variable'][1];

$output ="[!eForm? &formid=`contacts` &ccsender=`1`  &to=`".$to."` &tpl=`contactsForm` &report=`feedbackContactsForm` &thankyou=`feedbackForm` &vericode=`1` &subject=`Contacts`!]"; 

echo $output;

?>

and inside the page (where I wanted to call the [!eForm] snippet before) I just call my new snippet:

<td>
[[ContactForm]]
</td>

The trick is accessing the TV with the code ($to = $modx->documentObject[’myTV_variable’][1]; ) and writing the output to create the call to the eForm snippet.

I hope this can help you.

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BB2 Reply #9, 19 years, 7 months ago

This technique works. Thank you!

@TobyL: when I tried the code you suggested, I got the following parse error when accessing the doc:

syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_VARIABLE
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_VARIABLE in /home/site/manager/includes/document.parser.class.inc.php(748) : eval()'d code on line 2

The trick of jivanro did the job.
Thx for all the feedback!

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labasus Reply #10, 18 years, 2 months ago

I have the same problem, but it is still unresolved ...I’ve tried any method that you discussed.

Any suggestions?