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TOPIC: Pre Populated Entries

Pre Populated Entries 2 weeks 4 days ago #43400

  • AlexR
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Some time ago I learned about being able to pre-populate field entries, such as name and email using code in the "default value" area.

Example 1, if a user is logged in and I wanted to already have their name appear in the Name field I added this code:

//<code>
$user = JFactory::getUser();
return $user->get('name');
//</code>

Example 2, if a user is logged in and I wanted to already have their email address appear in the Name field I added this code:

//<code>
$user = JFactory::getUser();
return $user->get('email');
//</code>

I have some questions about this ability:

1. The above code was used in Joomla 3.x sites. Will it be different for Joomla 4 sites? If so, what is it?

2. If the site is using Community Builder for user management and I have created custom-field entries for the registration, such as an address, Is there a way to extrapolate that data and also pre-populate the information in an address field in RS Forms?

Thanks in advance!
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Pre Populated Entries 2 weeks 2 days ago #43402

  • iceferret
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That will work in Joomla 4 as is
In J3 you could prefill form fields using Jfactory https://docs.joomla.org/Selecting_data_using_JDatabase
however in J4 and 5 I believe you need to change
$db = JFactory::getDbo();

to
$db = Factory::getContainer()->get('DatabaseDriver');

from a discussion here https://joomla.stackexchange.com/questions/24484/jfactorygetdbo-deprecated-whats-the-replacement
If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, then you obviously don't understand the situation!
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