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1. Trowar
   Member

   Hi,

   I am using machform and wish to include custom template variables into my e-mails.

   For example. When an entry is entered added to the ap_form_1 table, my site automatically adds some additional fields (rvplace, rvtime, rvdate, payref, paystatus, etc..).

   In an e-mai I can put {element_1} in and it will populate from the machform database. How can I get my site to accept {rvplace} and to auto populate the field with that name from the database as well?

   Many Thanks,

   Peter Cunningham.

   Posted 14 years ago #
2. 

   yuniar

   I must say this one won't be quite simple to do.

   Basically, the code which parse the template variables is within the "includes/helper-functions.php" file.
   Around line 306, you'll see a bunch of code which creates the template variables and assign the values. This code:

   $template_variables[$i] = '{date_created}';
   $template_values[$i]    = $date_created;
   $i++;
   $template_variables[$i] = '{ip_address}';
   $template_values[$i]    = $ip_address;
   $i++;
   $template_variables[$i] = '{form_name}';
   $template_values[$i]    = $form_name;
   $i++;
   $template_variables[$i] = '{entry_no}';
   $template_values[$i]    = $entry_id;
   $i++;
   $template_variables[$i] = '{form_id}';
   $template_values[$i]    = $form_id;

   I suppose you could add any custom template variables there, below those lines.

   I hope that helps.

   ---

   MachForm Founder

   Posted 14 years ago #

3. Trowar
   Member

   Thanks Yunair,

   I figured out what I was doing wrong. I added the code

   $template_variables[$i] = '{rvdate}';
   $template_values[$i] = $rvdate;
   $i++;

   and it didn't work. I realised I had to popluate $rvdate as Machform wasn't doing this for me.

   $rvdate = 'test';
   $template_variables[$i] = '{rvdate}';
   $template_values[$i] = $rvdate;
   $i++;

   So it turns out it was simple to do :)

   Many Thanks for your help.

   Posted 14 years ago #

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