Eform snippet as template?

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garolou Reply #1, 12 years, 1 month ago

Hi,
I want to use a snippet as the &automessage in order to customize the message depending on the choices made. I tried the following:

<?php
echo "[+prog+]\n";
$prog = [+prog+];   \\ syntax error, unexpected '['...
if ($prog == 1){
  echo "choice 1\n";}
elseif ($prog == 2){
  echo "choice 2\n";}
else {
  echo "choice ?\n";}
?>

However

$prog = [+prog+]

gives a << syntax error, unexpected '[' >>
Replacing it with

$prog = "[+prog+]"

eliminates the error, but can't match the condition in the if statement.

Forcing everything to a string and comparing strings did not help

<?php
echo "[+prog+]\n";             \\ 2
$prog = (string)"[+prog+]";
if ($prog == (string)1){
  echo "choice 1\n";}
elseif ($prog == (string)2){
  echo "choice 2\n";}
else {
  echo "choice ?\n";}          \\ choice ?
?>

Nor forcing everything to an integer.

What am I doing wrong?

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sottwell Reply #2, 12 years, 1 month ago

Eform doesn't use the modx placeholders[] array, it maintains its own placeholders management and replacement functions. In any case, you can't use tags like that to get a value.

What you need to do is create a snippet with a function to use the eFormOnMailSent event, and set the appropriate $fields array values. eForm automatically creates the placeholders to be used in your autotext chunk tpls from the values in the $fields array.

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garolou Reply #3, 12 years, 1 month ago

Thanks Susan, finally got it working.

For completeness here is the gist of what I did...

The FormTemplate chunk:

<!-- Begin FormTemplate -->
<form id="FormID" method="post" action="[~[*id*]~]">
[+validationmessage+]

<label for="email">Your email: </label>
<input id="email" name="email" type="text" value="" eform="Email:email:1" />

<input id="prog_1" name="prog" type="radio" value="1" eform="someValidationText::1" />
<label for="prog_1">Choice 1</label>
<input id="prog_2" name="prog" type="radio" value="2" eform="someValidationText::1" />
<label for="prog_2">Choice 2</label>

<p>Please enter the anti spam code below:<br />
<img src="[+verimageurl+]" alt="verification code" border="1"/></p>
<p><label for="vericode">code</label>
<input type="text" name="vericode" size="20" /></p>

<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>
<!-- End FormTemplate -->

The eFormFunctions snippet:

<php?
function fctOnBeforeMailSent( &$fields ) {
    fct1 ($fields);
    fct2 ($fields);
}

function fct1( &$fields ) {
    $prog = [+prog+];
    if ($prog == 1){
      $prog_mod == "choice 1";}
    elseif ($prog == 2){
      $prog_mod == "choice 2";}
    else {
      $prog_mod == "choice ?";}
    return true;
}

function fct1( &$fields ) {
    // some other function if required
    return true;
}
return '';
?>

The Report chunk: I want to get the raw data only so I can handle it upon reception.

<!-- Begin Report -->
[+email+],[+prog+]
<!-- End Report -->

The MessageToSendToClient chunk: Here the data is sent out in a readable form. The called function converts the raw data to something more useful.

<!-- Begin MessageToSendToClient -->
<p>You have submitted a form, here is your choice:</p>
<p>[+prog_mod+]
<!-- End MessageToSendToClient -->

The EformCall chunk:

[!eFormFunctions!]
[!eForm?
  &tpl=`FormTemplate`
  &formid=`FormID`
  &report=`Report`
  &automessage=`MessageToSendToClient`
  &eFormOnBeforeMailSent=`fctOnBeforeMailSent`
  &to=`[email protected]`
  &from=`[email protected]`
  &fromname=`Sender Ltd.`
  &subject=`You filled a form: here is some feedback.`
  &thankyou=`ThanksChunkToLoadAfterSubmit` 
  &vericode=`1`
!]

Note using [[]] instead of [!!] failed to work on my system. &protectSubmit=`0` was required since I kept getting a warning message about duplicate entries, even if the data submitted was different.

In the ressource where the form is to appear, place:

{{EformCall}}