Have a procedure that builds php variables automatically?

  • abusamer
    Asked on January 22, 2017 at 9:08 AM

    It is not readily obvious what the field names are when parsing the rawRequest from the $_POST. It would be extremely helpful to have a procedure that builds php variables automatically.

  • David JotForm Support Manager
    Replied on January 22, 2017 at 11:52 AM

    I have forwarded your request to our back-end team. If this is implemented, you will be notified via this thread.

  • Scott JotForm Developer
    Replied on January 23, 2017 at 12:22 PM

    Hey Abu,

    If I am not getting you wrong, we do serve this option which will give you the POST PHP variables.

    You can either follow this user guide: How to Post Submission Data to Thank You Page

    or I can explain it to you briefly.

    In order to accomplish this, firstly you need to go to your form preferences and select Yes for the Send Post Data option.

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    Now you need to change your Thank You page, which will direct to this URL:

    https://www.jotform.com/show-post-data/

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    When this setup is complete, go to your form URL and make a test submission. You will be redirected to a page which will show you the POST data for that submission plus the PHP variables.

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    Please let me know if I guessed your needs correctly or not.

    Cheers.

  • apexot
    Replied on January 28, 2017 at 11:25 AM

    Thanks - that's exactly what I was looking for.

  • PEvaluations
    Replied on February 27, 2017 at 7:39 PM

    Upon further examination - the example shown above is not the exact field names produced in the post variables. For example, in my form when I look at the advanced information tab for a given field, the unique name shows as 'bankName' but the actual field referenced in the POST variable is 'q4_bankName'. I was beyond frustrated trying to figure out why on earth I was not getting any data!

    It would be super helpful to have documentation that reflects that nuance.