Hi Andrew.

Try:

WorkflowRequest::set_alert('WorkflowPublicationRequest', 'approve', 'publisher', 'false');

The docs were a little out of date. 'publish' event became 'approve' in 2-step workflow, so I've corrected the docs to reflect what's in the code.

Regards
Mark

Hi Andrew.

A couple of questions:
* What revision of cmsworkflow are you using?
* Are you using 2 or 3 step?

Also, can you print_r the value of WorkflowTwoStepRequest::$default_alerts before and after setting the alert. (or WorkflowThreeStepRequest::$default_alerts if you're using 3-step).

Thanks
Mark

Hi Andrew.

Thanks for the details.

The alert logic (for 2-step) uses the static WorkflowTwoStepRequest::$default_alerts as the defaults for what is loaded into a static variable WorkflowRequest::alerts. set_alert overrides values in this static. There are a couple of avenues to pursue:

* determine if set_alert is having the effect you think it should be having, by calling print_r(WorkflowRequest::alerts) before and after calling set_alert.
* rather than call set_alert, assign WorkflowTwoStepRequest::$default_alerts in mysite config. It's not pretty, but you could try something like this:
if (class_exists('WorkflowTwoStepRequest')) {
WorkflowTwoStepRequest::$default_alerts = array(
'WorkflowPublicationRequest' => array(
'request' => array(
'author' => true,
'publisher' => true
),
'approve' => array(
'author' => true,
'publisher' => true
),
'deny' => array(
'author' => true,
'publisher' => true
),
'cancel' => array(
'author' => true,
'publisher' => true
),
'comment' => array(
'author' => true,
'publisher' => true
),
'requestedit' => array(
'author' => true,
'publisher' => true,
'approver' => true
)
),
'WorkflowDeletionRequest' => array(
'request' => array(
'author' => false,
'publisher' => false
),
'approve' => array(
'author' => true,
'publisher' => true
),
'deny' => array(
'author' => true,
'publisher' => true
),
'cancel' => array(
'author' => true,
'publisher' => true
),
'comment' => array(
'author' => false,
'publisher' => false
)
)
);
}

in mysite/_config.php, with the settings you want, and see if that gives you the behaviour you're after. Is it only admin you gets the unwanted email? If you have a non-admin with publishing priveleges, do you get the same behaviour?

Mark

Hi.

Sorry, my mistake, try print_r(WorkflowRequest::$alerts) to get the alert settings. Odd that the explicit settings didn't make a difference. Did you play with the values in there to see if you could affect it's behaviour? I just realised that in:

'WorkflowPublicationRequest' => array(
'request' => array(
'author' => true,
'publisher' => true
),
'approve' => array(
'author' => true,
'publisher' => true
),

you need to alter:
'publisher' => true

to
'publisher' => false

and any other changes you want. I should have pointed that out before.

Mark