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jmarx34
jmarx34

Reputation: 228

Joomla Chronoforms Dynamic To

I have successfully created a basic Chronoforms form with the standard 'To' field sending the form data in an email to one recipient. However, I would like the 'To' field to become a 'Dynamic To' that will send the form to different users based off of the value of one of the dropdown fields I have in the form. I couldn't find any good documentation on how to use the 'Dynamic To' or accomplish this. Anyone have any thoughts?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 5893

Answers (2)

Neil Robertson
Neil Robertson

Reputation: 3345

How to show a drop down list of email recipients without displaying the email addresses publicly:

1. ChronoForms v3

Your drop down list in your HTML code will look something like this:

<div class="form_item">
  <div class="form_element cf_dropdown">
    <label class="cf_label" style="width: 150px;">Person to Contact:</label>
    <select class="cf_inputbox" id="select_0" size="1" title=""  name="Attn">
      <option value="">Choose Option</option>
      <option value="President">President</option>
      <option value="Secretary">Secretary</option>
      <option value="Treasurer">Treasurer</option>
      etc

Enter this code in the 'On Submit code - before sending email' field:

<?php
  $email_list = array(
    'President'=>'[email protected]',
    'Secretary'=>'[email protected]',
    'Treasurer'=>'[email protected]'
  );
  $MyForm =& CFChronoForm::getInstance('Contact');
  $MyFormEmails =& CFEMails::getInstance($MyForm->formrow->id);
  $MyFormEmails->setEmailData(1, 'to', $email_list[$_POST['Attn']]);
?>

This assumes your form name is "Contact".

In "Setup Emails", enter "Attn" in the "To" field.

2. ChronoForms v4

Your drop down list in your HTML code will look something like this:

<div class="ccms_form_element cfdiv_select" id="who_to_contact__container_div">
  <label for="Who">Who to Contact:</label>
  <select size="1" label_over="0" hide_label="0" id="Who" class=" validate['required']" title="Who" type="select" name="Who">
    <option value="President">President</option>
    <option value="Secretary">Secretary</option>
    <option value="Treasurer">Treasurer</option>
    etc

Enter some Custom Code In the Submit section with "Mode" set to "Controller":

<?php
  $who = JRequest::getString('Who', 'Webmaster', 'post');
  $emails = array(
    'President' => '[email protected]',
    'Secretary' => '[email protected]',
    'Treasurer' => '[email protected]'
  );
  $form->data['Attn'] = $emails[$who];
?>

In Email -> Dynamic, set "Dynamic To" to: Attn

References:

Upvotes: 0

markus
markus

Reputation: 40685

In chronoform you use the dynamic fields simply by writing the name of the form field into the respective E-Mail field.

So if the name of your dropdown is email_choice you write email_choice into the "Dynamic To" field of the E-Mail setup box and you're good to go.

Upvotes: 4

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