[bananalive]

Originally Posted by ascroft

OK - thanks - progress here.

1. I have changed the plugin to launch the form from forums 53 & 65. Thanks.

2. The PHP code now shows the full forum list in the form if I don't filter - but doesn't show anything in the drop down if I restrict this. For example only including 53,65 in the array?

3. The thread prefix which is also working off a drop down doesn't show anything in the list either until I submit, then it says its missing, and then the drop down is populated. I can then select and submit - as long as the filter isn't on as per 2.

The form hook before submit presently shows:

$form['prefixid'] = $qo['prefix'];
$forumid = $form['forumid'] = $qo['forumid'];

The first row I already had for the prefix, and then added the second row now. Maybe they should be reversed?

btw the PHP in the custom question for the prefix is:

require_once(DIR . '/includes/functions_prefix.php');
$thisanswer = $q[$formbit[id]];
$prefix_options = fetch_prefix_html($form['forumid'], $thisanswer, true);
$answer = '<select name="' . $formbit[id] . '" id="q_' . $formbit[id] . '" class="bginput">';
$answer .= '<option value="">'.$vbphrase[no_prefix_meta].'</option>';
$answer .= $prefix_options;
$answer .= '</select>';


Finally, my initial test posted the thread in to the forum I launched the form (and is the default forum in the form body) from even though I selected another forum from the drop down list. I may have to do more testing re this point once a couple more of the other things are clarified.

Many thanks for your help.

Put the forum question first, then the plugin question second.

And then change the php of the plugin to:

PHP Code:

require_once(DIR . '/includes/functions_prefix.php'); 
$thisanswer = $q[$formbit[id]]; 
$prefix_options = fetch_prefix_html($q['forumid'], $thisanswer, true); 
$answer = '<select name="' . $formbit[id] . '" id="q_' . $formbit[id] . '" class="bginput">'; 
$answer .= '<option value="">'.$vbphrase[no_prefix_meta].'</option>'; 
$answer .= $prefix_options; 
$answer .= '</select>'; 


But the person will have to click submit or preview after selecting/changing their forum, unless you have a default forumid to fetch prefixes from, so then the code above should be

PHP Code:

require_once(DIR . '/includes/functions_prefix.php'); 
$thisanswer = $q[$formbit[id]]; 
if (!$form['forumid'])
{
$form['forumid'] = 53;
}
$prefix_options = fetch_prefix_html($form['forumid'], $thisanswer, true); 
$answer = '<select name="' . $formbit[id] . '" id="q_' . $formbit[id] . '" class="bginput">'; 
$answer .= '<option value="">'.$vbphrase[no_prefix_meta].'</option>'; 
$answer .= $prefix_options; 
$answer .= '</select>';