README

This extension provides information of the news record (EXT:news) to the emails generated by EXT:form.

Typical use case: Imagine events based on news articles. Every article contains a link to a page with the form to be able to register.

Installation

Install the extension with composer req georgringer/news-form-fill.

Usage

Form Configuration

The newly available finisher needs to be placed before the email finisher(s).

Either use the UI as seen below or add the finisher manually in the yaml file

finishers:
  -
    identifier: NewsVariableProvider

After that, place a hidden field in the form with the identifier newsid

      -
        defaultValue: null
        type: Hidden
        identifier: newsid
        label: News

Link to the form

Generate the link to the form with a link like this:

https://example.ddev.site/booking?newsid=123

You can now check if the prefill works by checking the source code of your page. It should contain a hidden field with the news id.

<input
        id="form-identifier-newsid"
        type="hidden"
        name="tx_form_formframework[form-identifier][newsid]"
        value="1" />

Use the news information in the template

This extension registers a demo layout in the BaseSetup.yaml file

TYPO3:
  CMS:
    Form:
      prototypes:
        standard:
          finishersDefinition:
            EmailToReceiver:
              options:
                templateRootPaths:
                  1714495718: 'EXT:news_form_fill/Resources/Private/Templates/Finishers/Email/'
            EmailToSender:
              options:
                templateRootPaths:
                  1714495718: 'EXT:news_form_fill/Resources/Private/Templates/Finishers/Email/'

Take a look at Resources/Private/Templates/Finishers/Email/Default.html to see how the news information is retrieved in the email.

Currently there is a hardcoded access to the following fields: uid, pid, title, teaser, bodytext.

Thanks to

• Manuel Schnabel for your extension which I learned the most from and also took some code!
• Gernot Hofer for sponsoring the development of this extension