How do I access the content created in the editor?

This is very stupid, I am very new to this tool but have been making pages for 10 years.

I have successfully embedded the CKEditor instance in a php page. My site does not run on a database. It is all includes.

After I press 'submit', where does the posted content go? How do I see it in a page? I don't understand, and there is no info in the documentation. If you could just tell me where to find the next piece of info, I'd be on my way.

Thu, 01/07/2010 - 03:00

yavin

Joined: 23/12/2009

Posts: 65

Re: How do I access the content created in the editor?

Are you sure you read the documentation?

On the integration page there is even a php example:

<?php
$editor_data = $_POST[ 'editor1' ];
?>

If clientside is your game, there's an example for that too:

<script type="text/javascript">
   var editor_data = CKEDITOR.instances.editor1.getData();
</script>

Of course, both of those assume your editor instance is named "editor1", but should be easy enough to generalize.

Thu, 01/07/2010 - 16:16

lorikay4

Joined: 06/01/2010

Posts: 6

Re: How do I access the content created in the editor?

I did see it, and didn't understand the context for applying it. ????

Thu, 01/07/2010 - 16:37

yavin

Joined: 23/12/2009

Posts: 65

Re: How do I access the content created in the editor?

Javascript Example:
index.html

<html>
<head>
    <title>Javascript Example</title>
    <!--Import the ckeditor.js from whatever folder ckeditor is located in-->
    <script src="ckeditor/ckeditor.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
    <!--This is the textarea we will be replacing with a CKEditor instance-->
    <textarea name="editor1"></textarea>

    <!--This button, when clicked, displays an alert with the editor's current data-->
    <input type="button" value="Click for Data" onclick="alert(CKEDITOR.instances.editor1.getData());" />
    <script type="text/javascript">
        window.onload = function () //when window fully loads....
        {
            //....replace the textarea named editor1 with a CKEditor instance
            CKEDITOR.replace("editor1"); 
        };
    </script>
</body>
</html>

PHP Example:
index.php

<html>
<head>
   <title>PHP Example</title>
   <!--Make a script reference to the ckeditor.js file-->
   <script type="text/javascript" src="ckeditor/ckeditor.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
   <!--set up your form with-->
   <form method="post" action="action.php">
      <!--create textarea to be replaced-->
      <textarea name="editor1"></textarea>
      <!--submit btn to post data-->
      <input type="submit" value="Submit Post" />
   </form>
   <script type="text/javascript">
      //on full load of the window...
      window.onload = function()
      {
         //....replace the textarea with name 'editor1'
         CKEDITOR.replace("editor1");
      };
   </script>
</body>
</html>

action.php

<?
//this $_POST var contains the editor data
//you access it as you normally would with a normal textarea
echo $_POST["editor1"]; 
?>

Thu, 01/07/2010 - 16:44

alfonsoml

Joined: 31/12/2006

Posts: 3735

Re: How do I access the content created in the editor?

Read http://alfonsoml.blogspot.com/2009/08/u ... sites.html
As a summary: first create your system with a textarea (lots of tutorials on the web) and when you have that part ready, the turn it into a CKEditor instance.

Thu, 01/07/2010 - 17:20

lorikay4

Joined: 06/01/2010

Posts: 6

Re: How do I access the content created in the editor?

Thank you, that is much more explicit. Because of the peculiar security constraints of my organization, I have not worked very much with forms. I would suggest that your example be included in the product documentation.