So, I am creating a website that has various products (each a WP entry) that the user can then fill out a form to customize. The form then emails their information to the designer who handles the rest.

But, I have several different products that have different requirements for what fields I want to have in the form. Some need 5 text fields and 2 file uploads. Others need one text field and 6 file uploads, etc…

I know c-forms has the ability to dynamically create custom forms, but what is the best way to load that info? I'd like not not create unique forms for 20+ products, but use a few that are more dynamic. Can I store the info in wp custom forms, or maybe an xml file?

I know this is probably a pretty simple question, but I'd appreciate advice from others more expert than me.

(and oliver, thanks, as always for a great product. This is the second site I've deployed c-forms on, and appreciate what it offers!)

sarah

Thanks Oliver.

I'll work on coding up something this week. One other question as I decide how to make things flow…

Is it possible to put one dynamic form on a page (called from insert_custom_cform), and direct it to another dynamic form as part of a multi-page form? I'm thinking that the insert_custom_cform call and code for the first form would go in the page.php template for the particlar entry, but then where would I put the custom code for the next dynamic form in a string?

Thanks!

Thanks Oliver. I'll try that and share my experience if I get it to work.

(and sorry for the double post.. .I saw this one was marked as "resolved," so thought it might not be reviewed again when I asked a new question.

sarahann said:

Oliver,

A few questions in the right implementation of this. first off, is the session variable I need to pull for the form id "$_SESSION['cforms']['current']"?

yes.

So, if I'm understanding what you are saying, my php code on the wordpress page template would include the dynamic form fields for all of the multi-page forms I want to create, like this:

yes

<?php
if($_SESSION['cforms']['current']=3) {

(create form fields….)

}

except that your IF must use "==" instead of "="

if($_SESSION['cforms']['current']=4) {

(create form fields….)

}

insert_custom_cform($fields,3);  ?>

But, if i do that, does the page ever run back through to recreate the second form?

since the form is a nonAjax form, it'll reload to display the success message, now if you configured form #3 and #4 correctly (multi-page settings!) reloading the same page will make cforms move on to the next form, and pick your dynamic fields on the fly.

I've set up the non-dynamic forms in the wp-admin with the settings all as they should be, but it seems like I'm missing something in the php that triggers the page to re-load and run back through the code to generate subsequent forms.

I'm sure i'm missing something obvious here, but appreciate any thoughts you have.

Here's the code I have in my wp post template, if it helps:

<?php
if ($_SESSION['cforms']['current']==3) {

$i=0;
$fields['label'][$i]  ='Your Name';
$fields['type'][$i]   ='textfield';
$fields['isreq'][$i]  ='0';
$fields['isemail'][$i]='0';
$fields['isclear'][$i++]='0';

$fields['label'][$i]  ='contact number';
$fields['type'][$i]   ='textfield';
$fields['isreq'][$i]  ='0';
$fields['isemail'][$i]='0';
$fields['isclear'][$i++]='0';

###I'm using custom WP fields to show how many of these fields i need to capture based in that particular post's requirements
$headlineNumber = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'fields_headline', true);
$topLimit = $i+$headlineNumber;
$boxNumber = 1;

while($i<=$topLimit)
  {
  $fields['label'][$i]  ='Headline ' . $boxNumber;
  $fields['type'][$i]   ='textfield';
  $fields['isreq'][$i]  ='0';
  $fields['isemail'][$i]='0';
  $fields['isclear'][$i]='0';
  $i++;
  $boxNumber++;
  }

$textboxNumber = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'fields_text', true);
$topLimit = $i+$textboxNumber;
$boxNumber = 1;

while($i<=$topLimit)
  {
  $fields['label'][$i]  ='Text Box ' . $boxNumber;
  $fields['type'][$i]   ='textarea';
  $fields['isreq'][$i]  ='0';
  $fields['isemail'][$i]='0';
  $fields['isclear'][$i]='0';
  $i++;
  $boxNumber++;
  }

}

if($_SESSION['cforms']['current']==4){

$i=0;
$fields['label'][$i]  ='Photo 1';
$fields['type'][$i]   ='upload';
$fields['isreq'][$i]  ='1';
$fields['isemail'][$i]='0';
$fields['isclear'][$i++]='1';
}

insert_custom_cform($fields,3); 

### calling in current variable, just to see where it is
echo 'current variable: '.$_SESSION['cforms']['current'];
echo 'pos variable: '.$_SESSION['cforms']['pos'];

?>