Adding a subscriber to external newsletter list

[makey]

Hi, first just want to say i am really enjoying using form tools.

I was wondering if anyone has had success adding a checkbox to a form that will add a subscriber to an external newsletter list
( Campaign Monitor in this case )

A test worked using the Campaign Monitor API and adding this code to process.php

$result = $cm->subscriberAdd('joe@notarealdomain.com', 'Joe Smith');

But i am unsure where this code should go and how to get the values for email and name from my form. Also, I would need to check if the "subscribe" checkbox is checked.

Obviously, I am just starting to learn PHP, but was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction!

Thanks

[michatmaster7]

Unfortunately, I am waiting on a solution for this, as well. For now, I have my original form set to send me a separate email with the user's name and address if the checkbox is selected. Then I have to manually add them.

I've some ideas about making this work in my sleep, but like you, don't know the PHP well enough to give it a go.

[makey]

I seem to have found a way to get this working with Campaign Monitor, I hope it's not too much of a hack since i am just learning.

the key was this thread
http://forums.formtools.org/showthread.php?tid=1442
which describes the Submission Pre-Parser module:
http://modules.formtools.org/submission_pre_parser/

the Submission Pre-Parser module lets you add a rule and some php code that is executed when the form is submitted.

mine got a little complicated because we have multiple language sites sharing the same templates but going to different subscriber lists so i had to add hidden values to the forms, but the basic php that i added to the Submission Pre-Parser module was this:

require_once('CMBase.php');

$api_key = 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx';
$client_id = null;
$campaign_id = null;
$list_id = 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx';
$cm = new CampaignMonitor( $api_key, $client_id, $campaign_id, $list_id );

$FirstName = $_POST["FirstName"];
$LastName = $_POST["LastName"];
$name = $FirstName . " " . $LastName;
$email = $_POST["Email"];

if ($_POST["Subscribe"] == "1" ) {
    $result = $cm->subscriberAdd($email, $name);
}

the top part is straight from the campaign monitor api so that might not apply if you a different email service, then i got the values from my form, then check if the "Subscribe"checkbox is checked, then send to cm

Don't know if this helps or not.

[Ben]

Nice!! Thanks for posting your solution. Hopefully this'll come in handy for other folks.

- Ben