How to Check if user has already submitted form?
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Hi,
I'm using the Form block object and I'd like to be able to check if the user has already completed the form. I've been scratching my head for a while and can't really come up with an easy solution to this problem.
The user will not be logged in (actually I'm showing the form in an Iframe on Facebook) - so I need to either do a session check and then somehow disable the form (I already have a custom template in place, so I could potentially do it there) OR I would grab the users facebook ID and compare it to what is saved in Reports from my form. Problem is, I can't seem to figure out how to access submitted form data from PHP.
Any suggesions or thoughts out there? I'd like to avoid using sessions as they are a PITA when it comes to C5 in my experience.
Thank you for your eyeballs and brainpower :)
AHJ
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I'm using the Form block object and I'd like to be able to check if the user has already completed the form. I've been scratching my head for a while and can't really come up with an easy solution to this problem.
The user will not be logged in (actually I'm showing the form in an Iframe on Facebook) - so I need to either do a session check and then somehow disable the form (I already have a custom template in place, so I could potentially do it there) OR I would grab the users facebook ID and compare it to what is saved in Reports from my form. Problem is, I can't seem to figure out how to access submitted form data from PHP.
Any suggesions or thoughts out there? I'd like to avoid using sessions as they are a PITA when it comes to C5 in my experience.
Thank you for your eyeballs and brainpower :)
AHJ
Psst
Hi, see attachment, maybe this will help you
Hmm.... I'll give you an A for effort, that's for sure.
the form dat is stored in the btFormAnswers table. The general way that I would go about it is to make another column their that stores the facebook id. On the form have a hidden field that stores this id. Then save that data into the db, and in the forms view check if the users facebook id exists in the database already.
I was hoping I wouldn't have to do all that work... But *sigh* all hands to the pumps, gentlemen!
Thanks :)
Thanks :)
