Hi guys,

I've got a scenario where if a moderator approves a dataobject (entry) within ModelAdmin (alters its status from Pending to Public), the submitter of the entry gets notified by email.

My code is as below:

function onAfterWrite(){
	
		$changed = $this->getChangedFields();
		if(isset($changed['EntryStatus'])){
			if($changed['EntryStatus']['before'] == 'Pending' && $changed['EntryStatus']['after'] == 'Public'){
				/* -- SEND USER EMAIL --*/
				$From = SERVERFROM;
				$entry = $this;

				$To = $entry->Email;
				$Subject = 'Entry Approved';
				$email = new Email($From, $To, $Subject);
				//$email->setTemplate('EmailAdmin');
						
				$data['Image'] = $data['Link'] = '';
				$data['Message'] = 'Your message has been approved'.;
				$data['Feature'] = 'Your entry id is '.$entry->UniqueID;
						
				//$email->populateTemplate($data);
				$email->send();
			}
		}
		parent::onAfterWrite();
	}

The email sends fine if I send it without using a template. However, if I try to use a template, I get the eternal spinning Save in ModelAdmin, and no emails are sent. Nothing in the error logs. The template exists as I'm using it to send other emails within page controllers.

Has anyone come across this before?

I get the eternal spinning Save in ModelAdmin

Using Firebug is a good tool for debugging this sort of thing. Install it, and look at the console panel when you save the page. You should see the request go through.

Taking a stab in the dark it could be something like your theme isn't set in the CMS so if you do something like SSViewer::set_theme('..'); specifically before your setTemplate it may work.

Thanks Willr - that worked.

The request was returning "500 Warning: "None of these templates can be found in theme '': EmailAdmin.ss""

I'm setting the theme in mysite/_config.php using SSViewer::set_theme('theme') -- it's also selected in the CMS cms dropdown, but it won't work in my onAfterWrite() function unless I call it before setting the template as you suggested.