I have bumped into a variety of posts with this problem. Seems to be it is a basic requirement that you can pass the destination address from a node in drupal to the webform system, but I can't see how. Passing the email in the URL is not an option, as you are just asking for your form to be abused then by spammers. I would like to pass through a node ID, and then write a small piece of php so that webform can get the email address from this node. I know how to make the php to get the datam, but how can I integrate this with webform?

Unless I have missed something?

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exobuzz commented

I found the validation php box and have got as far as the code below. So i take the value of a hidden field and load the node to get the email address out. I now want to stick this address back into the form data so it can be submitted to that address but I have no idea which part of $form or $form_state to modify as the value appears multiple times. is it possible to change the form in the validation stage?

<?php
  $nid = $form['submitted']['centre']['#value'];
  if ( $nid == '' ) {
    form_set_error('centre','No such centre');
  } else {
    $node = node_load($nid);
    if ( is_array($node->field_email) ) {
      // where can i change the value of this form field? it exists in $form_state as well as $form and in multiple places!
      //$form['submitted']['centre']['#value'] = $node->field_email[0]['email'];
    } else {
      form_set_error('centre','No valid contact email or no such centre');
    }
  }
?>

Has anyone else done something similar. I find no documentation on how to do this. The code above is worked out from lots of debug output etc.

exobuzz’s picture

exobuzz commented

I'm getting closer. I can change the value of the form now, but the form still goes to "the id" that was set before

validation code

<?php
  $nid = $form_state['values']['submitted_tree']['centre'];
  if ( $nid == '' ) {
    form_set_error('centre','No such centre');
  } else {
    $mynode = node_load($nid);
    if ( ! is_array($mynode->field_email) ) {
      form_set_error('centre','No valid contact email or no such centre');
    }
  }
?>

processing code

<?php
  // set the field to the actual email address for the centre
  $nid = $form_state['values']['submitted_tree']['centre'];
  $mynode = node_load($nid);
  $form_state['values']['submitted_tree']['centre'] = $mynode->field_email[0]['email'];
?>

any help would be most appreciated

exobuzz’s picture

exobuzz commented
Status: Active » Fixed

SOLVED!

for the process code i use the following

<?php
  // get the email for the node
  $nid = $form_state['values']['submitted_tree']['centre'];
  $mynode = node_load($nid);
  // set the destination for the form to the email
  $node->webform['email'] = $mynode->field_email[0]['email'];
?>

hopefully others will find this useful too.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.

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2ndmile commented

exobuzz... absolutely brilliant! Thanks a ton!

lyjab’s picture

lyjab commented

This is exactly the logic I need ... still doesn't seem to work for me.
It seems like I can't modify that field : $node->webform['email']

In my case, the mail is deduced this way : node url (HTTP_REFERER) -> node id -> author id -> author email

Actually, my validation block is empty. Could this be the reason ?

Thanks in advance for any advice.

EDIT : well I used a hidden field to catch the node id in $_GET (%get[nid]) instead of using the HTTP_REFERER and it works just fine! Thank you for the trick!

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empipa commented
Status: Closed (fixed) » Needs review

Please exobuzz, could you describe the whole process? I can´t seem to make it work. A lot of people need this so, i think, this should be some standard configuration. Be able to pull the email from anywhere.
OK, please describe: where did you create the hidden field. Whats the name of the hidden field?
Where do you write both codes?
Why am i getting the message "no such centre"?

Thanks

exobuzz’s picture

exobuzz commented

my code is tailor made for my scenario. It will differ depending, so you need to understand the code to modify it. I take a value from a session variable and put it in a hidden field in the form. This is a standard operation. I create the session variable on another drupal page, however you could pass it as a parameter also.

in my case I pass a node id into the form. the node contains an email field that I want the form to go to.

In the validation code, I check that the hidden field (in my case centre) contains something. If it does, I do a node load on it, and then check if there is the email field. If not I give an error. You would want to change the error and field name accordingly

In the Processing code, I get the node id that was previously validated, load the node, and extract the email address. I then set the destination of the form to this address.

You are getting the no such centre error, as you have nothing in a field called "centre" in your form. change this to reflect your field values.

Feel free to petition for some built in functionality like this.

empipa’s picture

empipa commented

thank you exobuzz, but still stuck.
I have the same needs as you. I need to collect the email from the node based on his id.

I created a hidden field in the form called centre too. But what code do i put in it, and what value? What do i do with this field?

How do i create this session variable. That´s where i´m stuck. I need the code and where do i write it.
In my case every page of a certain content type will have this session variable retrieved to be sent an email to.

In this content type i also have a field called "field_emailestabelecimento". This is where the email is.

exobuzz’s picture

exobuzz commented

you can pass the node id to the webform in a querystring which might be easiest and then get the webform to put this in a hidden field. See "Setting default values from the url" on http://drupal.org/node/296453

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hatsharpener commented

exobuzz, just curious where you're putting the "validation code" and the "process code." I follow your logic and the code makes sense, but I'm not sure where to put it. Are you altering the webform_components.inc in the module, or are you creating a template for the node? I know PHP, but altering a Drupal module is new to me.

Thanks!

exobuzz’s picture

exobuzz commented

There are textarea boxes provided by webform for the form you are working on in the configuration tab under "Webform advanced settings". No need to manually edit any files.

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quicksketch
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Status: Needs review » Closed (fixed)

Closing after lack of activity. Thanks exobuzz for all your input on this! Generally support for how to write custom validation/submission is not provided in the Webform issue queue.

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trevorbradley commented

Just an FYI for anyone else here: These validation fields hatsharpener can't find appear in Webform 2, but not Webform 3.

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capellic
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commented

For those looking for the validation field, as of version 3, I went the route of using webform rules module. I pass the nid in and then bake that into a hidden field. The rule picks up that NID with PHP code and then does a node_load, and then gets the email address value from the node and then puts that in the $data array so that the next action, the "send to arbitrary email address" can use it in the "to" field -- works great!

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ericclaeren commented

Hi Capellic,

Would you mind sharing your rule / actions / code here? I'm looking for a similar output, but don't know where to start. Thanks!

Cheers,

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ohthehugemanatee commented
Version: 6.x-2.7 » 6.x-3.9
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I had a site that wanted to pull email address from nodes into a field in their webform, which was displayed as a block. I looked around, but since the validation area is gone in Webform 3, it seems that we're expected to use the (now extensive) system of hooks to do what we want.

I threw together a module for the most common case: pull data from an arbitrary field on an arbitrary node into a webform field. You can specify the source NID for the data in a field on the webform (which in turn can be filled by a URL argument if you want), or just use the currently displayed node if your webform is on a block. You can specify a single webform to receive this functionality, or apply it to all webforms.

Just install the module as usual, and go to /admin/settings/webform-node-data to tell the module:

* the NID of the webform to apply to (0 for all webforms)
* the field on that webform which contains the data source's NID (or enter to get it from the currently displayed node)
* the field on the data source node which contains your "target data" (field_agent_email , in my case)
* the type of data in that field. use "email" for CCK email fields, and "value" for CCK textfields
* the destination field on the webform which should receive the data.

I'm not sure if this is worth submitting as a sub module or not, but hopefully it will help someone out there.

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ohthehugemanatee commented
Status: Closed (fixed) » Needs review

changing to "needs review" because something like this would be a useful addition (to the D6 version at least).

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quicksketch
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Thanks ohthehugemanatee! I get this request surprisingly often. It's *very* common to get the "How do I get the title of the current node" when the webform is being displayed as a block on all pages. I'd love to see this moved into Git, at least as a sandbox project.

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ohthehugemanatee commented
Status: Needs review » Closed (fixed)

Awesome! Thanks for the vote of confidence quicksketch. http://drupal.org/sandbox/ohthehugemanatee/1221588 I'm the proud parent of a sandbox module! Here's hoping it's useful for others in the future.

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hmdnawaz commented

Where should I write this code?
And what is the submitted_tree and center in your code. Please explain it because I have the similar problem.
I am fetching the email address from the cck field of a content type and assign it to the webform to send mail to this email address.
Please also tell me how would I write the body of the email in this situation??

Any help will be appreciated.

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Dret commented
Category: support » feature

It's possible to make it works with Token Field Module?

In this way Webform could have a full token support without using the Patched version (Webform Patched).

At the moment I can load textfield type field... but not the token field.

Thanks!
Bye.

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helderluis commented

Hi ohthehugemanatee, can't get it to work, when i pass the <active> value i get a blank page where the block is located. Any idea? Thanks!

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BeaPower commented

possible now?

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lebric commented

Sorry i m so new to this, where do i put that code. I've been struggling for weeks to try to do what you've done but without success. I'm trying to do the exact same thing as you do but just can't because my lack of knowledge, can you help?

Thanks !

Eric

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Marfio commented

Thank you very much to ohthehugemanatee for this little module

At the moment is working perfectly on my web for my proposes. I would like to animate to improve it.

Congratulations.