I am trying to make a joomla plugin, but I have few questions that I haven't found any answer.
What the plugin has to do: add a new field in register form(let's say Cell Number), and on form submit insert that cell number in database.
My documentation is this tutorial.
Questions:
How do you add a new field in register form? xml file is done, but I am not sure how to write the php code...(please help). What this code do?
$form->setFieldAttribute('something', 'required', $this->params->get('profile-require_something') == 2, 'profile5');
How do I get the cell number variable from that form? $jinput = JFactory::getApplication()->input; ?
Pleas help me with few tips. Thanks!
Just copy the code that is there. What will happen is that the php will automatically loop through all the fields in your xml.
$form->setFieldAttribute('something', 'required', $this->params->get('profile-require_something') == 2, 'profile5');
Is taking the field with the name something and changing it to be required if the parameter called profile-require_something is set to 2 . profile5 is the name of the xml file and the php file for the example plugin. It's the actual name of the plugin. You can have many profile plugins if you want but each needs its own name.
To get the a value you would do something like
$jinput->getString('cell_number', '');
Related
Here is my BrandController.php
https://gist.github.com/a958926883b9e7cc68f7#file-brandcontroller-php-L53
I've gone through all my files of my custom module, and compared them to the one given from the custom module maker, and I couldn't find much differences.
Are you attempting to upload multiple files? If you're using multiple fileupload elements with the same name you'll get an array of items.
So when the following line is called,
//this way the name is saved in DB
$data['filename'] = $_FILES['filename']['name'];
It will have the value
["name"]=>array(2) {
[0]=>string(9)"file0.txt"
[1]=>string(9)"file1.txt"
}
you'll need to update the code to loop through each $_FILES['filename']['name'] and upload and save the files separately.
You may unknowingly uploaded multiple files. If you that is not your intention, you may check your in your HTML and check the name attribute of the tag. It must not be an array (like this).
<input type="file" name="my_files[]" />
If you only see Array() in your database, it means you are indeed uploading a multiple files. You can process them by using loops.
If you are really sure that you are uploading 1 image, you may follow #Palanikumar's suggestion. Use a print_r() and display the $_FILES and paste it here. IF you don't want to use that, You can use
json_encode($the-data-you-are-going-to-insert-to-the-database);
If you don't know where to put the print_r() function, you may put it after line 56 of this file.
https://gist.github.com/desbest/a958926883b9e7cc68f7#file-brandcontroller-php-L53
if(isset($_FILES['filename']['name']) && $_FILES['filename']['name'] != '') {
print_r($_FILES);
die;
If saveAction() is being called inside an ajax function you need to log the ajax response. Assuming you are using jquery..
$ajaxResponse = $.POST({...});
console.log($ajaxResponse.responseText);
Then, you you can view it inside a browser's console. If nothing appears, you may use a non-async request
$ajaxResponse = $.POST({
// your options,
// your another option,
async: FALSE
});
Usually file upload will return in array format. So that each uploaded file will have the information like name, type, size, temporary name, error. You can get the file information using print function (print_r($_FILES)). So if you want to display name of the file you have to use something like this $_FILES['filename']['name']
Use print function and debugging tool then save file information using loops.
For more info please check here.
You aren't setting the enctype of the form so the image will never be sent. updated the code to
$form = new Varien_Data_Form(array( 'enctype' => 'multipart/form-data'));
I had previously added Joomla modules from within Joomla articles this way : {loadmodule mod_name} but this time I need to pass parameters from it.
How can I pass parameters from within the article to a Joomla module?
You'll need to modify or clone the Joomla plugin loadmodule because it doesn't handle parameters other than just a module name. It's not particularly difficult to do if you're proficient in PHP (assuming you don't mind getting your hands dirty with a little bit of Regex work) but I'd suggest cloning it and using it this way:
Copy folder \plugins\content\loadmodule to \plugins\content\Myloadmodule (and all it's files)
Within the new folder, rename loadmodule.php and loadmodule.xml to myloadmodule.php and myloadmodule.xml. These are the files you'll do all the work on.
In both files, replace occurrences of loadmodule with myloadmodule, (Case sensitive)
In myloadmodule.php, start at around line 36 with the Regex that strips out what is in the {loadposition xxx} being processed. You'll need to tinker with this Regex to get the parameters that you want to supply when using {myloadmoduel blah-blah-blah} in your article.
Find the database entry in your table '_extensions' for loadposition and create and identical record for myloadposition. (Unless you want to write and installer)
Finally, you'll need to render the modules with your new parameters - I can't begin to help there because I don't know what modules, or parameter work you'll be doing, but this renderModule documentation will be of assistance.
7.
I think I've covered it all, but this should be enough to get most of it done for you. When you're done, use {myloadposition ...} instead of {loadposition ...}.
I will give more details about the previous answer, to be able to pass parameters to a module with a tag as {loadmodule mod_name,param}
The solution given by GDP works fine: it's easy and quick to rewrite a content plugin (e.g. myloadmodule), following the steps 1 to 5 in the previous answer.
The problem, for me, comes with the steps 6: how to put parameters into the module, and ohow to retrieve de parameters within the module.
Step 7 : how to give parameters to the "render" of a module
In the plugin created (base on the loadmodule), you have to find the lines with the following code :
echo $renderer->render($module, $params);
Before this line, you can put parameters into the $params parameter, but "render" of the module retrieves only params with the key 'params', using a json format.
So, to pass parameters to the render function, you can do something like that :
$param = array('param_name' => 'value'); // param_name = value
$params = array('params' => json_encode($param)); // 'params' (String) should be decoded by the render of the module
echo $renderer->render($module, $params);
Step 8 : How to retrieve the parameter within the module
In the helper of your module, you can retrieve the parameter with $params variable :
$value = $params->get('param_name');
To understand a helper, read this tutorial : http://docs.joomla.org/J3.3:Creating_a_simple_module/Developing_a_Basic_Module
I googled the same issue and found your question. I know its old but my find may help someone else. There are now plugins that allow embedding modules and allowing you to pass parameters to it. My choice is Module Plant.
I have written code that automatically imports products basically something like:
$product->setName('my name');
$product->save();
This is fine for free fill text boxes, but how would I go about setting say manufacturer, which is a drop down menu? Is there also a way that if the option doesnt exist, then it will automagically add it?
Thanks
This is tested in 1.5.0.1, you just need to target the correct attribute ID. As #B00MER stated, the attribute will not be created that you are targetting but if the attribute exist, this will create the options.
$eav_entity_setup = new Mage_Eav_Model_Entity_Setup('core_setup');
$new_option['attribute_id'] = $id;
$new_option['value']['_custom_'.$value][0] = $value;
$eav_entity_setup->addAttributeOption($new_option);
Documentation about addAttributeOption can be found here.
http://freegento.com/doc/d0/d7b/_eav_2_model_2_entity_2_setup_8php-source.html#l00603
You will need to create the functionality yourself unfortunately. And by default Magento will not 'automagically' create a option if one doesn't pre-exist.
To simply set the ID of the value you want (Say Sony was ID 12) you can do:
$product->setData('mfr', '12');
However you may find a lot more insight here on steps to do what your looking for:
http://www.arscommunity.com/wiki/magento/configurable-products-creation-code
I was wondering how could we add attributes to file_upload in codeigniter
right now I am using form_open_multipart('controller');
but I want to add an id attribute to it.
Any help appreciated thanks!
From the User Guide:
form_open_multipart()
This function is absolutely identical
to the form_open() tag above except
that it adds a multipart attribute,
which is necessary if you would like
to use the form to upload files with.
So, you would use it in the same way you use form_open(). Example:
form_open_multipart('controller', 'id="my_id"');
Or:
form_open_multipart('controller', array('id' => 'my_id'));
How to populate image field value with drupal_execute.
for ex my content type (test) has two additional fields
1. photo (image filed),
2. phid (text field)
for phid $form_state['values']['field_phid'][0]['value'] ='14'; . how to populate photo which is image field type
If the file is already uploaded to Drupal and has a file ID (fid) then you can just do
$form_state['values']['field_image_filed'][0]['fid'] = 17; //where 17 is the Drupal file ID of the file you want input
If the file isn't already uploaded it's a lot trickier. You'll first need to programmatically create the file. I can't walk you through it off-hand but a good place to look for a template as to how it should be done is the file_service_save() function in the Services module's file_service.inc:
http://drupalcode.org/viewvc/drupal/contributions/modules/services/services/file_service/file_service.inc?revision=1.1.2.7.2.3&view=markup&pathrev=DRUPAL-6--2-2
To be clear: I'm not saying you'll use file_service_save() to accomplish the upload, but that that code shows you what needs to be done. It will show you how to save the file to the server using file_save_data(), record the file to the Drupal "files" table, then call hook_file_insert to notify other modules that a file's been saved.
i found the solution as below . i dont know pros and cons but it works fine for me.
$image = "*******/test.jpg";
$field = content_fields('field_img', 'img_test');
$validators = array_merge(filefield_widget_upload_validators($field), imagefield_widget_upload_validators($field));
$files_path = filefield_widget_file_path($field);
$form_state['values']['field_img'][]= field_file_save_file($image, $validators, $files_path, FILE_EXISTS_REPLACE);