SAEF - output from plugin changes inside {exp:weblog:entry_form}

It kind of looks like a placeholder, but I’m not sure why. If you hard code it, it comes out fine- correct? What’s the plugin doing?

Hi Robin,

The plugin just return()’s a string, in this case the string “English”. If I declare a variable like

{assign_variable:mylang="English"}

and use

{mylang}

outside and inside, the problem persists.

Perhaps the real problem is that I am trying to program the SAEF instead of designing it? (Please say no… 😉 )

Thanks!… Nico

Hi, Nico - Can you confirm that the Stand Alone Entry form works, if you copy and paste the example from the docs?

Hi Lisa,

Yes, I can. I am actually building my SAEF with code snippets from that example.

Thanks… Nico

Hi, Nico - since the SAEF itself works, I’m going to shift this down to the Plugins forum to get more focused assistance for you.

Hi Lisa,

We’ve found that if the plugin output is only used inside the entry_form, it works allright.

Probably, I’m getting bitten by the order in which everything inside EE is handled. Since I want to use this output inside a conditional, I think building the SAEFs by hand is the only way to go for now.

As a PHP programmer, that would be a bummer.

Thanks… Nico

Hi,

It seems that my_session plugin is mentioned neither on main plugins page nor on wiki plugins page.

Could someone to post download link for this plugin?

Thanks.

i think that it might be a plugin that Nico has created himself?

Best wishes,

Mark

Hi,

Mark is right. It’s just a small plugin I am writing as the projects develops.

class My_session
{
    var $language_values=array('en', 'nl');
    var $language_output=array('English', 'Dutch');

    function My_session()
    {
        if(empty($_SESSION['language'])){
            session_name('session_name_here');
            session_start();
            $_SESSION['language'] = $this->language_values[0];
        }
    }
}

Up till now, it’s just a small bit of code that starts a session and assigns a language session variable (‘en’ by default). A few functions exist to set and retrieve the language variable.

Nothing perfect, nothing big. Yet. 😉

I am used to working with PHP sessions, which I why I chose this route.

HTH… Nico

Oh, and just to make sure: that code snippet I posted is NOT the entire plugin… 😉