Please help with coding prob.

I found some clues on the HTML Goodies site that I will try to implement.
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Gallery Version: 2.1.1
Gallery Theme: PGTheme 1.1.0 (RC01)
Web Site: http://dakanji.com

maybe make EmailController use 'delegate' instead of 'redirect' to specify Review. a delegate is processed in the same request, so you can get the form data.

@ Mindless / anyone else

The delegate tip worked like a charm and I have all the form info passed across like I wanted. However I have another variable scope issue.

I need to get some info from the Admin setup of my module and from the checkout module. I have put the code to do this in EmailController class in Email.inc and created hidden fields in Review.tpl but the info is not getting through. I know this has to do with variable scope and wondering if the code I have in email.inc should be implemeted in Review.inc.

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Thanks for your time.

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Gallery Version: 2.1.2
Gallery Theme: PGTheme 1.1.0 (RC01)
Web Site: http://dakanji.com

No I didn't. I want to post the values to the Money Bookers site and the API expects the value to have certain names. As I understand it, using g->formVar will add a form prefix to the name.

The challenge is to post the $csymbol variable for instance to the MBookers site.

Thanks

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Gallery Version: 2.1.2
Gallery Theme: PGTheme 1.1.0 (RC01)
Web Site: http://dakanji.com

My error

I will clean up the files as they are a bit messy for testing and attach them. Thanks.
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Gallery Version: 2.1.2
Gallery Theme: PGTheme 1.1.0 (RC01)
Web Site: http://dakanji.com

Any tips anyone?
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Gallery Version: 2.1.2
Gallery Theme: PGTheme 1.1.0 (RC01)
Web Site: http://dakanji.com

Hi Mindless

The first action==email is from paymentbutton.tpl (which is called by the main checkout module) and goes into Email controller which then delegates to Details.inc --> Details.tpl --> browser as you noted. This works ok.

The user then fills in the details form with their name etc and post this again to Email controller (action==email) should then delegate to Review.inc --> Review.tpl --> browser. This does not work. Before delegating to Review.inc, a templated email should be sent to the user and the owner and variables loaded from the module admin and from the checkout module should be hidden in Review.tpl ready for posting to the external site together with the form variables from Details.tpl.

Are you suggesting that these other variables should be hidden on Details.tpl and then passed to Review?

I tried that but when I tested the fields as text instead of hidden values, they came out blank.

I suppose the specific query is whether the way I have tried to load the variables in the "/* Get parameters from the checkout plugin */" & "/* Get parameters from this plugins admin setup */" etc in Email.inc are done correctly.

Thanks for your time.

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Gallery Version: 2.1.2
Gallery Theme: PGTheme 1.1.0 (RC01)
Web Site: http://dakanji.com

"it goes south" is UK colloqiual for it goes downhill (south being down on a map.. at least I think that's the origin) lol.

On the specifics, I think the way I have tried to load the variables is the problem.

1) For instance after the send action @ details.tpl, I tried this code. $total is a variable from the Checkout plugin that holds the total value of the transaction that I need to hide on review.tpl to pass to the external site. Is the code correct and can I just have {$total} as a hidden input in review.tpl after the delegation?

		/* Get parameters from the checkout plugin */
		list ($ret, $total) = GalleryCoreApi::getPluginParameter('module', 'checkout', 'total');
		if ($ret) {
		    return array($ret->wrap(__FILE__, __LINE__), null);
		}

2) Also I have the following code for the gallery owners' registered email on money bookers which is entered in the theme admin and stored in a variable for instance. Same query applies.

		/* Get parameters from this plugins admin setup */
		list ($ret, $mbookersname) = GalleryCoreApi::getPluginParameter('module', 'checkoutmbookers', 'mbookersname');
		if ($ret) {
			return array($ret->wrap(__FILE__, __LINE__), null);
		}

3) I also need to pass the $email array across. Here is the code where it is specified but in review.tpl, it doesn't show up.

		/* Begin constructing the data to pass to the email templates */
		$email = array( 'transactionId' => unserialize($session->get('checkoutmbookers.transactionId')),
	    		        'items' => unserialize($session->get('checkoutmbookers.items')),
	    		        'product' => unserialize($session->get('checkoutmbookers.product')),
	    		        'price' => unserialize($session->get('checkoutmbookers.price')),
	    		        'paper' => unserialize($session->get('checkoutmbookers.paper')),
	    		        'postage' => $postage,
	    		        'csymbol' => $csymbol,
	    		        'total' => unserialize($session->get('checkoutmbookers.total')),
	    		        'custFirstName' => $form['custFirstName'],
	    		        'custLastName' => $form['custLastName'],
	    		        'custEmail' => $form['custEmail'],
	    		        'custRecipientName' => $form['custRecipientName'],
	    		        'custAddress1' => $form['custAddress1'],
	    		        'custZip' => $form['custZip'],
	    		        'custCountry' => $form['custCountry'],
	    		        'custComments' => $form['custComments'],
			       );

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Gallery Version: 2.1.2
Gallery Theme: PGTheme 1.1.0 (RC01)
Web Site: http://dakanji.com

Thanks for that.

1) html page -> input with {g->formVar var="form[something]"} -> included in $form given to controller.
This I have in Details.tpl for user input and can delegate to Review.tpl for posting to the external site. Works ok and now well understood.

2) module configuration stored in database -> read with GalleryCoreApi::getPluginParameter
This is how the configuration is stored in Admin Controller

	    $ret = GalleryCoreApi::setPluginParameter('module', 'checkoutmbookers', 'mbookersname', $form['mbookersname']);
	    if ($ret) {
		return array($ret->wrap(__FILE__, __LINE__), null);
	    }

and this is how I try to retrive it in Email Controller

		/* Get parameters from this plugins admin setup */
		list ($ret, $mbookersname) = GalleryCoreApi::getPluginParameter('module', 'checkoutmbookers', 'mbookersname');
		if ($ret) {
			return array($ret->wrap(__FILE__, __LINE__), null);
		}

Is this syntax correct?

3) consider what data you're working with and use the right source.. if you have checkout data related to this particular transaction, it will NOT be in the database as a checkout configuration parameter
Makes sense. I assume that instead of the code below I tried to use for the transaction total value for the checkout module...

		list ($ret, $total) = GalleryCoreApi::getPluginParameter('module', 'checkout', 'total');
		if ($ret) {
		    return array($ret->wrap(__FILE__, __LINE__), null);
		}

... I should be trying something like $total = unserialize($session->get('checkout.total'))

4) I have used the code below to try to retrieve stuff such as the currency symbol stored in the checkout module admin

		list ($ret, $csymbol) = GalleryCoreApi::getPluginParameter('module', 'checkout', 'csymbol');
		if ($ret) {
		    return array($ret->wrap(__FILE__, __LINE__), null);
		}

5) Finally, assuming the syntax in Point 4 for instance is correct, is it the case that the $csymbol variable will be available when I delegate to the review.tpl view? I was reading In a PHP book I bought to learn, that a variable declared in a function (my $csymbol in function handleRequest in this instance) will only be available in that function. Could that be my problem here since when review.inc is loaded, another function is called that actually loads review.tpl?

I am sure I am close to the final line but lack of specific knowledge is thwarting me so thanks for your patience.
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Gallery Version: 2.1.2
Gallery Theme: PGTheme 1.1.0 (RC01)
Web Site: http://dakanji.com

{g->url arg1="view=.." forceFullUrl=true}
or in php code: $urlGenerator->generateUrl(array('view' => '..'), array('forceFullUrl' => true));