Issue with custom Form submission

vanfan

I defined the following form in a view php file for a plug-in I am preparing:

<form action="<?php echo Url('/profile/mems');?>" method="GET">

When the form submits, it does not gets to the method I defined as following in my code:

public function ProfileController_Mems_Create($Sender) { }

instead it goes to vanilla/index.php?memsoption=xbus1&Submit+Button=Submit

But if I type in the browser: http://mydomain/vanilla/index.php?p=/profile/mems, it goes to my method above.

Sure I am doing something wrong, but I could not find out what exactly is wrong by looking at documentation and the community.
Does anyone have any experience of defining custom forms that can submit data to a controller in code?
Appreciate if you can share your experience on this or if you have any reference to documentation/discussion related to this.

hgtonight

Don't bother writing out manual form markup. Use the Gdn_Form object and just open it in your view:

echo $this->Form->Open();
echo $this->Form->Errors();

/* Spit out your inputs */

echo $this->Form->Close();

R_J

You shouldn't do it like that. Your view should use the form class of Vanilla look here for an implementation example:
https://github.com/vanilla/addons/blob/master/plugins/AuthorSelector/views/changeauthor.php
https://github.com/vanilla/addons/blob/master/plugins/AuthorSelector/class.authorselector.plugin.php#L42-82

The view only implements a submit button and the "action" is defined in the controller.

You have to create a controller for the form:

public  function PluginController_YourPlugin_Create ($Sender) {
    // add a form to your controller
    $Sender->Form = new Gdn_Form();

    if (!$Sender->Form->AuthenticatedPostBack()) {
        // form hasn't yet submitted. Stuff values into formfields for example or pass info to your form
       $Sender->SetData('SomePlaceholder', 'Data you'll need in your view');
    } else {
        // form has been submitted and you can now work with the submitted values
        // here they are!
        $FormPostValues = $Sender->Form->FormValues();
        // you can validate them, alter them or whatever yoou like and then do something like that
        $this->Mems($FormPostValues);
}