Hi RSJoomla,

An interesting problem. I recently upgraded a Joomla site from 1.6 to 2.5.22.

When submitted, my form is sending an email message which includes the Joomla email address obfuscation javascript code in place of what should be a email address entered into a text field in the form.

The form has the following two fields:

1. A select menu labelled, "Apply by", with these value options: Emailing, Send by mail, Faxing, Calling, Going Online.
2. A text field labelled, "To", into which the user (applicant) can enter one of the above values, in this case, an email address.

It appears that Joomla is trying to obscure any email address entered in the email sent to the admin. Is this a bug or error in the way my form is built? I can't remember if I've always used an email validation rule in other forms built with RSJoomla,but I've never run into this problem before.

Please let me know if the lack of an email validation would trigger the email obfuscation feature?

Do I have to turn the select menu into a conditional field? If so, please advise on the steps to do so, or provide other suggestions for a fix.

Thanks,
Azurelink

Interesting is the fact you waited that long to upgrade from Joomla! 1.6.

Though we do not provide customer support on the forum, you are more then welcome to consult the product documentation as this might be a FAQ item (or search on the forum).

If this is indeed being caused by the validation, one option would be to write a little PHP code in the "script called on form process". It's likely that you can get around this by getting the value directly from the $_POST array, to copy to a second field, e.g. a hidden field. Validate the typed-in entry as an email address; if it's successful, proceed using (e.g. Mapping) the value from the hidden field (without email address validation) instead of the typed-in field.

Not tested but if the validation is the cause, this should catch the value before the change.