Module parameters

Monday 30 July 2007 2:16:08 am

Hello, i try to build a new module but i have a problem. I write this code:

<form method="post" action={"content/action/"|ezurl}>
            <input type="hidden" name="ContentNodeID" value="{$node.node_id}" />
	    <input type="hidden" name="test" value="42" />
	    <input type="submit" name="modulego" value="Test Julien" />   
        </form>

I have declared my parameters in module.php:

$ViewList["modulego"] = array(
    "functions" => array( 'use' ),
    "script" => "modulego.php",
    'ui_context' => 'administration',
    "default_navigation_part" => 'ezcontentnavigationpart',
    "params" => array( 'ContentNodeID', 'test'));

But when i do this:

$nodeID =& $Params['ContentNodeID'];
$test =& $Params['test'];

or $test =$Params['test'];

I get the nodeID but i didn't get the "test" parameter, it is empty.

Why i dont get the value of this parameter?

Thanks for help

Monday 30 July 2007 4:34:13 pm

Hi Julien

The "params" in the module.php definition refers to parameters that are passed in the URL not via a form.

Your definition allows for URLs of the form /modulename/modulego/[ContentNodeID]/[test] This will set the $Params values you require but I'm not sure that this is the easiest way to achieve what you are trying to do.

You are probably better off retrieving the form variables using the eZHTTPTool. class e.g.

include_once( "lib/ezutils/classes/ezhttptool.php" );
$http =& eZHTTPTool::instance();
$test=false;
$ContentNodeID=false;
if ( $http->hasPostVariable( 'ContentNodeID' ) )
  $ContentNodeID=$http->postVariable( 'ContentNodeID' );
if ( $http->hasPostVariable( 'test' ) )
  $test=$http->postVariable( 'test' );

See http://pubsvn.ez.no/doxygen/trunk/html/classeZHTTPTool.html

Cheers
Bruce

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