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Hi

Would you suggest me the way to obtain the values (such as text or fields) from current page HTML where the form is placed.

For example. I'm pasting the form as a module in the ZOO catalog and I have a text value called 'Label' that is attached to every product in this catalog. How can I obtain this value and paste it to the form? If possible recommend me please PHP function that I need insert to the form to get the result.

Thank you.

Hi buzzet,

I don't know anything about ZOO. Possibly you could add a variable to the page URL? Or I guess you could write a script to check the label adn add the value to a hidden field in the form?

Bob

Sure. But let's rest ZOO in peace. How I can obtain HTML code from current page?

That is the piece of HTML code there I put the form (just local for a test purpose):

<div id="maincolumn_full">
<table class="nopad">
<tr valign="top">
<td>
<form name="ChronoContact_simple_form_01" id="ChronoContact_simple_form_01" method="post" action="http://joomtest/index.php?option=com_chronocontact&task=send&chronoformname=simple_form_01" >
<div class="form_item">
  <div class="form_element cf_heading">
    <h1 class="cf_text"> ...etc.

So, for example, how can I direct to the form to find this - '<table class="nopad">' and place inside itself?

I found something like what I need here - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/819182/how-to-get-html-code-of-a-web-page-in-php

If it's a right way, how do I indicate to obtain information from the current page instead of designating remote URL address?

select * from html where url = ???

Hi buzzet,

You have me completely lost. Why would you want to retrieve an HTML snippet like that?

Can you post a 'real' example, tha might be more useful.

Bob

I think I've mess myself too🙂

Ok, another example.
The form is on the Page.html. There are the words 'bla bla bla' on this page.
How to catch these words from source code and send while the form is submitting?
Why I don't want to do it with DB query? That is because I'm thinking how to optimize server load and decrease the number of queries from generating page. One more thing I want to know: which way is faster - DB query or script work while page is generating?

Yesterday, when I was stuck with it, I thought to escape DB query, now I'm thinking this is a simplest and fastest method in comparison to analyze generating HTML 'on the fly'.
As the people saying - The Morning Is Wiser Than Evening!

Hi buzzet,

The DB query is likely to be much simpler than trying to grab all the page html and searching it for some particular phrase.

Bob

This is my first post and I am amazed at the power of Chronoforms so far. I have searched the forum and tutorials for an answer, but so far not found it. (Forgive me if I am asking a simple question.)

I wish to know if it is possible to assign a Chronform to an existing page, rather than using the form as a page of its own.

My purpose is to build a product catalog and include my standard Chronoform on each product page (I would need to somehow add a dynamic identifier field so we know from what product the enquiry came).

Can this be done... if so how?

Thanks,
Geoff

Hi Geoff,

If your product catalog supports loading Joomla plugins/mambots then you can load the form there with that trick

but to add a unique identifier it become a bit harder, you need to have some PHP variable accessible in the whole page of the product so that you can load it through the Chronoform, or alternatively run some SQL query based on some request parameter

Regards,
Max

Thanks Max, I'll check if it does, though I am a little unclear what you mean. Do you mean there may be a way to put the Chronoform in a module and insert it on the page that way?

Geoff

Yes, but not a module, I mean a plugin (mambot), its the tool used to insert it in Articles, but your product catalog extension may be supporting loading these mambots as well

Cheers
Max

ZOO 2.0 by YooTheme. I'll try to figure that out. Thanks.

Geoff

thx for a lot knowledge