Post a form and index.php

timgerr · Post by **timgerr** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 9:10 pm

Hey all, I have a question for you. I haven't coded in Joomla for a long time and I am trying to get my coding fingers back. This sould be an easy one for you. Lets say that I want to create a form and post back to the same page like this.

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<body>
<form name="submitThis" id="topForm" action="<?php $mosConfig_live_site ?>/index.php?option=com_backendform" type="post">method="post">
<input type="test" id="test"></input>
<input type="submit>Press Me</input>
<?php
$p1 = JRequest::getVar( 'test','', 'post' );
echo $p1;
</php>

(This is an example I just wrote, not sure if it will really work)
when I press submit I get the webserver root and index.php. How can I submit a form to the same php page?

Thanks,
timgerr

jlleblanc · Post by **jlleblanc** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 1:34 am

Hello timgerr,

Are you putting this form in a component and trying to get back to the component, or are you putting it into an article and trying to get back to the article? If it's the former, setting option=com_nameofyourcomponent should do the trick. Otherwise, you will need to redirect back to the article in your component. This can be done with mosRedirect() in 1.0 or JApplication::redirect() in 1.5.

timgerr · Post by **timgerr** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 2:14 pm

Here is what I am trying to do. I have this page that I am posting information to.

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<?php $mosConfig_live_site ?>/index.php?option=com_backendform

when I hit the submit button I am directed to the root of my web server/index.php. How can I create a form and post information back to the page?

thanks,
timgerr

jlleblanc · Post by **jlleblanc** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:10 pm

You need an echo before $mosConfig_live_site.

timgerr · Post by **timgerr** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 4:03 am

jlleblanc wrote:You need an echo before $mosConfig_live_site.

Yet again I have to say thanks.

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