Get array for dispatcher from url

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Get array for dispatcher from url

Alec Wilson Sep '15

Created Sep '15	Last Reply Sep '15	Replies 2	Views 539	Votes 0

Alec Wilson 3.9k

Sep '15

I have a page /form with a form that submits to /profiles/create. In my ProfilesController in the createAction method I have

if (!$profile->save()) {
    $this->flash->error($profile->getMessages());
    if (!is_null($this->request->getServer('HTTP_REFERER'))) {
        return $this->dispatcher->forward($this->request->getServer('HTTP_REFERER'));
    }
}

with the intention being to redirect the user back to \form if they came from there but still show the flash message explaining what went wrong (which is why I was using forward instead of redirect since redirect would remove the flash messages).

However, $this->dispatcher->forward() requires an array but $this->request->getServer("HTTP_REFERER") returns a string. How do I get the array needed from this string? Or what should I use instead of dispatcher->forward()?

Lajos Bencz · Answer 1 · 2015-09-03T06:53:34-07:00

Using $this->response->redirect($url)

Check the Session adapter: https://docs.phalcon.io/en/latest/reference/flash.html
If you also want to preserve form fields, you'll need something like this: https://github.com/JREAM/phalcon-preserve-post/blob/master/Example.php

Or just pass in the correect array to $this->dispatcher->forward(), you most know the controller and action for the /form url, why use HTTP_REFERER?

Alec Wilson · Answer 2 · 2015-09-04T08:22:16-07:00

I'll try implementing that now, thanks.

Although in this example I know the controller/action for /form, ultimately an admin will be able to dynamically add/edit/remove certain pages - some of which may contain forms. E.g. an enquiry form on every page would submit to enquiries/create but you wouldn't want the user to be taken away from their page if they use the form.

Lajos Bencz · Answer 3 · 2015-09-04T08:52:10-07:00

Hmm.. you could name the individual routes, and then use that name to fetch back the module/controller/action!

Alec Wilson · Answer 4 · 2015-09-04T10:13:51-07:00

I've got the flashSession to show up, but if there are multiple messages stored - $this->flashSession->error($profile->getMessages()) - then the message just shows "Array" - how can I make it loop through the array of messages to actually display each one?

When using Phalcon\Flash\Direct each message was showing, i.e. - $this->flash->error($profile->getMessages()) - displays each message in the view.