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I have a template called post.html in group.group. The template includes a safecracker form. I have the safecracker form inside and if/else statement so that if the url is /group/post/title then the safecracker form loads an existing entry for editing. If there is no title segment (url is only /group/post) then it loads a blank safecracker form to create a new post. Here’s my code:

{if segment_3 != ""}
          {exp:safecracker channel="trophy_gallery" return="community/post/gallery/success" class="clearfix" safecracker_head="yes" include_jquery="no" datepicker="no" error_handling="inline" require_entry="yes" url_title="{segment_3}" author_only="yes"}

                // edit entry form code

            {/exp:safecracker}
{if:else}
            {exp:safecracker channel="trophy_gallery" return="community/post/gallery/success" class="clearfix" safecracker_head="yes" include_jquery="no" datepicker="no" error_handling="inline" require_entry="no" author_only="no"}

               // create entry form code
            
            {/exp:safecracker}
{/if}

For some reason the safecracker settings like require_entry, url_title and author_only are effecting the safecracker setup in the “else” block of the code. So when I load a url without a third segment it’s telling me no entry was provided.

Is there something wrong with the way I’m formatting this (a better way to do so), or is this potentially a bug in how the safecracker tags are being parsed?

Any ideas about this one? I’d like get this resolved, hopefully without adding additional templates or url segments.

Hi Mindvolt,

Thanks for your question!

There is no need for the {if} statement, SafeCracker does this on its own. If you do not supply any identifying info, like an entry_id or url_title, SafeCracker automatically creates a new entry.

Try this:

{exp:safecracker channel="trophy_gallery" return="community/post/gallery/success" class="clearfix" safecracker_head="yes" include_jquery="no" datepicker="no" error_handling="inline" url_title="{segment_3}" entry_id="" author_only="yes"}
                // edit entry form code
{/exp:safecracker}

Note the empty entry_id parameter. With entry_id and url_title both empty, which would happen if {segment_3} were empty, SafeCracker creates a new entry.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Cheers,

Ah ha, that makes perfect sense. Not sure why I didn’t think to try it that way at the first!

Thanks Dan.

Hi Mindvolt,

No worries!

Is there anything else I can assist you with?

Cheers,

Nope that covers it. Thanks.

Hi Mindvolt,

Awesome.

If you need anything in the future, just lest us know!

Cheers,