Forums - CF V3 On Submit Before Email

Nicodemus 19

July 26 2011, 09:43 #73699

I'm doing something wrong here but can't track it down.

J 1.5.23
CF

Straightforward form with checkboxes, textboxes, a textarea and an imageverification and submit button.

Sends emails ok, add rows to db table ok. Lovely.

Now I want to add some sanitisation using JRequest in the 'On Submit code - before sending email' in the 'Form Code' tab.

'compname' is a textbox in the form.

<?php
$compname = JRequest::getString('compname','Noinput','post');
JRequest::setVar('compname', $compname);
?>

I put 'Noinput' in the default value for the getString in the hope it would show up in the email and table row thus indicating the code was running but I get nothing

Nor does CF's debug show 'Noinput' in the POST array for 'compname'.

Emails are on in the general tab. DB Connection is enabled and set to 'after email'. Mootools upgrade plugin is disabled. J email cloaking plugin is ordered before the chronoforms J plugin.

There is a thank you message in the 'On Submit code - after sending email'

The form is embedded in an article using the CF J plugin.

Nick

GreyHead 65

July 26 2011, 09:58 #73700

Hi Nicodemus ,

All that sounds correct to me. Please take a Form Backup using the icon in the Forms Manager and post it here (as a zipped file) or PM or email it to me and I'll take a closer look.

Bob

If you'd like to buy me a coffee or two, thank you very much

N

Nicodemus 19

July 26 2011, 10:16 #73703

Will do, thanks Bob.

Nick

GreyHead 65

July 26 2011, 13:44 #73719

Hi Nick,

I can't see why this isn't working - but it isn't. Maybe something in Joomla! changed ???

Here's a workaround:

<?php
$compname = JRequest::getString('compname', 'Noinput', 'post');
if ( !$compname ) {
  $compname = 'Noinput';
}
JRequest::setVar('compname', $compname);
?>

Bob

If you'd like to buy me a coffee or two, thank you very much

N

Nicodemus 19

July 26 2011, 15:12 #73724

Hi Bob,

Reckon you're right. Probably a change in core code somewhere. This particular site we're building doesn't have any of the more esoteric J! plugins that can sometimes cause odd behaviour like that. It's pretty bog standard with an Artisteer template, they don't often give us problems.

Thanks for the workround - I'm going to have to think carefully how I go about this since I also want to use some SSV but that's fine

.

My original purpose was to gain an indication that the JRequest was working, not to set a default. So perhaps I should dive into the core code and see what they're actually trying to filter out then see if I can inject it

Again thanks for your time Bob. Much appreciated. I'll get you back when I'm not skint. I mean buy you a sherbert

Cheers
Nick

N

Nicodemus 19

July 27 2011, 07:53 #73748

Tested input cleansing and filtering by JRequest and tags in the J api blacklist removed

For example: <html><style='blah /><more tags> Now some text
Gets converted to: Now some text

Cheers

Nick

GreyHead 65

July 27 2011, 09:27 #73751

Hi Nick,

Good :-) Did you also get the 'default value' to work?

Bob

If you'd like to buy me a coffee or two, thank you very much

N

Nicodemus 19

July 27 2011, 09:59 #73757

Hi Bob,

Nope. Default value only works with your workround.

I'd planned to pop a question up on the J! forums but am under pressure to get this and some other stuff done sharpish. So that'll have to wait unfortunately.

Cheers
Nick