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Hi all,

I’ve been creating a SAEF. I want the preview to be a separate template to the actual form. I followed the example in the docs but now want a little more control over the output so have created the form and form fields manually i.e

<input type="input" name="field_id_1" id="field_id_1">

etc etc..

That’s all fine, now I have created a new template for the preview. Within that I have the tags:

{preview}
  {MY-FIELD-1}
  {MY-FIELD-2}
  etc
{/preview}

Again works fine.

The 2 problems I am running into are:

How do I then submit the form from this preview page so then entry gets added? I have it working by creating a whole host of hidden input fields to store the entry passed across using php like this:

<input type="hidden" id="field_id_1" name="field_id_1" value="<?php echo $field_id_1;?>" />

Surely there is a better way?

My second problem is that within the SAEF I have a file input for an image, again I can pass this across fine, but if I then click back from the preview to make further edits and preview or submit the form it uploads the image again, and keeps doing so for each preview. Is there a way round this?

Perhaps I am moving back from the preview to the original SAEF wrong, I created a button named “Make more changes” which when clicked uses JavaScript to go back 1 page. Is there an EE way of doing this and retaining the form values?

Thanks,

Phil

[Mod Edit: Moved to the CodeShare Corner forum]

Hi Phil,

I think hidden fields are logical for passing data between two separate pages.

My second problem is that within the SAEF I have a file input for an image, again I can pass this across fine, but if I then click back from the preview to make further edits and preview or submit the form it uploads the image again, and keeps doing so for each preview. Is there a way round this?

There are likely multiple approaches, but as you’re bypassing the built-in preview flow this would be one for the CodesShare Corner. If you’d like I’ll shift this over there to get you further input.

What is the standard built-in preview approach?

Feel free to move the post over.

P