Re: Extending HTML_QuickForms

On Sun, 5 Dec 2004 16:02:29 -0800, Colin Ross <cross@worldstudygroup.com> wrote: > This may sway into off-topic, if the pear-users list is better suited, > let me know: > But with that said... What the heck is the process method help with? > I would think if i had a form with a process method, that would be to > aid the PROCESSING (emailing it, inserting into a db, etc.) > No offense, I love the QuickForm package, but just think that the > process method is kinda useless for any-kind of post-processing. > If its intent was for validating, that has been taken-care of by > user-defined rules and filters. What can we really do with the $values > array it passes offf that we can't with user-defined filters and rules. I still don't understand why you need for form object in the first place. The array given to you has all of the name/value pairs for the form... *I* Actually use DB_DataObject to do this kind of processing. I extend the DB_DataObject class and alter the insert/update methods, the use FormBuilder for the form. > > I am looking at eventually converting about 40 forms that either send > emails, make webservice calls, insert in to db, etc. > I was hoping to use the process call like a factory method, like so: > > $email_config[] = array ('to'->'webmaster@example.com', > 'from'->$form$[_elements]['email_address']['value']); > > if ($form-process(str 'email',bol FALSE,array $email_config[])) > header(Location: thankyou?form=request-info); > }else{ > header(Location: thankyou?form=request-info&error); > } > function email (&form, $combine_uploaded, $email_config){ > > $email = new FormEmail(&form, $combine_uploaded, $email_config); > if ($email->complete){ > return TRUE; > }else > return FALSE; > } > class QuickFormEmailer extends QuickFormProcessor (&form, > $combine_uploaded, $email_config){ > // emailing class code here... > } > class QuickFormProcessor(){ > // QuickForm Processor Abstract Class > > > } > > -----Original Message----- > From: Justin Patrin [mailto:papercrane@gmail.com] > Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 8:17 PM > To: Colin Ross > Cc: pear-dev@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PEAR-DEV] Extending HTML_QuickForms > > On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 18:02:10 -0800, Colin Ross > <cross@worldstudygroup.com> wrote: > > I am in the process of trying to extend the processing part of > HTML_QuickForm to send an email of the submited values after validation. > > This is very common on websites, a form that send the result via > email. > > > > The only problem is that the process() method only has a values array > of $name=>$value. > > > > Is there a way to specify what you want process to pass off? > > If i could i would like the whole [_elements] array, if not the whole > object (or reference to it) so even the configuration of the mail can > co-exist with the QuickForms' > > > > From what I can tell, the process() method calls a function > (user-define or not) as passes the $value array mentioned earlier, but > nothing else (other than an optional argument for combining files), > therefore, within any fuction here, the form object is out of scope. > > > > Any ideas? I don't want to hack the code unless absolutely > neccesary... > > > > Don't extend HTML_QuickForm maybe? Create your own code which gets the > values from the form and passes that and the form object into your > mailer function. > > -- > Justin Patrin > -- Justin Patrin