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Passing Contact form name to Acymailing custom field

6 years 1 month ago #23986 by assocyate
Hi,

I am aware of matching Acymailing custom fields names with CE aliases which is great. However, I would need also passing to Acymailing hidden field of contact_id or contact form name. Is there a way that I can accomplish that?

Additionally, I would like to validate the name field to require two strings (first and last name) Would you kindly help me with that?

thank you

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6 years 1 month ago #23987 by support
Dear assocyate,

1. We can easily get the Contact ID and the Document Title. Will that work for you?
You can create a PHP Form Field Type and the the content to:
$html = '<input 
	 type="hidden" 
	 id='.$cf->alias.' 
	 name='.$cf->alias.' 
	 value="Contact Id: '.$input->get('id').' - '.$doc->getTitle().'" 
	 />';

Then hide the Field's label under the Form Field's General Parameters tab and create an Acymailing Field with the same alias.


2. In order to do that you can create a Surname Form Field type.

Best regards,
Douglas Machado
iStoreLocator | iFAQ | Ideal Related Articles | Contact Enhanced

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6 years 1 month ago #23988 by assocyate
Thank you, that works for me.
At the second point creating a surname will not work in my case. I need to have just a one field (name) that will contain 2 strings thus a need for a validation.

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6 years 1 month ago #23996 by assocyate
Alternatively, is there a way to use php form field to combine 2 separate text form fields (first & last name) into a hidden name form field? That way I could have Joomla Name field populated with first and last name together and then the same first and last name separated into 2 Acymailing custom fields.

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6 years 4 weeks ago #23997 by support
Dear assocyate,

I'm sorry about the delayed reply.

Yes, it is possible and it is not hard to implement. See screenshot

Under the Name Parameters set:
Validation: Custom Validator
Validator Name: hasSpace
Error Message: Please enter your name and last name
Test (Validation):
(value.indexOf(' ') > 0);

Best regards,
Douglas Machado
iStoreLocator | iFAQ | Ideal Related Articles | Contact Enhanced

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6 years 4 weeks ago #24003 by assocyate
Thank you,

This works, however at the moment one space character validates. Can I have a space and at least 3 characters as a requirement?

One more question please, can I use php custom field to store ID of recorded message? If I can then how? Also, I would greatly appreciate if you could address my question about combining first & last name from 2 separate text fields into one hidden custom field...

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