Answered WebLoginPE - I need to integrate the registrant's IP address...

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hgw7m Reply #1, 12 years, 7 months ago
Hallo,

I'm trying to feed the registration form of WebLoginPE with the IP address of the user - unfortunately no success yet
(in MODX Evo 1.0.6, WebLoginPE 1.3.1).

WebLoginPE Call (shortened):
```
[!WebLoginPE? ...  &type=`register` regType=`verify` ...  registerTpl=`memberRegisterVerifyFormTpl` ....  &ip_adr=`[!ipAdress!]` ... !]
```
Also tried this way:
```
[!ipAdress!]
[!WebLoginPE? ...  &type=`register` regType=`verify` ...  registerTpl=`memberRegisterVerifyFormTpl` ....  !]
```
The value for &ip_adr is retrieved by the snippet ipAdress:
```
<?php
return $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
?>
```
And last but not least - memberRegisterVerifyFormTpl looks this way:
```
 <form id="wlpeRegisterForm" name="wlpeRegisterForm" action="[~[*id*]~]" method="post">
    <fieldset id="wlpeRegisterFieldset" class="wlpeInputFieldset">
<input name="ip_adr" type="hidden" value="[+ip_adr+]" />
....
```
The form input field "ip_adr" keeps remaining emtpy ...

Thanks for any hint!!

This question has been answered by hgw7m. See the first response.
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hgw7m Reply #2, 12 years, 7 months ago
Answer to myself, and maybe it's helpful for others, too.

I wasn't aware that the placeholder value has to be defined in the snippet. So in the snippet you can declare:
```
// define the placeholder and set it's value
$modx->setPlaceholder('placeholderName',$value);
```
It's an old and basic thread, but seems I never stumbled upon:
https://forums.modx.com/thread/20015/how-to-guide-for-writing-snippets-using-chunks-and-placeholders