Use a field value in php formular to compare with another caracter chain

[04greg1980]

Hello,
I would like to use on an another page of my website an information of a field text in a php code.
I would like to compare the field text to another text.
I have try this code:

<?php
$x = "News";
$y ='{soumission___type}';
echo $y;echo $x;
// Compare $x and $y
if (strcmp($x,$y) == 0) {
echo 'Same content';
}
else {
echo 'Different content';
}

But the answer is always "Different content" as if $x is really igual to $y.

Have you a solution?
Thanks a lot
Greg

 

[juuser]

Try $y ='{soumission___type_raw}';

And if ($x === $y) {

Also, instead of "echo" you should use "return" in most places of Fabrik like calc elements, validations etc.

 

[04greg1980]

Thanks for your answer, but I have the same result.
Another idea?
Thanks

 

[troester]

For debugging you shouldn't use echo but var_dump, so e.g.
var_dump($x,$y,strcmp($x,$y));
This will show you the type of variables and (in case of strings) the string length.

Where are you using this code?

 

[04greg1980]

Hello,
I try to modify the mpdf template.
I would like show only some informations, depending of a dropdown selection.
I explain. If the user select "New" into the dropdown and generate the pdf, I would like to change the color of the page title, for exmaple.
So I try to found a solution to transform the default.php file present in .../components/com_fabrik/views/details/tmpl/.../default.php.
So I try this code:

<?php
$x = "Nouvelle";
$y ='{soumissionnvlledemande___type_de_la_demande_raw}';
var_dump($x,$y,strcmp($x,$y));
// Compare $x and $y
if (strcmp($x,$y) == 0) {
echo 'Same content';
}
else {
echo 'Different content';
}

And the result is:
/volume1/web/.../components/com_fabrik/views/details/tmpl/boot/default.php:57: string(8) "Nouvelle" /volume1/web/.../components/com_fabrik/views/details/tmpl/boot/default.php:57: string(49) "Nouvelle" /volume1/web/.../components/com_fabrik/views/details/tmpl/boot/default.php:57: int(-45) Different content

It seems that strcmp was not done correctly, not on the raw data. How can I change that?

Thanks a lot for your help.
Greg

 

[troester]

In the template code you can't use element placeholders for "calculating".

As you can see var_dump($y) is giving string(49) "Nouvelle"
49 is exactly the length of the unreplaced placeholderstring, the placeholder will be only replaced in the final output, that's why you see "Nouvelle" on your screen.

Use the element variables as shown here https://www.fabrikar.com/forums/index.php?wiki/form-and-details-templates/#creating-a-template-with-single-elements

 

[04greg1980]

Hello,
Thanks a lot.
I have success to do what I want with your link.
See you