Formit: Using checkbox values to determine email(s) for 'To' field

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justin.c Reply #1, 11 years, 11 months ago

I am having troubles trying to use the checkboxes in a form to determine the recipient(s) of the email sent on submission. Best I can tell, it just doesn't work.
- I can do it if I use radio buttons, but that limits it to just one recipient.
- Does not work if i put the placeholder for either &emailTo or &emailCC
- If i manually set emailTo, the email comes through with the correct email addresses passed to the placeholder in the body of the email.
- Does not work if I select one checkbox or many
- When I set the placeholder for emailTo, the email appears to fail to send. CC and BCC emails are not received.
- Even if the email is not sent, formSave will still log the passed values, and the form successfully redirects
- Using formit 2.2.0 and modx 2.3.2

[[!FormIt?
	&hooks=`spam,FormSave,email,redirect`
	&emailTpl=`form-test-email`
	&emailTo=`[[+hotels]]`
	&emailCC=`[[*form-rfp-cc]]`
	&emailSubject=`[[*form-rfp-subject]]`
	&emailFrom=`website@[[++http_host]]`
	&redirectTo=`8`
	&fsFormTopic=`Meetings RFP Submission` 
	&validate=`
		contact-name:required,
		contact-email:required`
]]

<div class="form-third">
					    			
	<label for="contact_email">Hotels: <small>(All that apply)</small></label>
		
	<label class="check-label" for="hotel1">
		<input type="checkbox" id="hotel1" name="hotels[]" value="[email protected]" />
		DoubleTree
	 </label>
								        
	<label class="check-label" for="hotel2">
		<input type="checkbox" id="hotel2" name="hotels[]" value="[email protected]" />
		Hyatt Lodge
	</label>
								        
	<label class="check-label" for="hotel3">
		 <input type="checkbox" id="hotel3" name="hotels[]" value="[email protected]" />
		 Marriott
	</label>
								        
	<label class="check-label" for="hotel4">
		<input type="checkbox" id="hotel4" name="hotels[]" value="[email protected]" />
		Residence Inn
	</label>
								        
	<label class="check-label" for="hotel5">
		<input type="checkbox" id="hotel5" name="hotels[]" value="[email protected]" />
		Le Méridien
	</label>
					    			
</div>

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mmcgee Reply #2, 11 years, 10 months ago

Maybe something like this would work?

<label>Hotels:: [[!+fi.error.hotels]]</label>
<input type="checkbox" name="hotels[]" value="[email protected]" [[!+fi.hotels:FormItIsChecked=`[email protected]`]] > DoubleTree
<input type="checkbox" name="hotels[]" value="[email protected]" [[!+fi.hotels:FormItIsChecked=`[email protected]`]] > Hyatt Lodge
<input type="checkbox" name="hotels[]" value="[email protected]" [[!+fi.hotels:FormItIsChecked=`[email protected]`]] > Mariott
<input type="checkbox" name="hotels[]" value="[email protected]" [[!+fi.hotels:FormItIsChecked=`[email protected]`]] > Residence Inn
<input type="checkbox" name="hotels[]" value="[email protected]" [[!+fi.hotels:FormItIsChecked=`[email protected]`]] > Le Méridien

Probably have to adjust your styles if the goal was to have a stacked list instead on inline.

I wonder though about email addresses needing to be comma separated. maybe each value should have a comma at the end?
[ed. note: mmcgee last edited this post 11 years, 10 months ago.]

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Frogabog Reply #3, 11 years, 10 months ago

Yes, that's the general idea Marc. Close! However in this case you can use a hook easily. Set the hook in the &emailTo parameter in formIt call, but don't use a new input for each. You'll use the <select name="emailTo"><option value="[email protected]"> [[!fi.emailTo:FormItIsSelected=`blah...]]name</option> for each instead.

http://rtfm.modx.com/extras/revo/formit/formit.hooks/formit.hooks.email
i.e.

[[!FormIt?
   &emailTo=`[[+addressTo]]`
]]
...
<select name="addressTo">
   <option value="[email protected]" [[!+fi.addressTo:FormItIsSelected=`[email protected]`]]>John</option>
   <option value="[email protected]" [[!+fi.addressTo:FormItIsSelected=`[email protected]`]]>Jane</option>
</select>

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justin.c Reply #4, 11 years, 10 months ago

Thanks for both or your replies, but they don't quite address the issue I am having.

- I do not need to require the checkbox input (so i don't need the FormItIsSelected filter)
- Checkboxes are needed in order to populate multiple email addresses
- The values of a checkbox selection are correct when passed via placholder into the body of the email.
- The Issue, specificially, is when the placeholder are set as the "TO" or "CC"- it doesn't work there

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mmcgee Reply #5, 11 years, 10 months ago

Forms can be a real pickle

http://rtfm.modx.com/extras/revo/formit/formit.tutorials-and-examples/formit.handling-selects,-checkboxes-and-radios

Maybe a hook as Frogabog mentioned is needed. Perhaps formit treats or requires something different than perhaps if you were selecting a size or a color. email address vs. Blue
Additionally, your are stringing multiple address into the placeholder. emails addresses would need to be comma separated.