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Send an email only if a field contains a particular string

Thread began 5/20/2021 9:06 am by Mags | Last modified 5/21/2021 1:15 pm by Ray Borduin | 374 views | 7 replies |

Mags

Send an email only if a field contains a particular string

Hi Ray, I have a dynamically populated form which sends an email when submitted. The form has a repeating checkbox field with a list of events, which have three possible categories. I want to send the email to different people depending on which categor(ies) the event comes under. I think the simplest way is to include a particular text string in the checkbox value field which will show depending on which categories the event comes under, then surround the email code with an IF statement. I've got this far but I think my IF statement is wrong:

<?php if(isset($_POST['event']) && preg_match("EventType1", $_POST['event'])) { ?>

(email code in here)

<?php } ?>

The checkbox field looks like this:

<input name="event[]" type="checkbox" value="<?php echo($rsEvents->getColumnVal("Title")); ?>, <?php echo($rsEvents->getColumnVal("Venue")); ?>, <?php echo date("l j F",strtotime($rsEvents->getColumnVal('Date')));?> <?php if ($rsEvents->getColumnVal("EventType1") == 1) { ?>
EventType1<?php } ?> <?php if ($rsEvents->getColumnVal("EventType2") == 1) { ?>
EventType2<?php } ?> <?php if ($rsEvents->getColumnVal("EventType3") == 1) { ?>
EventType1<?php } ?>">

I can see in Chrome Inspector that the checkbox value is displaying correctly, but my email doesn't send.

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Ray BorduinWebAssist

Try:

php:
<?php if(isset($_POST['event']) && in_array("EventType1",$_POST['event'])) { ?>
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Mags

That gives me the following error message:

Notice: Array to string conversion in /var/www/vhosts/mysite.co.uk/events.php on line 21

I've attached a copy of the actual page if it helps!

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Ray BorduinWebAssist

Line 21 is:
$WAFV_Errors .= WAValidateRQ(((isset($_POST["event"]))?$_POST["event"]:"") . "",false,5);

You are trying to treat event like a string instead of array on that line. I think you should use:
$WAFV_Errors .= WAValidateRQ(((isset($_POST["event"]))?implode(",",$_POST["event"]):"") . "",false,5);

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Mags

That didn't work either - no error message showing but the email doesn't send and no redirect to ?sent=true. I've attached the updated page in case I've missed something!

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Ray BorduinWebAssist

Your event checkbox value is set to:

php:
value="<?php echo($rsEvents->getColumnVal("Title")); ?><?php echo($rsEvents->getColumnVal("Venue")); ?><?php echo date("l j F",strtotime($rsEvents->getColumnVal('Date')));?> <?php if ($rsEvents->getColumnVal("Mortgages") == 1) { ?>

MortgageEvent<?php ?> <?php if ($rsEvents->getColumnVal("Protect") == 1) { ?>
ProtectionEvent<?php ?> <?php if ($rsEvents->getColumnVal("Compliance") == 1) { ?>
ComplianceEvent<?php ?>"



But your IF statement is checking if the value is "MortgageEvent"

It will never be that value, so that code would never run.

It looks like you have multiple checkboxes in a repeat region. What if more than one checkbox is checked? Would it send more than one email?

I think this code:

php:
<?php if(isset($_POST['event']) && in_array("MortgageEvent",$_POST['event'])) { // send if Mortgage Event ?>

<?php
if (isset($_POST["submit"]) || isset($_POST["submit_x"]))     {  //WA Universal Email
  
$Email = new WA_Email("events_2");
  
$Email->Redirect "?sent=true#success";
  
$Email->From "your from";
  
$Email->addTo("your to");
  
$Email->BodyFile "../webassist/email/event-registration.php";
  if (
function_exists("rel2abs") && $Email->Redirect$Email->Redirect $Email->Redirect?rel2abs($Email->Redirect,dirname(__FILE__)):"";
  for (
$emailGroup=0$emailGroup<sizeof($Email->To); $emailGroup++) {
    
$Email->Subject "Event Registration";
    
$Email->send($emailGroup);
  }
  
$Email->close();
}
?>
<?php 
// send if ?>



Maybe should be:

php:
<?php if(isset($_POST['event'])) { // send if Mortgage Event ?>

<?php 
for ($x=0$x<sizeof($_POST['event']); $x++) { // loop on checked boxes ?>
<?php
if (strpos($_POST['event'][$x],"MortgageEvent") !== false)     {  //WA Universal Email
  
$Email = new WA_Email("events_2");
  
$Email->From "your from";
  
$Email->addTo("your to");
  
$Email->BodyFile "../webassist/email/event-registration.php";
  if (
function_exists("rel2abs") && $Email->Redirect$Email->Redirect $Email->Redirect?rel2abs($Email->Redirect,dirname(__FILE__)):"";
  for (
$emailGroup=0$emailGroup<sizeof($Email->To); $emailGroup++) {
    
$Email->Subject "Event Registration";
    
$Email->send($emailGroup);
  }
  
$Email->close();
}
?>
<?php 
// loop on checked boxes 
header("location: ?sent=true#success");
?>
<?php 
// send if ?>
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Mags

That works! My plan is to put that IF statement around the $Email->addTo line and then do two more so that if the user selects a Protection or Compliance event the email goes to someone different. Would you mind removing the details in the post above though as it contains identifiable info? Thanks again!

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Mags

Thanks again Ray, have just sent you a tip! :-)

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