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• allan Posts: 64,892Questions: 1Answers: 10,746 Site admin

  August 6

  You are hitting this part of the code. Unfortunately it doesn't take account of doing something quite like you have. I'll need to have a think about that, possibly it could be as simple as checking for ( and accepting that the dev knows what they are doing. That check is really just a sanity check and could be commented out in your local code if you want to bypass it.

  Allan
• crcucb Posts: 72Questions: 23Answers: 0

  August 6

  Ultimately, this is what I am trying to do and why. I have two different client-side editor forms that utilize the same php file named residents.php. In residents.php, when an edit / update is being posted, I call a sql Stored proc and pass $_POST which performs some behind-the-scenes edits. I want the stored proc to know which editor form the update originated from. I first tried to add a hidden field to the two editor definitions on the client side:

  var familiareditor = new DataTable.Editor( {
  ajax: 'php/residents.php',
  fields: [{ data: 'familiareditor', name: 'editorform', type: 'hidden' },....
  

  var residenteditor = new DataTable.Editor( {
  ajax: 'php/residents.php',
  fields: [{ data: 'residenteditor', name: 'editorform',type: 'hidden'  }....
  

  When I review the value of $_POST in residents.php, I have not been able to get a value to populate for field 'editorform':

  $_POST= {"data":{"128":{"Residents":{"phone":"(111) 222-3333","email":"thisismyemail@gmail.com","residentnotes":"","AddressAID":"126"},"userAIDIsFamiliar":"1","Comments":"","UpdateFamiliars":"","view_Residents":{"FullNameParty":"COMMANDER, ANDREA S (BLK)"},"UserAID":"9","editorform":""}},"action":"edit"}

  My thought was maybe because the field does not originate from the PHP, it won't accept any value (I was troubleshooting/trying stuff). So I was going to try to add a calculated field in the PHP and set a value on the client side, and evaluate.
• allan Posts: 64,892Questions: 1Answers: 10,746 Site admin

  August 7

  Ah - you just want an extra field in the JSON response?

  Field::inst('editorform')
    ->getValue(1)
    ->set(false)
  

  Should do it.

  However, there shouldn't be any need to do that given your description. You should be able to have a field:

  {
    name: 'editorform',
    def: ''
  }
  

  and it can be hidden or whatever, and not have a value in the original JSON.

  If that isn't working for you, drop me a link to the page yo are working on and I'll take a look.

  Allan