Passing values between multipage forms on ModX - urgent - help!

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hotdiggity Reply #1, 18 years, 8 months ago

no programming skills here, so I need to be gently walked through setting up sessions please in modx to store values from a multipage form, for example:

<!--checkout-step-1.html-->
<form name="theform" action="checkout-step-2.html" method="POST" onsubmit="return CheckForm(this)">
First name: <input name="b_first" type="text" value="[[b_first]]" size="20" />
Last name: <\<input name="b_last" type="text" value="[[b_last]]" size="20" />
<input type=submit value="Next" class="cformbutton" />

<!--checkout-step-2.html-->
<form name="theform" action="checkout-step-3.html" method="POST" onsubmit="return CheckForm(this)">
Address:<input name="d_addr" type="text" value="[[d_addr]]" size="34" />
City: <input name="d_city" type="text" value="[[d_city]]" size="21" />
<input type=submit value="Next" class="cformbutton" />

The user may need to move back and forward between pages altering info too, hence the value="[[snippet]]". The last page has a summary of all the information for reviewing. I have a lot a values for processing on each page too. I know there’s a solution with eform, however it’s not suitable to use with my shopping cart and checkout processing.

Mostly harmless.

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hotdiggity Reply #2, 18 years, 8 months ago

Thanks but can anyone help out here please? Have set up 3 test templates each with their own session [[snippet]] at the very top. The first two form pages collect some values and the third provides a summary. I’ve used the exact code ganehsXL suggested for the snippets. First two pages appear to work, but with the 3rd page I get the error below with no values passed to its form fields.

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in /home/xxxx/public_html/modx/manager/includes/document.parser.class.inc.php(769) : eval()’d code on line 2

[[snippet]] at top of p1 & 2:

<?php
$_SESSION['formval1'] = trim($_POST['formval1']);
$_SESSION['formval2'] = trim($_POST['formval2']);
etc
etc
?>

[[snippet]] at to of page 3:

<?php
$modx->setPlaceholder('formval1' $_SESSION['formval1']);
$modx->setPlaceholder('formval2' $_SESSION['formval2']);
$modx->setPlaceholder('formval3' $_SESSION['formval3']);
$modx->setPlaceholder('formval4' $_SESSION['formval4']);
etc
etc
?>

Mostly harmless.

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hotdiggity Reply #3, 18 years, 8 months ago

Thanks! The error has disappeared now. Still no values passed to page 3 however. Have double checked the code.

Here’s the input tag for the initial input of data which I assume is correct.

<input name="formval1" type="text" value="" size="34" />

Mostly harmless.