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Unable to submit form using API - icue - Oct 13th, 2012
Could someone please offer some advice as I just can't do a test submission using the API.
I am using XAMPP as my server on a PC running Windows Vista. During the install, the only error I got was about MYSQL (MySQL client version: mysqlnd 5.0.8-dev), but I checked using phpMyAdmin and the Server version is 5.5.16 so I assumed it would be ok to ignore the error.
As per the instructions, I have the following at the top of my page:
<?php
require_once("forms/formtools/global/api/api.php");
$fields = ft_api_init_form_page(11, "initialize");
$params = array(
"submit_button" => "submit",
"next_page" => "thank-you.php",
"form_data" => $_POST,
"file_data" => $_FILES,
"finalize" => true
);
ft_api_process_form($params);
?>
My form has the following:
<form name="testForm" id="testForm" action="<?php echo $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]?>" method="post">
My thank-you page has the following at the top of the page:
<?php
require_once("forms/formtools/global/api/api.php");
$fields = ft_api_init_form_page();
ft_api_clear_form_sessions();
?>
When I try to do a test submission, I get the following error:
Error Type: User
Error Code: #100 — Learn more about this error.
The error say I could be sending an incorrect form ID so I checked the admin panel and it appears the ID is correct
ID Form Form Type Status Submissions
11 testForm External Incomplete COMPLETE
If I use the Direct method by pointing the form to Form Tools it works ok but I need to use the API so I can do server-side validation for various fields.
Could someone please help.
RE: Unable to submit form using API - mrGarvin - Nov 1st, 2012
It seems you´ve already set this up. Are all the fields in place in the database? If so, you no longer need to Initialize a new form in to the system.
Try removing initialize from line 2, like this:
$fields = ft_api_init_form_page(11);
RE: Unable to submit form using API - icue - Nov 9th, 2012
Hi mrGarvin,
Thank you for replying, i've been away hence the delay in responding.
I don't know why but if I comment out the "next_page" => "thank-you.php", line I can send a test submission. Once the form is formalized, I can remove the "initialize" from $fields = ft_api_init_form_page(11); and then remove the comments from "next_page" => "thank-you.php" and everything appears to be ok.