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Hi,

I want to have a text file that contains a serial number for submitted email. I want to have this serial number show up in the subject line for the emails to the client and user, but I also want to be able to add the serial number in the text of the email message to the user.

I have been able to get the serial number and add it to the subject lines, but I can't get it to use in the message text.

I added a hidden field called count inot the form.
In the On Submit event I added a Custom code block. This is where I get the count from the file. What I tried to do is update the count field, so it could be used in the email message text. Like so:

<?php
// Change the Subjects to have the site name in them
  $name = JRequest::getString('first_name', '', 'post') . ' ' . JRequest::getString('last_name', '', 'post');
  // Get the hidden field that the counter goes into
  $count = JRequest::getString('count', '', 'post');

// Check for an RLAB email address
  $email = JRequest::getString('email', '', 'post');
  if (strpos($email, '@doamin.com') === false) {
    $form->data['toemail']  = 'joomla@domain.com';
    $form->data['bccemail'] = 'bcc@domain.ca';
    // Add code to read count file & update it
    $count = JFile::read('/home/sccsnew/public_html/_private/count.txt');
    $count++;
    JFile::write('/home/sccsnew/public_html/_private/count.txt', $count);       
  } else {
    // Found a RLAB email address, so change the To email address
    $form->data['toemail']  = $email;
    $form->data['bccemail'] = ''; 
    $count = 'TEST';        
  }
  $subject = "Quick Form: $count on domain.ca from: $name";
  $form->data['subject2']  = $subject;
  $form->data['subject3'] = "Quick Form: $count submission on domain.ca";
  JRequest::setVar('count', $count);  // Update the hidden count variable for use in the email text
?>

I gather that the email text already has had the variables replaced by the time this code gets executed which is why the {count} doesn't show up with either a number form the count.txt file or TEST. So, where can I put the code to get the count.txt data, update it before the variables get replaced in the email text?

The email text has:
Worksheet #: {count}
in it.

Thank you for your help

Hi rlab,

Using JRequest::setVar(); doesn't work in CFv4 (it does in CFv3). Max has changed the code to only read data from the $form->data array after it is initially loaded. If you use

$form->data['count'] = $count;

then the curly brackets syntax should work OK in the Email template.

This is general advice for CFv4: to pass data between actions in the same event add it to the $form->data array (or declare it as global if that isn't desirable for some reason).

Bob

Hi,

Thanks again for your help. That works perfectly.