Accessing cf_uid in the e-mail template

I have a form working and all of the information is being submitted properly to the database. After the DBSave, I would like to send cf_uid to the user as a part of the e-mail template. I've read the tutorials and searched the forum without any luck. When I add the following line to my email template:
Your key is: {cf_uid}, the actual cf_uid does not show up.

Do I need to add a hidden field to my form to access the cf_uid? Perhaps there is a better way that you can recommend?
Thanks for your help.

Hi jsimkav,

After the DB Save the saved data is available in $form->data['chronoform_data']*, so the cf_uid should be in $form->data['chronoform_data']['cf_uid']

Bob

* If you have set another Model ID in the DB Save then 'chronoform_data' will be replaced by your Model ID.

Thank you for your response GreyHead. I'm still unclear where I add the code that you mentioned. I have not changed the Model ID. When I inserted the code into my e-mail template the results are still the same. See screenshot of my template. I tried with and without curly braces. I've attached a screenshot of the template.

Here is how my template tab looks:
A new user has signed up:

First Name: {First_Name}
Last Name: {Last_Name}
Phone Number: {Phone_Number}
Email Address: {Email_Address}
Source: {Dropdown}
Libraries: {Code_Libraries}
Features: {Features}
Use: {Intended_Use}
Opt-In: {Send_Updates}
User API Key: {$form->data['chronoform_data']['cf_uid']}


The email results in:
First Name: Joe
Last Name: Smith
Phone Number: 9999999999
Email Address: [email]test@test.com[/email]
Source: Google
Libraries: Ajax
Features: JSON
Use: Web
Opt-In: No
User API Key: $form->data['chronoform_data']['cf_uid']

Hi jsimkav ,

If you want to use PHP in the template then it must be in PHP tags

User API Key: <?php echo $form->data['chronoform_data']['cf_uid']; ?>

I'm not sure if this will work but worth a try. If it doesn't then please post again and I'll run a test.

Bob

No go. When I added the php code to the template the User API Key is now blank.

The email results in:
First Name: Joe
Last Name: Smith
Phone Number: 9999999999
Email Address: [email]test@test.com[/email]
Source: Google
Libraries: Ajax
Features: JSON
Use: Web
Opt-In: No
User API Key:

Not sure if this is useful or not but when I add User API Key: <?php echo 'hello'; ?> the User API Key is populated in the e-mail with "User API Key: hello" as expected.

Hi jsimkav,

Then it looks as though $form->data['chronoform_data']['cf_uid'] has no value at this point in the work-flow.

What actions do you have in the OnSubmit Event?

Bob

Hi Bob,

So I now have the e-mail working as expected. I checked the data and realized that cf_uid was not being populated with a value as you mentioned. I changed my DBSave action to "yes" to save under this model id and now the e-mail shows all values. Great.

Now I have a new problem, the data from my form is not being saved to the database now. If I set "save under modelid" back to NO, all of the form data is saved to the database (without cf_uid) but the e-mail does not contain the cf_uid.

On Submit - Check Captcha, Handle Arrays, DBSave, E-mail, Show Thanks.

I noticed the tip "Should we save the data coming under ths Model ID ONLY ? if yes then your data array should include some array of values under a key name equals your model_id value or no form data will be saved" but I can't figure out what I need to change so all of my data is saved with a CF_UID and the E-Mail contains the CF_UID.

Thank you for your help!

Hi jsimkav,

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

Hi jsimkav,

I found the answer. Because you have a hidden input in your form named 'cf_uid' ChronoForms asssumes that you want to use the value of this rather than create a new value. So, when the value is '' that what is saved into the database table.

The fix is to add a Custom Code action before the DB Save and to unset the variable if it is empty.

<?php
if ( isset($form->data['cf_uid']) && $form->data['cf_uid'] == '' ) {
  unset($form->data['cf_uid']);
}
?>

Then the existing value of Cf_uid is used if there is one in the form otherwise a new value is created and saved.

Bob

Thnx!! finally found a solution on this forum :mrgreen: This is precise what i needed in my email 😀 i use the cf_uid in the email as url to go back to the form with the data so it can be changed after. :mrgreen:

Hi jsimkav ,
If you want to use PHP in the template then it must be in PHP tags

User API Key: <?php echo $form->data['chronoform_data']['cf_uid']; ?>

I'm not sure if this will work but worth a try. If it doesn't then please post again and I'll run a test.
Bob