[solved] Saving text as HTML in Configuration table

[dhobo]

Hello,

 

I'm creating a simple module in which it should be possible to enter HTML / CSS / JS in the backend, this should be saved in the database, and in the frontend this should be parsed in a .tpl file and output the given HTML / CSS / JS.

 

right now I have the following part to build a form:

 

// form for settings
	$aFormFields = array();
	$aFormFields[0]['form'] = array(
		'tinymce' => true,
		'legend' => array(
			'title' => $this->l('Parallax settings'),
		),
		'input' => array(
			array(
				'type' => 'textarea',
				'label' => $this->l('Upload images'),
				'name' => 'PARALLEX_RTE_FIELD',
				'cols' => 100,
				'rows' => 60
			)
		),
		'submit' => array(
			'title' => $this->l('Save'),
			'class' => 'button'
		)
	);

	$oHelper = new HelperForm();

	// Module, token and currentIndex
	$oHelper->module = $this;
	$oHelper->name_controller = $this->name;
	$oHelper->token = Tools::getAdminTokenLite('AdminModules');
	$oHelper->currentIndex = AdminController::$currentIndex.'&configure='.$this->name;
	// Language
	$oHelper->default_form_language = $iLang;
	$oHelper->allow_employee_form_lang = $iLang;
	// Title and toolbar
	$oHelper->title = $this->displayName;
	$oHelper->show_toolbar = true;		// false -> remove toolbar
	$oHelper->toolbar_scroll = true;	  // yes - > Toolbar is always visible on the top of the screen.
	$oHelper->submit_action = 'submit'.$this->name;
	$oHelper->toolbar_btn = array(
		'save' =>
		array(
			'desc' => $this->l('Save'),
			'href' => AdminController::$currentIndex.'&configure='.$this->name.'&save'.$this->name.
			'&token='.Tools::getAdminTokenLite('AdminModules'),
		),
		'back' => array(
			'href' => AdminController::$currentIndex.'&token='.Tools::getAdminTokenLite('AdminModules'),
			'desc' => $this->l('Back to list')
		)
	);
	// Load current values
	$oHelper->fields_value['PARALLEX_RTE_FIELD'] = Configuration::get('PARALLEX_RTE_FIELD');

	$sReturn = $oHelper->generateForm($aFormFields);

	return $sReturn;

 

this part to save it in the database:

 

if (Tools::isSubmit('submit'.$this->name)){
		Configuration::updateValue('PARALLEX_RTE_FIELD', Tools::getValue('PARALLEX_RTE_FIELD'));
		$sOutput .= $this->displayConfirmation($this->l('Changes saved'));
	}

 

this part to give it to the template:

$this->smarty->assign(array(
		'parallax_data' => Configuration::get('PARALLEX_RTE_FIELD')
	));
	return $this->display(__FILE__, 'parallax.tpl');

 

and this is how I show it in the template file:

{$parallax_data}

 

now my problem is that it seems that HTML data is being filtered out. my code works, in the frontend I can see that the data I insert in the backend is shown, but it's not working HTML anymore.

 

What I would like is that literally what I enter in the backend is being shown as HTML in frontend.any clue on how to fix this?

[PascalVG]

I think in your writing the value to the database, you should add a

, true

to the statement:

Configuration::updateValue('PARALLEX_RTE_FIELD', Tools::getValue('PARALLEX_RTE_FIELD'), true);

in the file /classes/Configuration.php you can see the definition of the updateValue function. The third parameter defines if html is allowed or not:

/**
  * Update configuration key and value into database (automatically insert if key does not exist)
  *
  * @param string $key Key
  * @param mixed $values $values is an array if the configuration is multilingual, a single string else.
  * @param boolean $html Specify if html is authorized in value    <--- this defines if html values allowed or not
  * @param int $id_shop_group
  * @param int $id_shop
  * @return boolean Update result
  */
public static function updateValue($key, $values, $html = false, $id_shop_group = null, $id_shop = null)

 

Default value is set to false, so if you turn it on, it might work as wanted.

Give it a try and see if it helps. If not yet, we have to find out if there's more to do.

 

My 2 cents,

pascal

[dhobo]

yep, that did the trick. thanks !

[vekia]

thanks for information that it works

now i can go ahead and mark this thread as [solved]

 

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thanks

[dhobo]

yeah I knew I had to do that, couldn't figure out exactly how it worked anymore. Thanks, will do that like this next time

[larrypham]

Hi,

 

I set

'tinymce' => true,

as you did above but there was no editor. Please help.