passing Parameters to form in full SEF-formatted-Url

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hi there...

During setup of an application form, I came across a problem. I want to fill some form fields with data from a job offer. But the applicants should be able to apply through a simple link like domain.com/application-form-name/job-alias

But how can i now access the job-alias from within the form for example in a db-read-action? I can get the alias to the $form->data("job-alias") by passing the variable as get-parameter (domain.com/application-form-name?job-alias=...) but the specification requires the link in full sef-format (domain.com/application-form-name/job-alias)

i only found this thread in the forum where Max wrote to setup a custom router.php. But with this solution I do not know how to setup this.

Can anyone help me whit that?

Regards
Matthias

GreyHead · Accepted Answer

Hi Matthias,

Provided that you can rely on the format (big question) you can use Custom Code to Parse the data. Something like this:

<?php
$url = \JURI::getInstance()->toString();
// remove the prefix and the extra  /s
$url = str_replace(array('http://', 'https://'), '', $url);
$url = explode('/', $url);
$form->data['job-alias'] = $url[2]; // check the index here
?>

Bob

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