Handling repeater fields in front end forms

[neonwired]

I have a front end form for creating new pages, repeater and repeater matrix field don't seem to save any data. I was considering handling the data manually but can't seem to get anything useful from the post data, are there any methods i can use?

[Pip]

@neonwired Working on this as well. Have you found the solution?

 

[neonwired]

On 7/15/2020 at 1:45 PM, Pip said:

@neonwired Working on this as well. Have you found the solution?

 

Unfortunately not, i ended up having to make a bespoke form.

[MilenKo]

@neonwired @Pip

I know the thread is a bit old, however it was my turn to look for some functionality, and I've found a write-up that would seem to work or at least to be a good start for your needs and mine as well

Not sure if I understood correctly your need, but if you need to just modify the values of Repeater fields from the frontend, I believe this would help you resolve the need ?

[pwfans]

On 5/20/2020 at 3:18 AM, neonwired said:

I have a front end form for creating new pages, repeater and repeater matrix field don't seem to save any data. I was considering handling the data manually but can't seem to get anything useful from the post data, are there any methods i can use?

You need creating form using dynamic row

<input type="text" name="fieldname[]">

Then, using this php code to fill the repeaters

<?php
$fields = count($_POST['fieldname']);
$p = new Page(); 
$p->template = 'template_name'; 
$p->parent = $pages->get('/parent_name/');  
$p->name = 'page-name';
for ( $i=0;$i<$fields;++$i ) {
  $repeater = $p->repeater_name->getNewItem();
  $repeater->field_in_repeater = $input->post->fieldname[$i];
  $repeater->save();
}
$p->save();

 

[modifiedcontent]

I am trying to put together a front end form for a repeater field. The solution in the previous post gives helpful clues, but my repeater field doesn't need new pages and templates I think - isn't that a Page Reference field?

My repeater field is for RSS feeds; name 'feeds', type 'Repeater'. The field used by 'feeds' is name 'rssfeed', type 'URL'.

To store a regular field I'd use something like this:

Spoiler

if($input->post->updatefullname) {
 $user->of(false); // turn off output formatting
 $user->fullname = $sanitizer->text($input->post->fullname);
 $user->save();
}

 

But instead of one value it would be adding one or more values to an array, somehow done with the fieldname[] and for ( $i=0;$i<$fields;++$i ) stuff, but without new Page() and template etc.? Not sure how to put that together, will try things this weekend...

Is there a code example somewhere?

Is there a way to get the same fancy repeater input field as in the admin area?