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get file upload url for passing to js


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slavelabourer

Community Member, 26 Posts

25 October 2010 at 12:15pm

So following the execellent advice from my last thread i created some variables and passed them to some js.
I now need to pass the url of a file upload to the js.


$fields->addFieldToTab("Root.Content.Embed", new FileIFrameField('GPSXML', 'Upload and Attach Document'));


public function init() {
		parent::init();
		
		Requirements::themedCSS("layout"); 
		Requirements::themedCSS("typography"); 
		Requirements::themedCSS("form");
		
		Requirements::javascriptTemplate('mysite/javascript/maps.js', array( 
			'GPSXML' => $this->GPSXML.URL 
		));
		
			
	}

This doesnt seem to pass anything over to the js the alert box for $GPSXML just shows blank. I'm guessing i need to parse out the url as a string? any ideas?

thx guys

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timwjohn

Community Member, 98 Posts

5 November 2010 at 3:46am

Edited: 05/11/2010 3:46am

Hi,

I had the same problem as you. By inspecting the Requirements::javascriptTemplate() method I found that you do need to encapsulate the replaceable variable name with quotes. Due to the way the variable is replaced, I would also recommend referencing it only once, and assigning it to a 'real' javascript variable, like so:

PHP:

		Requirements::javascriptTemplate('script.js', array(
			"vimeoID" => $this->vimeoID()
		));

script.js:

var vimeoID = '$vimeoID';

The Requirements::javascriptTemplate() method is a little used and little documented feature, but a handy one nonetheless. I hope this helps those trying to use it in the future...

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slavelabourer

Community Member, 26 Posts

7 November 2010 at 4:43pm

Edited: 07/11/2010 4:52pm

this worked for getting the value of vimeoID because it was just a text field. Here i want to pass the url of the filefieldupload.

it actually works fine if i create a text field and have the user manually enter the url but it would be much better if i could get the url straight from the file upload.

thanks heaps for all your help so far.