How to make contact form with file upload

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Marco Zinn	Thursday 07 February 2008 7:50:07 am Hi there, i want to modify a contact form (which is based on information collectors) by adding a file attribute. The user filling out the form should be able to upload a file to the ez system. Two question here: 1- As far as i can see, that file attribute does not allow to set the information collector "flag". I guess, this is a design decision. Do you have an idea on how to solve or mimic the needed feature? 2- If the above can be solved, how can we attach the uploaded file to the mail, that is sent to the receiver? This would require a function to encode a binary file as a mail attachment. Or, how can I at least send a link to the file's location on the server with that email? I know, that this procedure may introduce security issues... The only solution that i can think of at the moment is to drop the information collector concept here and let the user (who may be anonymous) create an object (just like a forum post) and use the notification system to inform a user about new objects. But still, i think, i cannot attach the file to the notification mail, right? Marco http://www.hyperroad-design.com
Felix Laate	Thursday 07 February 2008 11:19:41 am Hi Marco! I choose to do this with a separate module: http://ez.no/developer/contribs/applications/sendappform Could this help you? Felix Publlic Relations Manager Greater Stavanger www.greaterstavanger.com
Marco Zinn	Thursday 14 February 2008 5:34:41 am Hi Felix, thank you for the hint. I saw this extension some time ago, but forgot about it in the meantime. I'll give it a try, it looks good. Marco http://www.hyperroad-design.com

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Marco Zinn

Thursday 07 February 2008 7:50:07 am

Hi there,

i want to modify a contact form (which is based on information collectors) by adding a file attribute.
The user filling out the form should be able to upload a file to the ez system.

Two question here:
1- As far as i can see, that file attribute does not allow to set the information collector "flag". I guess, this is a design decision. Do you have an idea on how to solve or mimic the needed feature?
2- If the above can be solved, how can we attach the uploaded file to the mail, that is sent to the receiver? This would require a function to encode a binary file as a mail attachment.
Or, how can I at least send a link to the file's location on the server with that email?

I know, that this procedure may introduce security issues...

The only solution that i can think of at the moment is to drop the information collector concept here and let the user (who may be anonymous) create an object (just like a forum post) and use the notification system to inform a user about new objects.
But still, i think, i cannot attach the file to the notification mail, right?

Marco
http://www.hyperroad-design.com

Felix Laate

Thursday 07 February 2008 11:19:41 am

Hi Marco!

I choose to do this with a separate module: http://ez.no/developer/contribs/applications/sendappform

Could this help you?

Felix

Publlic Relations Manager
Greater Stavanger
www.greaterstavanger.com

Marco Zinn

Thursday 14 February 2008 5:34:41 am

Hi Felix,

thank you for the hint. I saw this extension some time ago, but forgot about it in the meantime.
I'll give it a try, it looks good.

Marco
http://www.hyperroad-design.com

eZ debug

Timing:	Jan 18 2025 18:22:06
Script start
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Module start 'layout'
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Module start 'content'
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Module end 'content'
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Database Queries	57

Timing points:

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Time accumulators:

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Ini load
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Check MTime	0.0013	0.1668	16	0.0001
Mysql Total
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Mysqli_queries	0.7393	93.5717	57	0.0130
Looping result	0.0006	0.0740	55	0.0000
Template Total	0.7600	96.2	2	0.3800
Template load	0.0020	0.2549	2	0.0010
Template processing	0.7580	95.9420	2	0.3790
Template load and register function	0.0001	0.0124	1	0.0001
states
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state_identifier_array	0.0010	0.1301	2	0.0005
Override
Cache load	0.0017	0.2170	25	0.0001
Sytem overhead
Fetch class attribute can translate value	0.0011	0.1356	2	0.0005
Fetch class attribute name	0.0011	0.1402	5	0.0002
XML
Image XML parsing	0.0013	0.1649	2	0.0007
class_abstraction
Instantiating content class attribute	0.0000	0.0014	6	0.0000
General
dbfile	0.0010	0.1249	22	0.0000
String conversion	0.0000	0.0011	4	0.0000
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3	content/datatype/view/ezimage.tpl	<No override>	extension/sevenx/design/simple/templates/content/datatype/view/ezimage.tpl
3	content/datatype/view/ezxmltext.tpl	<No override>	extension/community_design/design/suncana/templates/content/datatype/view/ezxmltext.tpl
7	content/datatype/view/ezxmltags/paragraph.tpl	<No override>	extension/ezwebin/design/ezwebin/templates/content/datatype/view/ezxmltags/paragraph.tpl
4	content/datatype/view/ezxmltags/line.tpl	<No override>	design/standard/templates/content/datatype/view/ezxmltags/line.tpl
1	print_pagelayout.tpl	<No override>	extension/community/design/community/templates/print_pagelayout.tpl
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Time used to render debug report: 0.0001 secs