Jun 9th, 2012, 2:11 PM
I have finally gotten the API functions working in a test localhost environment.
But the way the documentation is written leaves an actual form as a "theoretical" construct codewise. It would have been helpful to actually include some fully coded samples as demo examples of a properly coded form.
I have the API functions, for the most part, working where the external form page is being written into the FormTools database.
I have a form page and a thank you page written in php. When the form page is filled out and the Submit button is used the data does wind up inserted into the Form Tools database.
But on the Submit action the form "disappears" and I have nothing but a white page that does not step through to the "thank you" page where the session close code is waiting.
I have to manually enter the url of the thank you page to close the session and be able to test the form page again.
I am going to include the code for the 1) external form using the API and 2) the thank you page that never shows up.
Hopefully, someone can point out my coding error.
The form is identified as ID "6" in my Admin panel. Status is ONLINE
(accepting submissions). Form type: External
All Clients can Access
Submission type. Code (API)
Form Url checks out correctly
Access: Public
This test form DOES Insert the Field values into my Form Tools form.
But this page called "vipcontestform.php" turns white with no html code generated past the API code at the top. It does not redirect to the "thanks.php" test page codes as such below:
This even sends emails. But I cannot get the form pages to step through after submission to the thanks.php which kills the user session.
I'd appreciate some eagle eyes looking at this!
But the way the documentation is written leaves an actual form as a "theoretical" construct codewise. It would have been helpful to actually include some fully coded samples as demo examples of a properly coded form.
I have the API functions, for the most part, working where the external form page is being written into the FormTools database.
I have a form page and a thank you page written in php. When the form page is filled out and the Submit button is used the data does wind up inserted into the Form Tools database.
But on the Submit action the form "disappears" and I have nothing but a white page that does not step through to the "thank you" page where the session close code is waiting.
I have to manually enter the url of the thank you page to close the session and be able to test the form page again.
I am going to include the code for the 1) external form using the API and 2) the thank you page that never shows up.
Hopefully, someone can point out my coding error.
The form is identified as ID "6" in my Admin panel. Status is ONLINE
(accepting submissions). Form type: External
All Clients can Access
Submission type. Code (API)
Form Url checks out correctly
Access: Public
PHP Code:
<?php
require_once("formtools/global/api/api.php");
$fields = ft_api_init_form_page(6);
$params = array(
"submit_button" => "Send_Guess",
"next_page" => "thanks.php",
"form_data" => $_POST,
"finalize" => true
);
ft_api_process_form($params);
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<title>Vipcontest Guess Form</title>
</head>
<body>
<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]?>" method="POST">
<p>id
<input type="text" name="id" id="id" />
</p>
<p>First Name
<input type="text" name="fname" id="fname" />
</p>
<p>Last Name
<input type="text" name="lname" id="lname" />
</p>
<p>City
<input type="text" name="city" id="city" />
</p>
<p>Email
<input type="text" name="email" id="email" />
</p>
<p>First Guess
<input type="text" name="guess1" id="guess1" />
</p>
<p>Second Guess
<input type="text" name="guess2" id="guess2" />
</p>
<p>Third Guess
<input type="text" name="guess3" id="guess3" />
</p>
<p>Last Guess Time
<input type="text" name="modified" id="modified" />
</p>
<p>I.P. Adress
<input type="text" name="ip" id="ip" />
</p>
<p>Password
<input type="text" name="password" id="password" />
</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Submit
<input type="submit" name="Send Guess" id="Send Guess" value="Submit" />
</p>
</form>
</body>
</html>
This test form DOES Insert the Field values into my Form Tools form.
But this page called "vipcontestform.php" turns white with no html code generated past the API code at the top. It does not redirect to the "thanks.php" test page codes as such below:
PHP Code:
<?php require_once('formtools/global/api/api.php');
$fields = ft_api_init_form_page(6);
ft_api_clear_form_sessions();
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<title>VipContest Thanks</title>
</head>
<body>
Hey, thanks!
</body>
</html>
This even sends emails. But I cannot get the form pages to step through after submission to the thanks.php which kills the user session.
I'd appreciate some eagle eyes looking at this!
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