$_POST empty when submitted

I have an instance of FCKEditor running in a Facebox, and when the form is submitted, all the other fields POST properly, but the FCKEditor one does not.

Form code:

<div id="pageEditorEdit" style="display:none">
   <form method="post" action="<?php $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']; ?>">
      <fieldset>
         <label for="pageEditorTitle">Page Title</label>
            <input type="text" id="pageEditorTitle" name="pageEditorTitle" />
            <div style="clear:both"></div>
         <label for="pageEditorFilename">Filename</label>
            <input type="text" id="pageEditorFilename" name="pageEditorFilename" /><p>.html</p>
         <?php
            $oFCKeditor = new FCKeditor('pageEditorContent');
            $oFCKeditor->BasePath = 'assets/fckeditor/';
            $oFCKeditor->ToolbarSet = 'DIY';
            $oFCKeditor->Create();
         ?>
         <input type="submit" id="pageEditorSubmit" name="pageEditorSubmit" value="Submit" />
      </fieldset>
   </form>         
</div>

Processing code:

if(isset($_POST['pageEditorSubmit'])) {
   $pageEditorTitle = htmlspecialchars(trim($_POST['pageEditorTitle']));
   $pageEditorFilename = htmlspecialchars(trim($_POST['pageEditorFilename']));
   $pageEditorContent = htmlspecialchars(trim($_POST['pageEditorContent']));
   
   $a->rqNotEmpty($pageEditorTitle, 'pageEditorTitle');
   $a->rqNotEmpty($pageEditorFilename, 'pageEditorFilename');
   $a->rqNotEmpty($pageEditorContent, 'pageEditorContent');
   
   if($form->totalErrors == 0)   {
       $query= "INSERT INTO tbl_pages (title,filename,content) VALUES('{$a->clean['pageEditorTitle']}','{$a->clean['pageEditorFilename']}','{$a->clean['pageEditorContent']}')";
       $a->query($query);
    
       echo 'Tada!';
       print_r($_POST);
   }else{
      echo 'Wah wah.';
   }
}

Facebox code:

jQuery('a[rel*=facebox]').facebox()

<a href="#pageEditorEdit" rel="facebox[.pageEditorModal]">[EDIT]</a>

If I print_r() the $_POST array, all the indexes are populated EXCEPT the FCKEditor one. Any ideas? I just can't figure out why it's not playing nice with Facebox.

Sun, 03/22/2009 - 23:58

cfidecaro

Joined: 19/03/2009

Posts: 3

Re: $_POST empty when submitted

Has anyone got any Ideas about this? I'm really stumped. Thanks in advance!

Mon, 03/23/2009 - 19:51

lesbarstow

Joined: 07/07/2008

Posts: 185

Re: $_POST empty when submitted

Looks like it's probably the same problem everyone else has been asking lately. The editor needs to be explicitly updated before using something that isn't quite a "real" HTML form submit - i.e. jQuery. Don't know how to integrate jQuery to the API, but you're looking to integrate a call to UpdateLinkedField into your pre-submission processing. See the API docs for a bit more...

Tue, 05/12/2009 - 14:15

timsmr2

Joined: 12/05/2009

Posts: 2

Re: $_POST empty when submitted

you can do it like this in JQuery (change FCKeditor1 to the instance of your editor & save form would be a function you can use to submit your form)

$('#formsave').click(function(){
    var oEditor = FCKeditorAPI.GetInstance('FCKeditor1') ;
    
    save_form(oEditor.GetHTML());

    $(document).trigger('close.facebox');
        return false;
    });
});