Re: [Phpwiki-talk] Custom forms -- Appending to existing page

[Reini U. <ru...@x-...>]

Pascal Giard (QC/EMC) schrieb:
>   i was looking thru main.php and WikiFormRich.php and noticed that it's 
> possible to edit OR create a page via forms, but not to append text 
> (well not directly).

you need a action to do that.
actions are best handled by actionpages calling a custom plugin.

> I simply want a form that will append Text to a Page.
> Should i modify main.php to support a new kind of action, namely 
> "append" or something like it ?

no, better write a plugin like AppendText.

> I'd simlpy make it do something like:
>         $current = $pagehandle->getCurrentRevision();
>         $version = $current->getVersion();
>         $text = $current->getPackedContent();
>         $newtext = $text . "\n A processed version of the stuff 
> contained in my form.";
>         $meta = $current->_data;
>         $meta['summary'] = sprintf(_("Updated %s"),$page);
>         $pagehandle->save($newtext, $version + 1, $meta);
> 
> Or should i be calling another plugin ?
> 
> Where can i find more Documentation on the tips and [magic] tricks with 
> WikiForm[Rich] ?

not yet. sorry.

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