[Solved] Combine extended fields (first-, lastname) in fullname

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istvan.velsz Reply #1, 12 years, 3 months ago

I need two extended fields, "firstname" and "lastname", but I don't want to have additional the built in field "fullname". How can I combine the two separate fields in the field "fullname"? [ed. note: istvan.velsz last edited this post 12 years, 3 months ago.]

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sottwell Reply #2, 12 years, 3 months ago

I've done this in two different ways. One was to use Javascript to populate a hidden field with the content of the two fields. The second was to have the form's processing combine the two fields.

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istvan.velsz Reply #3, 12 years, 3 months ago

Thanks, I solved it with some Javascript

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megasteve4 Reply #4, 11 years, 9 months ago

Just to any future readers - I now understand that Mark Hamstra has added this as a feature request (http://tracker.modx.com/issues/7695) - personally I think adding a salutation would not be a bad idea either I will try and add to the request.

Anyway here is the (jQuery) javascript I used to combine my extended fields for first and last into full name. The event is triggered on form submit.

(NB obviously change form / field names to match yours)

Nasty hack but works for the time being...

<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
	$("#reviewer_register_form").submit(function() {
		$fullname = $("#First").val() + " " + $("#Last").val();
		$("#fullname").val($fullname);
		// un-coment to debug alert("done");
		return true;
	});
 });
</script>

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sparky Reply #5, 10 years, 6 months ago

I'm facing this issue currently.

With the above, if there's validation on first and last names, and the user leaves one of them blank, how do I pre-populate value=""

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Kristoffer Reply #6, 10 years, 6 months ago

I have been using this code as a hook for the Register and UpdateProfile snippets for some time to do the same thing:

$firstname = $hook->getValue('firstname');
$lastname = $hook->getValue('lastname');
$fullname = $firstname . ' ' . $lastname;
$hook->setValue('fullname',$fullname);
  
return true;

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sparky Reply #7, 10 years, 6 months ago

Thanks Kristoffer, I will try this now.

Is the a pre or post hook?

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sparky Reply #8, 10 years, 6 months ago

ok, it's a post hook

This is working now - really appreciate you pointing me in the right direction.

Actually

$hook->setValue('fullname',$fullname);

didn't work. The debug code showed that $fullname was set correctly but setValue wasn't saving.

But your solution led me to uncover http://forums.modx.com/thread/?thread=72933&page=1 which took a different approach

$profile = $hook->getValue('register.profile');
$profile->set('fullname',$fullname);
$profile->save();

which worked.

Still be interested to know why setValue works for you though.

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Kristoffer Reply #9, 10 years, 6 months ago

Sorry, I should have said that my code should be used as a pre hook.
The pre hook is executed before the fields array are saved to the database so all edits to that array in the hook should be saved.

Glad that it worked anyway.