Email element?

[muayadlyasin]

Hi there,

I am currently running the email plugin to email someone if the element is set to Yes. And it works great with the following condition:

return '{rma_sheet___parts_received}'=='Yes';

My issue:

Everytime I update my form an email gets generated, how can I have it to only emailed if that element was 'Changed' to Yes?

Here is my current setup (Attached)..

Thank you so much!

 

[muayadlyasin]

Any help would be much appreciated.. let me know if you need me to clarify more.

Thank you!

 

[muayadlyasin]

Anyone? Please? Anyone know if this is even possible? I would really appreciate any help from anyone!

Thank you

 

[troester]

Form's original data is in $origData
http://fabrikar.com/forums/index.php?wiki/email-form-plugin/#accessing-form-s-original-data

 

[muayadlyasin]

I can't seem to make it work..... Even though this shows me how to get original data, it doesn't show me how create a condition to only email 'on change' or change from value No to Value Yes.... if a form element has a value of yes and is a value of yes after save, i don't want it to email.

Your reply is much appreciated troester!

 

[troester]

Something like
$e_orig = ...;
$e_new =...;
return (e_orig == 'no') && ($e_new == 'yes');

 

[muayadlyasin]

How would that condition include the actual element name? If my element name is {rma_sheet___parts_received} and only want it to email if original data is 'No' and new data is 'Yes'

I know, I'm a pain the ass.. but you have no idea how much I appreciate the help!!!!

 

[muayadlyasin]

Friendly bump.

I tried my best to make this work with no success Seems so simple but can't get my hands on it. An exact condition code to try would be appreciated greatly!

How would I incorporate this below code with my specific element {rma_sheet___parts_received}...?

$e_orig = ...;
$e_new =...;
return (e_orig == 'no') && ($e_new == 'yes');

 

[cheesegrits]

$originalData = $formModel->getOrigData();
$e_orig = $originalData['rma_sheet___parts_received'];
$e_new =  '{rma_sheet___parts_received}';
return $e_orig != $e_new;

I can't recall 100% how $origData is formatted. It may be an array of arrays, so you'd need $originalData[0]['rma_sheet___parts_received'], and it may also be only "raw" data, so if (say) this is a checkbox, with value = 1 for a label of "No", the orig data may be 0, not No,

So, if that doesn't work, do this:

var_dump($e_new, $orignalData);exit;

... as the line immidiately before the 'return'. This should echo out a bunch of debug data to your page, showing you exactly how your submitted value ($e_new) and the original data are formatted. Copy and paste that output here, if it's not obvious what you need to do.

-- hugh

 

[muayadlyasin]

Hi Cheesgrits....

Using the first code you added did the same as before... sent an email on every save Adding var_dump displayed the following on 'save': string(2) "No" NULL or string(2) "Yes" NULL
Yes or No depending what was selected.. so it returned the value on save.

I appreciate your help, I'm gonna keep trying what you suggested and see if any other adjustments will make it work.

Thank you!

 

[muayadlyasin]

Still nothing.. its crazy because on my email template I am able to pull original data and new data by using this code:

<?php
    $origData = $formModel->getOrigData();
echo $origData[0]->rma_sheet___parts_received . ' has been updated to ' . $this->data['rma_sheet___parts_received'];
?>

The above code outputs like this: no has been updated to Yes
And for something as simple as to create a condition to email only if the element changed from "no to yes"doesn't seem to be possible...