dynamic php variable to lightbox

Hi toghether,

i would like to provide a dynamic php variable (let say $ref) to lightbox, and be able to get the value per email.

advice appreciated

thanks a lot

dovid

I am not sure if I get what exactly it is that you want to achieve. What is the purpose of the php variable that you intend to integrate with the form? Perhaps a clear point by point explanation will help us understand your goal better.

Would you mind showing us the page in which the form you're referring to is embedded?

thanks for fast responce.

here:

http://fj.drhost.us/index.php?route=product/product&path=20_26&product_id=51

store owner should now from wich product the request came. I have product_id variable, and i wont to forward it to lightbox.

thanks a lot

Here is what you can instead. Capture the product page URL and pass it on a hidden box field on the form by using the iframeParameters variable for the lightbox script.

Insert a hidden box on the form first. The hidden box can be found under the Power Tools section

Name it to something like "referrer" or "product_url".

Copy the code below and paste it on your form's lightbox script, right after the width section. Be sure to enter a comma right after the value of width.

,
iframeParameters: {
'product_url':window.location.href
}

For example:

<script src="//german.jotform.com/min/g=feedback" type="text/javascript">
new JotformFeedback({
formId:'13513418549',
base:'http://german.jotform.com/',
windowTitle:'FashionJewProduct',
background:'#000',
fontColor:'#FFFFFF',
type:2,
height:500,
width:700,
iframeParameters: {
'product_url':window.location.href
}
});
</script>

I tried .. not working. Anything I'm missing here?

On the hidden field:

Created it and named it: source

On the html code, it returns:

<input type="hidden" class="form-hidden" value="" id="input_12" name="q12_source" />

So on the script, I tried:

<script src="//www.jotform.com/min/g=feedback" type="text/javascript">
new JotformFeedback({
formId:'xxxxxxxxxxxx',
base:'http://www.jotform.com/',
windowTitle:'mytitle',
background:'#FFA500',
fontColor:'#FFFFFF',
type:false,
height:500,
width:300,
iframeParameters: {
'input_12':'<?php echo $mySource ?>'
}
});
</script>

I've also tried:

'q12_source':'<?php echo $mySource ?>'

'q12_source':<?php echo $mySource ?> ----> if value without single quote, lightbox doesn't fire

'source':'<?php echo $mySource ?>'

also tried passing the php value into a javascript variable first.. no go.

var mySource = "<?php echo $mySource ?>";

new JotformFeedback({

........

iframeParameters: {
'q12_source':mySource
}

I would like to verify, is that the actual php code in it? I noticed that you're missing a semi-colon at the end of every variable after making an echo. I'm guessing that's why it's not passing the value. 

Yes, never had issues with one liner php code without semi-colon. Nevertheless, added them and still no go... any support mailbox i can get assistance from?

Sorry, I failed to notice your parameters.  Please do not include q12_ in it. So it should look like this:

iframeParameters: {
'source': '<?php echo $my_var ?>'
}

This should work fine.

If this still does not work, please let us know.

Thanks.

Very nice.. works! thanks!!

Thought I'd share some tips for anyone trying to use multiple hidden fields or trying to redirect users back to the page on which a jotform was activated.

To collect the required data via hidden fields I used the commands:

 $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] -  To get the domain i.e. www.yoururl.com

 $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] - To get the path i.e. www.yoururl.com/index.php

 $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] - To get the query string i.e. www.yoururl.com/index.php?variable=value

This method is useful if you are passing user identification through your url as a ?variable and want to send a user back to a page with dynamic content that depends on this.

In my form I have three hidden fields 'refURL', 'Path', and 'String'. By prefilling these three fields with php $_Server commands (helpfully detailed here: http://www.learnphponline.com/php-basics/how-to-find-the-current-url-in-php#domain) I was able to reconstruct the full url of the page on which my lightbox was opened.

Lightbox script:

<script src="//www.jotform.net/min/g=feedback" type="text/javascript">
new JotformFeedback({
formId:'XXXXXXXXXXX',
base:'http://www.jotform.net/',
windowTitle:'Test Geocode',
background:'#FFA500',
fontColor:'#FFFFFF',
type:false,
height:500,
width:700,
iframeParameters: {'refurl': '<?php echo $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']?>', 'path': '<?php echo $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] ?>','string': '<?php echo $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']?>'}
});
</script>
<a class="lightbox-20471343209" style="cursor:pointer;color:blue;text-decoration:underline;">Form title here</a><br>

Fun fact: Jotform will not POST any prefilled data to a field called 'url'. I found this out the long and frustrating way. Call your field something else, in this case I have used 'refurl'.

Finally, to reconstruct the referring url that your form was launched on you can concatenate all three fields:

$formlocation = "http://" . $refurl . $path . $string ;

echo "<a href=$formlocation>Back to new submission page</a>";

I'm trying to do the same as vistacollege above, but still unable to get it working.

This is my code so far:

<script src="//cdn.jotfor.ms/min/g=feedback2" type="text/javascript">

new JotformFeedback({

formId:'30591066142953',

base:'http://jotformpro.com/',

windowTitle:'POWERS TAYLOR Securities Litigation - Join An Action',

background:'#FFA500',

fontColor:'#FFFFFF',

type:1,

height:500,

width:700,

iframeParameters: {

    'referrer': 'John',

    'referrer2': 'Smith'

}

});

</script>

<a class="lightbox-30591066142953" style="cursor:pointer;color:blue;text-decoration:underline;">POWERS TAYLOR Securities Litigation - Join An Action</a>

Ultimately I only need to populate the "referrer" field, but its hidden, so I've created the referrer2 field to test. I can't get either one populated when clicking my link. You can see it not working here at the bottom of the content: http://powerstaylor.com/metropolitan-health-networks/

@tpclickz

Removing the "2" after feedback on the first line of code should fixed it. 

Example:

From:

<script src="//cdn.jotfor.ms/min/g=feedback2" type="text/javascript">

To:

<script src="//cdn.jotfor.ms/min/g=feedback" type="text/javascript">

Thanks!

Thanks that did the trick. Not sure why the generated code had the "2" in there, but its working now.