help: workflow and template parameters

Friday 16 July 2004 4:05:01 am

hi all
i've created a simple workflow that sends an email when a new object is created. this workflow hasn't his own template.

it works ok but i'd like to send in the mail also all the parameters of the newly-reated object like name, ecc

the code is like follows:

function execute(&$process, &$event)
	{
		$parameters = $process->attribute( 'parameter_list' );
		$mail = new eZMail();
		$mail->setReceiver(my_address);
		$mail->setSender(sender_address);
		$mail->setSubject($parameters['name']);;

		$mail->setBody("newly created object");
		$mailResult = eZMailTransport::send($mail);

		return EZ_WORKFLOW_TYPE_STATUS_ACCEPTED;

in this way i'd like to have the name of the new object in my email subject, but i get an email with empty subject

anyone has some tip?

best regards
alessandro

Friday 16 July 2004 5:19:35 am

hi paul
yes, the name parameter is not null, also because is the name (required) of the new object just created.
note: i want to retrieve the name of the object created, not a parameter of the workflow-template.

cheers
alessandro

Friday 16 July 2004 7:44:54 am

thanx paul!
now it works!
only a further little question:

i'd like to have the mail body as the concatenation of various strings
i tried

$mail->setBody(concat("newly created object", $objectId));

but i get the message:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: concatstring() in c:\programmi\ezpublish\ezpublish\extension\synch\eventtypes\event\synch\synchtype.php on line 97

how to import the file with the concat function definition?

best regards

alessandro

Monday 19 July 2004 2:03:43 am

hi paul
thanx a lot for your answers, all very useful
now the things get more complicated:

the 'newly created object' is a user class extended by me, and i'm having some trouble extracting all the attributes i need to work

in the .tpl file i get the attributes i need in this way:

login: $current_user.contentobject.data_map.user_account.content.login
my_attribute: $current_user.contentobject.data_map.my_attribute.content

but in my php file i'm not able to get them!

for the login attribute i tried:

		$dataMap = $currentVersion->dataMap(); 
		$userAccount = $dataMap['user_account'];
		$login=$dataMap->login();

but i get an error
no idea for the other attribute

any hint?

best regards
alessandro

Monday 19 July 2004 3:27:16 am

hi paul
no, i'm not trying to login
all i'm trying to do is to send an email with all the class attributes after the object is published (created or modified).

so i don't need to login as the new user or store anything

when i fetch the just published object i need to have all the attributes

can you help me?

best regards
alessandro

Monday 19 July 2004 3:47:33 am

hi paul

i need to get all the attribute values from the workflow, because in a second moment i got to send the same data via socket. so i need to retrieve all here.

following the instruction from your previous reply i wrote:

// Set the title 
$contentObjectAttributes =& $currentVersion->contentObjectAttributes(); 

$xx="";
foreach ($contentObjectAttributes as $attribute) 
{
	 // Each attribute has an attribute called 'identifier' that identifies it. 
	$xx= $xx ." - ". $attribute->attribute("contentclass_attribute_identifier") ;
}

then i set the mail body to $xx
in this way i received an email with all the attribute names
how can now i retrieve the attribute values?
is there an attribute like 'contentclass_attribute_identifier' able to display the value?

best regards
alessandro

Monday 19 July 2004 5:28:51 am

great paul!
all works properly, i'm having a little problem only with user account, where the attribute->content() gets 'Object'.
do you know how can i retrieve the informations (login, e-mail) from it?

cheers
alessandro