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Access page values in controller: get email address from admin tab


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DeklinKelly

Community Member, 197 Posts

6 July 2009 at 11:31am

Edited: 06/07/2009 11:33am

I am creating a custom email form. I want the administrator to be able to change the email address and subject for form submissions. How can I access the values that the admin sets in the tabs for a page?

PHP code

<?php
class ContactForm extends Page {
   static $db = array(
      'EmailToAddress' => 'Varchar(250)',
      'EmailSubject' => 'Varchar(250)'
   );

   static $has_one = array(
   );
	
   function getCMSFields() {
      $fields = parent::getCMSFields();
      $fields->addFieldToTab("Root.Content.Email", new TextField('EmailToAddress','Email address to send form submissions to)'));
      $fields->addFieldToTab("Root.Content.Email", new TextField('EmailSubject','Subject to be used for form submissions'));
      return $fields;
   }
}
 
class ContactForm_Controller extends Page_Controller {

	function submitForm() { 
		if(!empty($_POST)) {
		mail(_EMAILADDRESS_SET_IN_EMAIL_TAB_, '_SUBJECT_SET_IN_EMAIL_TAB_', 'Message');
		}
	}
}

?>

.ss template
$submitForm
<% include Header %>
<form action="$Link" method="post" >
</form>
<% include Footer %>

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DeklinKelly

Community Member, 197 Posts

8 July 2009 at 9:06pm

This works:

class ContactForm_Controller extends Page_Controller { 
   function submitForm() { 
      if(!empty($_POST)) { 
      mail($this->EmailToAddress,  $this->EmailSubject, 'Message'); 
      } 
   }