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How to stop sending form and back to it after a submit validation action ?

pdforest 15 Oct, 2019

I have a form with a php that is evaluated by an event switcher in the submit action but the forms is sending every time, doesn't matter if the event is true or false.
How can I get back to it and display a message in the system message bar to correct the fields before sending it ?

Thanks,
Pablo

GreyHead 16 Oct, 2019

Hi pdforest,

Do you have an Event Loop action in the fail event of the Event Switcher?

Bob

pdforest 16 Oct, 2019

Hi Greygead thanks for your attention!

No just an event switcher.

healyhatman 16 Oct, 2019

He meant an event switcher, event loop is what it's called in v5.

Post your debug, and make sure your PHP is returning a boolean and not the string "false"

pdforest 16 Oct, 2019

Hi thanks!
I changed true/false by 1/0 but worked the same way. I want to come back to the form in case of error, not to continue sending the form.

Thanks,
Pablo

healyhatman 16 Oct, 2019

Answer

There's a problem with the event switcher at the moment. Instead of 0, check for /0/
And you should use an "event load" action, pointing back to "load", (with a message action before it) instead of a redirect.

pdforest 16 Oct, 2019

Thanks healyhatman the "event load" did it. I think I don't know some basic concepts so where can I read about events?

Thanks,
Pablo

GreyHead 17 Oct, 2019

Hi Pablo,

Please try downloading the CFv6 manual from the Downloads page. I'm not sure that it is fully update for the latest release but it will explain the main concepts.

Bob

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