how to make a checkbox for sending a cc with formit

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sjeijk Reply #1, 13 years, 5 months ago

Hi all,

I'm trying to make a checkbox to send a cc using formit forms.

[[!FormIt?
	&hooks=`email`
	&emailSubject=`Getting my checkbox to work`
	&emailCC=`[[!+fi.cc:is=`on`:then=`[[+yourEmail]]`]] `
	&validate=`yourEmail:email:required`
]]
	<form action="[[~[[*id]]]]" method="post">
		<input type="text" id="yourEmail" name="yourEmail">
		<input type="checkbox" name="cc" id="cc">
		<button>Let's do this!</button>
	</form>

Tried this without succes. Any help is appreciated!

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benmarte Reply #2, 13 years, 5 months ago

FormIt handles check boxes and radios differently look at this page of the docs so you can set it up correctly.

http://rtfm.modx.com/display/ADDON/FormIt.Handling+Selects%2C+Checkboxes+and+Radios

Good Luck.

Benjamin Marte
Interactive Media Developer
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sjeijk Reply #3, 13 years, 5 months ago

Thanks, I've seen that page and according to that page I adapted my code

<!-- This would also work -->
   <option value="yellow" [[!+fi.color:is=`yellow`:then=`selected`]]>Yellow</option>

But nesting it in formit doesn't seem to work. I can't imagine i'm the first one to want to achieve this.

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sjeijk Reply #4, 13 years, 5 months ago

So actually it's not hard to make a custom hook for it. If you use it you might wanna change some values and be sure to put it before the email hook.

The snippet: checkboxCC

<?php
$cc = $hook->getValue('cc');
if (!$cc) {
	$email = ""; 
} else {
	$email = $hook->getValue('yourEmail');
}
$hook->setValue('emailCC', $email);
return true;

How to use it:

[[!FormIt?
    &hooks=`checkboxCC,email`
    &emailSubject=`Getting my checkbox to work`
    &emailCC=`[[+emailCC]]`
    &validate=`yourEmail:email:required`
]]
    <form action="[[~[[*id]]]]" method="post">
        <input type="text" id="yourEmail" name="yourEmail">
        <input type="checkbox" name="cc" id="cc">
        <button>Let's do this!</button>
    </form>

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benmarte Reply #5, 13 years, 5 months ago

Yes hooks execute in the order they are in the &hooks property, I explain that and a few other things in my FormIt tutorial which might be helpful.

Glad you got it sorted out, good luck.

Benjamin Marte
Interactive Media Developer
Follow Me on Twitter | Visit my site | Learn MODX

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