Is it possible to mix perch:content with perch:form?

Ah, great that it's possible!

I can see in the perch_content_custom documentation, under the section Using content from different pages shows this can be done (brilliant).

Question:

I've taken the code example from the documentation as a starting point:

perch_content_custom('Properties', array(
    'page'=>'/properties.php'
));

I want to pull <perch:content id="ref-code"/> out of the jobs_detail.html template, which is being used on the work-with-us page. work-with-us uses a template called jobs.php. I've put the code below on jobs.php.

perch_content_custom('ref-code', array(
    'page'=>'work-with-us/*'
        'template' => 'forms/job_form.html',
));

I've used the * (wildcard) in 'page' because as I mentioned in my first post I\m using the How do I create list and detail pages in Perch solution as a starting point.

At the moment this isn't working....

Here's the PHP i'm using on jobs.php

<?php

     perch_content_create('Jobs', array(
          'template'  => 'jobs/jobs_detail.html',
          'multiple'  => true,
          'edit-mode' => 'listdetail',

     ));


     if (perch_get('s')) {

          // Detail mode
          perch_content_custom('Jobs', array(
               'template' => 'jobs/jobs_detail.html',
               'filter'   => 'slug',
               'match'    => 'eq',
               'value'    => perch_get('s'),
               'count'    => 1,
          )); 
          // Is it ok to use two perch_content_custom?
          perch_content_custom('ref-code', array(
               'template' => 'forms/job_form.html',
               'page'=>'/work-with-us/*'
          ));

     } else {

          // List mode
          perch_content_custom('Jobs', array(
               'template' => 'jobs/jobs_listing.html',
               'sort' => 'job-date-posted',
               'sort-order' => 'DESC',
          )); 
     }



?>

Hope you can help.

The PHP uses a if / else statement, so I figured if I wanted the form to appear on the job page I had to put (the code below) within the if statement

perch_content_custom('ref-code', array(
    'page'=>'work-with-us/*'
        'template' => 'forms/job_form.html',
));

What I want to happen is:

To have the form appear beneath the job (on the detail page, not the listing page) and pass the <perch:content id="ref-code" /> to the form. when the form is submitted I'd like to include the <perch:content id="ref-code" /> with it.

I realise the current code doesn't even begin to do that bit, but I was hoping to at least get the form working before tackling that bit :)

Hi Drew

I've managed to get this to half work.

I used another perch_content_create to create a new region called Job-Form. This uses the form template I want to appear under each job.

I then used perch_content('Job-Form'); within the if statement to pull in the Perch region only when the page is in Detail Mode

I'm rather happy!

The last bit of the puzzle (which I hope you can help with) is:

How do I pass <perch:content id="job-reference" /> from jobs_detail.html to the form?

<?php

     perch_content_create('Jobs', array(
          'template'  => 'jobs/jobs_detail.html',
          'multiple'  => true,
          'edit-mode' => 'listdetail',

     ));
      // This creates the job form region
     perch_content_create('Job-Form', array(
          'template'  => 'forms/job_form.html',


     ));


     if (perch_get('s')) {

          // Detail mode
          perch_content_custom('Jobs', array(
               'template' => 'jobs/jobs_detail.html',
               'filter'   => 'slug',
               'match'    => 'eq',
               'value'    => perch_get('s'),
               'count'    => 1,
          )); 
        // This displays the job form region, only shows at the bottom of the jobs_detail page.
            perch_content('Job-Form');




     } else {
            perch_content('Main');
          // List mode
          perch_content_custom('Jobs', array(
               'template' => 'jobs/jobs_listing.html',
               'sort' => 'job-date-posted',
               'sort-order' => 'DESC',
          )); 
     }



?>

Thanks for replying so quick (and on a Sunday!)

Unfortunately that code doesn't appear to work. The page doesn't render any HTML.

Maybe I've implemented it wrong?

<?php

     perch_content_create('Jobs', array(
          'template'  => 'jobs/jobs_detail.html',
          'multiple'  => true,
          'edit-mode' => 'listdetail',

     ));
      // This creates the job form region
     perch_content_create('Job-Form', array(
          'template'  => 'forms/job_form.html',


     ));


     if (perch_get('s')) {

    // Detail mode
    $result = perch_content_custom('Jobs', array(
    'template' => 'jobs/jobs_detail.html',
    'filter'   => 'slug',
    'match'    => 'eq',
    'value'    => perch_get('s'),
    'count'    => 1,
    'skip-template' => true,
    'return-html' => true;
    )); 

    echo $result['html'];

    // This displays the job form region, only shows at the bottom of the jobs_detail page.
    PerchSystem::set_vars($result[0]);
    perch_content_custom('Job-Form');




     } else {
            perch_content('Main');
          // List mode
          perch_content_custom('Jobs', array(
               'template' => 'jobs/jobs_listing.html',
               'sort' => 'job-date-posted',
               'sort-order' => 'DESC',
          )); 
     }



?>

Page was blank but the php_error.log helped identify (part of) the problem.

PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected ';', expecting ')' in /Users/stephenmeehan/Repositories/project-name/perch/templates/pages/jobs.php on line 48

I used the error log to locate and remove the semicolon here:

//deleted the semicolon
'return-html' => true;

The page works now and the form displays on the page under the job, but it's not pulling in the <perch:content id="ref-code" /> from jobs_detail.html into the form.

How would I do that?

Hi Drew

The content region ID is called Jobs.

I would like to be able to use <perch:content id="ref-code" /> from content region ID Jobs and insert it into content region ID Job-Form

The idea being (hopefully) when the form is submitted the unique ref-code is sent along with it.

Hi Drew

Yes. <perch:content id="ref-code" /> is set (and used) on the jobs_detail.html template. It's also used on the jobs_listing.html template to display the unique job reference code.

When a job is selected from the jobs_listing page, the jobs_detail page is shown. At the bottom of the page is a form. I'd like to be able to re-use the <perch:content id="ref-code" /> in the form (if possible).

Why is ref-code an invalid ID? It seems to be working fine. Is it a system only ID? Or is it the hyphen?

Thanks for taking the time to reply!