Re: formbuilder: where do you put a redirect statement to redirect you to another page after processing?

On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 11:55:03 -0800 (PST), l Burnerheimerton <lburnerheimerton@yahoo.com> wrote: > Justin Patrin <papercrane@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 11:40:33 -0800 (PST), l Burnerheimerton > wrote: > > Thank you for your help so far - sincerely. I think I might just be out of > > my league here. You've done a great job helping to build FormBuilder and I > > know you think there is great documentation, but there are aren't enough > > examples for the average programmer like me to find my way through it. > > I agree. > > > > > The person who gave the presentation at the PHP conference indicated it > will > > save development time 3 fold. That's probably true if you have several > > weeks or more to devote solely to learning it. I think once it people > start > > to use it more and more there will be more examples. Unfortunately, I am > in > > a time crunch. I really hoped to be able to use it and spread the good > word > > but, having tried to use it and finding some success, I find I am spending > > way too much time researching solutions and this newsgroup is the only > place > > I can get help. > > It's more understanding how OO works and the design patterns behind > it. I know it can be daunting. We will have more and better examples > eventually. Right now we're trying to get everything working and done > code-wise for a stable release. > > Any reading recommendations to get me up to speed? Thanks > Not really, sorry. I've kind of gleaned all of my knowledge about it. Perhaps someone else has some recommendations? You could always read OO tutorials. In fact, I wrote one (for Java, but the OO principals are the same). http://www.reversefold.com/java/ It doesn't get into the design patterns, but you can search for them. Factories Observers Decorators etc. > > > > > I have to cut my losses and go back to quickforms which I know better for > > lack of time. > > Please don't. It sounds like you're having very small problems. The > solutions I have given you will work. And here they are again. Sorry > for being snippy, but it seems I keep saying the same thing over and > over. > > Check my FAQ entry for how to redirect. > http://opensource.21st.de/tiki-view_faq.php?faqId=1#q4 > > For the value of the field, you must set it in the DO or set the value > using setDefaults in postGenerateForm. > > function preGenerateForm() { > $this->preDefElements...etc. > > $this->proj_ID = $_REQUEST['pid'];//or whatever the names are > } > > THAT WORKED _ HURRAY! I don't remember seeing that before in your prior > posts, but regardless, it worked and I thanks you. That little problem had > stumped me and delayed for for a day. But now I am back on track. Thanks > > > OR > > function postGenerateForm(&$form) { > $form->setDefaults(array('proj_ID' => $_REQUEST['pid']));//or > whatever the names are > } > > > > > > > > > > > > > Justin Patrin wrote: > > Or use an if(). Please think about things before posting. > > > > > > On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 11:11:46 -0800, Justin Patrin wrote: > > > echo 'stop here'; > > > exit; > > > > > > On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 11:10:45 -0800 (PST), l Burnerheimerton > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Justin Patrin wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 11:00:38 -0800 (PST), l Burnerheimerton > > > > wrote: > > > > > I tried it with just using quickform and it had the same problem. I > > need > > > > to > > > > > add an html element in the formbuilder - which I asked about in an > > earlier > > > > > posting and you'll probably see that one soon if you haven't > > > > > lready > - > > > > > thanks! > > > > > > > > What does an html element have to do with a redirect? Just output the > > > > redirect. You don't need to output the form if you're redirecting. > > > > > > > > > > > > How do you stop the outputting of the form? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Justin Patrin wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 07:55:41 -0800 (PST), l Burnerheimerton > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > I've tried in the form that calls the dataobject page, in > preprocess > > and > > > > > postprocess functions and none work. They all throw the error > "Cannot > > > > modify > > > > > header information - headers already sent by..." > > > > > > > > > > > > My page has some html in it before the php code for formbuilder.. > If > > I > > > > take > > > > > that out it works but I need that in to format the page properly. > > > > > > > > > > > > If I can't have that in, I might just scrap using FormBuilder. > > > > > > > > > > Grrr. header() is one way to redirect. If you must output before the > > > > > validation and processing, use a meta refresh or javascript to > > > > > redirect. Redirecting has *nothing* to do with FormBuilder. > > > > > > > > > > Try this: > > > > > function redirect($url) { > > > > > if ((!stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'MSIE') || > > > > > !stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'Mac')) > > > > > && !headers_sent()) { > > > > > header('Location: '.$url); > > > > > } > > > > > echo ' > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This page has moved to a new location. > > > > > '; > > > > > } > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for any ideas > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Justin Patrin > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > > Meet the all-new My Yahoo! â€" Try it today! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Justin Patrin > > > > > > > > > -- > Justin Patrin > > -- Justin Patrin