FrontendForms - A module for creating and validating forms on the frontend

[Juergen]

Hello @Andy

I have tried to change the file permission of the root directory with the $files->chmod() method, but it does not work in this case. In addition it is always a little bit risky if you are changing file permissions via API. It could be a serious security issue if something went wrong.

For this reason I have decided to warn the user, if the file could not be copied to the root.

It works on my local installation but I would be happy if you try it at your environment and give me a short feedback, before I push it to Github for a new version.

All you have to do is to replace the old createRemoveCaptchaImageFile() method inside the FrontendForms.module with this new one.

  protected function createRemoveCaptchaImageFile(bool $install): void
        {
            $moduleFile = $this->modulePath . 'Formelements/Captcha/captchaimage.php';
            $rootFile = $this->wire('config')->paths->root . 'captchaimage.php';
            $from = $install ? $moduleFile : $rootFile;
            $to = $install ? $rootFile : $moduleFile;

            if($this->wire('files')->copy($from, $to)){
                if(!is_writable($to) && $install)  {
                    // captcha file could not be copied to the root folder
                    $warning_text[] = sprintf($this->_('The captchaimage.php file could not be copied to the root directory (%s), because the root directory is not writeable.'), $this->wire('config')->paths->root);
                    $warning_text[] = sprintf($this->_('Do not worry! To fix this issue, please move the file from "/site/modules/FrontendForms/Formelements/Captcha/captchaimage.php" to "%s" by yourself.'), $to);
                    $warning_text[] = $this->_('Otherwise you will get an error if you try to use the CAPTCHA on your forms.');
                    $this->wire('session')->warning(implode('<br>', $warning_text), Notice::allowMarkup);
                }
            }
            // try to unlink the file on uninstall
            try {
                // unlink the captcha.php file
                $this->wire('files')->unlink($from);
            } catch (Exception $ex) {
                $this->wire('session')->warning($ex);
            }

        }

The method checks at first if the copying was successfull. If not, it checks if the root is writeable -> if not it outputs a warning with further instructions.

This should solve the problem.

Thanks Jürgen

[Andi]

Hey @Juergen, trying this out for the first time here, really cool module!

I'm wondering is there a way to change or remove the wrapper for error messages? Somewhat similar to

$form->useInputWrapper(false);

If try to add

$name->setRule('required')->setCustomMessage('Please enter your name');
$name->getErrorMessage()->prepend('<small>')->append('</small>');

I'm getting

<small>
	<p class="error">Please enter your name</p>
</small>

So basically I'm trying to ditch the <p class="error"> tag for something different. Is that currently possible or would I have to fiddle with the returned string in some way?

Thanks in advance and all the best from Regensburg!

[Juergen]

Hello @Andi

Glad to hear that you are trying out my module.

First point: prepend() and append() are not the right methods for what you try to achive. These methods will add content before and after, but they cannot replace content. So they are for adding extra markup not for changing something.?

If you try to manipulate a single error message you can use the setTag() method directly on the input field. But please note: This will only change the error message on the given field and not on all fields:

$name->getErrorMessage()->setTag('small');

You can add every tag you want inside the parenthesis - in this case I have added the "small" tag and it works.

I guess what you are trying is to change the tag for all error messages at once.

In this case, using a Hook inside ready.php should do the trick. I write "should", but I have tried it and I do not know why, but the Hook will not be triggered. At the moment, I have no clue why it does not work, but I show you the code for the Hook that should be used inside site/ready.php.

wire()->addHookBefore('Errormessage::render', function (HookEvent $event) {
    $error_msg = $event->object;
    $error_msg->setTag('small');
});

So the render() method of the Errormessage class should be hookable (because I have made it hookable), but nothing happens. As written above, the Hook will not be triggered. Maybe it is a namespace problem, but I have also tried it with 'FrontendForms\Errormessage::render' without success. Another approach was to add the hook to the init.php instead of  the ready.php, but same result.

I am sorry, that I cannot tell you a general working solution at the moment except the first one, which is not very elegant, but I will try to trace the problem to its source.

At the moment, you can use the first method until I can give you a working solution or you will try it by yourself to get the Hook working.

Greetings from Linz

 

[Andi]

Hey @Juergen, thanks for your answer. Setting the tags manually per field works fine for now!

14 minutes ago, Juergen said:

I write "should", but I have tried it and I do not know why, but the Hook will not be triggered.

When playing around with some of the example code earlier I noticed that none of the hooks from the docs seemed to catch on. I thought that had something to do with my setup here somehow.. But this is already very helpful ?

On another topic, is there a way to add an attribute to a field that has an error? After running through validation these classes are being added to the input field

<input ... class="input input-error" ...>

If I'd like to add say a

<input ... class="input input-error" aria-invalid="true" ...>

Would that be possible or would I need to do it via hook as well?

Many thanks again!!

[Juergen]

Hello  @Andi

22 minutes ago, Andi said:

When playing around with some of the example code earlier I noticed that none of the hooks from the docs seemed to catch on.

I have discovered the same problem, but I know, that the Hook examples had worked before. This is very strange. Maybe something has been changed to Hooks since then. I know that Ryan has done some updates a while ago.

Adding extra attributes only if field is not valid is not possible via a Hook, but I can add this feature directly inside the code. I am always open on suggestions that makes the module better.

Adding the aria-invalid attribute to fields with errors is not a big deal, but I am not an expert for accessibility. Is adding the aria-invalid attribute enough or is the aria-errormessage attribute required too?

Best regards Jürgen

 

[Andi]

Hi @Juergen, I'm basically trying to get FrontendForms to play along nicely with Pico CSS, which I've recently come to love.

This is more or less what I'm trying to achieve (from the official documentation)

<!-- validation passed -->
<input ... aria-invalid="false" aria-describedby="valid-helper" ...>
<small id="valid-helper">Looks good!</small>

<!-- validation failed -->
<input ... aria-invalid="true" aria-describedby="invalid-helper" ...>
<small id="invalid-helper">Please provide a valid value!</small>

Not sure about the actual standard here, though..

Maybe an option to add attributes to valid/invalid input fields could generally be helpful?

Beste Grüße and many thanks! And good luck with the hook issue, I'll keep playing around on my end and see if I can find anything.

[Juergen]

Ok, I understand. Pico CSS sounds interesting. I have never heard about that.

So I have added the Aria attributes to the code, but you have to replace the following file: FormElements/Form.php

<?php
    declare(strict_types=1);

    namespace FrontendForms;

    /*
     * Class for creating the form element
     *
     * Created by Jürgen K.
     * https://github.com/juergenweb
     * File name: Form.php
     * Created: 03.07.2022
     */

    use DateTime;
    use DOMDocument;
    use DOMException;
    use Exception;
    use ProcessWire\Field as Field;
    use ProcessWire\HookEvent;
    use ProcessWire\Language;
    use ProcessWire\Module;
    use ProcessWire\User;
    use ProcessWire\Page;
    use ProcessWire\Wire;
    use ProcessWire\WireArray;
    use ProcessWire\WireData;
    use ProcessWire\WireException;
    use ProcessWire\WireMail;
    use Valitron\Validator;

    use function ProcessWire\wire as wire;
    use function ProcessWire\wirePopulateStringTags;
    use function ProcessWire\_n;
    use function ProcessWire\wireClassNamespace;
    use function ProcessWire\wireMail;

    class Form extends CustomRules
    {

        /* constants */
        const FORMMETHODS = ['get', 'post']; // array that holds allowed action methods (get, post)

        /* properties */
        protected array $storedFiles = []; // array that holds all files (including overwritten filenames)
        protected string $doubleSubmission = ''; // value hold by the double form submission session
        protected string $defaultRequiredTextPosition = 'top'; // the default required text position
        protected string $doNotReply = ''; // Text for do not reply to automatically generated emails
        protected array $formElements = []; //array that contains all elements of a form element as objects
        protected array $formErrors = []; // holds the array containing all form errors after submission
        protected array $values = []; // array of all form values (key = name of the inputfield)
        protected bool $showForm = true; // show the form on the page
        protected string $visitorIP = ''; // the IP of the visitor who is visiting this page
        protected string $captchaCategory = ''; // the category of the captcha (text or image)
        protected string $langAppendix = ''; // string, which will be appended to multi-lang config fields inside the db
        protected string|int $useDoubleFormSubmissionCheck = 1; // Enable checking of multiple submissions
        protected string|int|bool $useCSRFProtection = 1; // Enable/disable CSRF-Protection
        protected string $general_desc_position = 'afterInput'; // The position of the input field description -> beforeLabel, afterLabel or afterInput

        protected string|int|bool $useAriaAttributes = false; // use accessibility attributes
        // Mail properties - only needed if FrontendForms will be used to send emails
        protected array $mailPlaceholder = []; // associative array for usage in emails (['placeholdername' => 'text',...])
        protected string $defaultDateFormat = 'Y-m-d'; // the default format for date strings
        protected string $defaultTimeFormat = 'H:i a'; // the default format for time strings
        protected string $receiverAddress = ''; // the email address of the receiver of the mails
        protected string $mail_subject = ''; // the subject for a mail sent after form validation
        protected string $emailTemplatesDirPath = ''; // the path to the email templates directory
        protected string $emailCustomTemplatesDirPath = ''; // the path to the email custom templates directory
        protected string $emailTemplate = ''; // the filename of the email template including the extension (fe. template.html)
        protected string $emailTemplatePath = ''; // the path to the body template
        protected string $emailCustomTemplatePath = ''; // the path to the custom body template
        protected array $uploaded_files = []; // array which holds all currently uploaded files with the path as value
        protected int|null $mail_language_id = null; // property for setting the language for mail templates manually
        protected int|null $site_language_id = null; // internal property containing the current site language
        protected string|int|null|bool $submitAjax = 0; // whether to submit the form via Ajax (1) or not (0)
        protected string|null $ajaxRedirect = null; // redirect to this URL after a valid form has been submitted - only for Ajax submission
        protected string $redirectURL = ''; // the URL for the redirect after successful for form validation
        protected string $validated = '0'; // the form is validated (1) or not (0)
        protected string|null|int|bool $showProgressbar = true;

        /* objects */
        protected Alert $alert; // alert box
        protected RequiredTextHint $requiredHint; // hint to inform that all required fields have to be filled out
        protected Wrapper $formElementsWrapper; // the wrapper object over all form elements
        protected User $user; // the user, who views the form (the page)
        protected Language $userLang; // the language object of the user/visitor
        protected Page $page; // the current page object, where the form is used
        protected object $captcha; // the captcha object

        /**
         * Every form must have an id. You can set it custom via the constructor - otherwise a random ID will be
         * generated. The id will be taken for further automatic id generation of the input fields
         * @throws WireException
         */
        public function __construct(string $id)
        {
            parent::__construct();

            // set the path to the template folder for the email templates
            $this->emailTemplatesDirPath = $this->wire('config')->paths->siteModules . 'FrontendForms/email_templates/';
            // set the path to the custom template folder for the email templates
            $this->emailCustomTemplatesDirPath = $this->wire('config')->paths->site . 'frontendforms-custom-templates/';

            // set the path to the email template from the module config
            if ($this->frontendforms['input_emailTemplate'] != 'none') {
                $this->emailTemplate = $this->frontendforms['input_emailTemplate']; // set filename
                $this->emailTemplatePath = $this->emailTemplatesDirPath . $this->emailTemplate; // set file path
                $this->emailCustomTemplatePath = $this->emailCustomTemplatesDirPath . $this->emailTemplate; // set file path
            }

            // set the current user
            $this->user = $this->wire('user');

            if ($this->wire('languages')) {
                // set the current site language as language for mails
                $this->mail_language_id = $this->user->language->id;

                // set the id of the current site language
                $this->site_language_id = $this->user->language->id;
            }

            // set Ajax form submission according to the configuration settings
            if (array_key_exists('input_ajaxformsubmission', $this->frontendforms)) {
                $this->setSubmitWithAjax((int)$this->frontendforms['input_ajaxformsubmission']);
            }

            // set show/hide progressbar during Ajax form submission according to the configuration settings
            if (array_key_exists('input_hideProgressBar', $this->frontendforms)) {
                $this->showProgressbar = !(($this->frontendforms['input_hideProgressBar'] == '1'));
            }
            $this->showProgressbar($this->showProgressbar);

            // set the current page
            $this->page = $this->wire('page');

            // check if LanguageSupport module is installed and multi-language is enabled
            if ($this->wire('modules')->isInstalled('LanguageSupport') && isset($this->wire('user')->language)) {
                $this->userLang = $this->user->language; // the language object
            }
            $this->setLangAppendix(); // set the appendix for multi-language module configuration fields (fe. __1012)

            // instantiate all objects first
            $this->alert = new Alert();
            $this->requiredHint = new RequiredTextHint();
            $this->formElementsWrapper = new Wrapper();

            // set default properties
            $this->visitorIP = $this->wire('session')->getIP();
            $this->showForm = $this->allowFormViewByIP(); // show or hide the form depending on the IP ban
            $this->setAttribute('method', 'post'); // default is post
            $this->setAttribute('action', $this->page->url); // stay on the same page - needs to run after the API is ready
            $this->setAttribute('id', $id); // set the id
            $this->setAttribute('name', $this->getID() . '-' . time());
            $this->setHtml5Validation($this->frontendforms['input_html5_validation']);
            $this->setAttribute('autocomplete', 'off'); // set autocomplete off by default
            $this->setTag('form'); // set the form tag
            $this->setCSSClass('formClass'); // add the CSS class
            $this->setSuccessMsg($this->getLangValueOfConfigField('input_alertSuccessText'));
            $this->setErrorMsg($this->getLangValueOfConfigField('input_alertErrorText'));
            $this->setRequiredTextPosition($this->frontendforms['input_requiredHintPosition']); // set the position for the required text
            $this->getFormElementsWrapper()->setAttribute('id',
                $this->getAttribute('id') . '-formelementswrapper'); // add id
            $this->getFormElementsWrapper()->setAttribute('class',
                $this->frontendforms['input_wrapperFormElementsCSSClass']); // add css class to the wrapper element
            $this->useDoubleFormSubmissionCheck($this->useDoubleFormSubmissionCheck);
            $this->setRequiredText($this->getLangValueOfConfigField('input_requiredText'));
            $this->logFailedAttempts($this->frontendforms['input_logFailedAttempts']); // enable or disable the logging of blocked visitor's IP depending on config settings
            $this->setMaxAttempts($this->frontendforms['input_maxAttempts']); // set max attempts
            $this->setMinTime($this->frontendforms['input_minTime']); // set min time
            $this->setMaxTime($this->frontendforms['input_maxTime']); // set max time
            $this->setCaptchaType($this->frontendforms['input_captchaType']); // enable or disable the captcha and set type of captcha
            // set the folder of the page in assets/files as default target folder for file uploads
            $this->setUploadPath($this->wire('config')->paths->assets . 'files/' . $this->page->id . '/');

            // Global text for auto-generated emails
            $this->doNotReply = $this->_('This email was generated automatically. So please do not reply to this email.');

            // create and set all general placeholder variables
            $this->createGeneralPlaceholders();

            // set global description position according to the module configuration

            if (array_key_exists('input_descPosition', $this->frontendforms)) {
                $this->general_desc_position = $this->frontendforms['input_descPosition'];
            }

            // add a hook method to render mail templates before sending the mail
            $this->addHookBefore('WireMail::send', $this, 'renderTemplate');
            // add a hook method after sending the mail to remove the session variable "templateloaded"
            $this->addHookAfter('WireMail::send', $this, 'removeTemplateSession');

        }

        /**
         * Enable or disable the usage of ARIA attributes on form elements
         * Can be true/empty or false
         * If set to true then ARIA attributes will be added to input tags
         * @param bool $use
         * @return $this
         */
        public function useAriaAttributes(bool $use = true): self
        {
            $this->useAriaAttributes = $use;
            return $this;
        }


        /**
         * Set the description position on per form base
         * @param string $pos
         * @return $this
         */
        public function setDescPosition(string $pos): self
        {
            if (in_array($pos, ['beforeLabel', 'afterLabel', 'afterInput'])) {
                $this->general_desc_position = $pos; // set new position property
            }
            return $this;
        }


        /**
         * Create a new mail instance of a given custom mail module if set
         * Otherwise a new WireMail object will be instantiated
         * This method is only for other modules based on FrontendForms
         * @param string|null $class
         * @return \ProcessWire\WireMail|\FrontendForms\WireMailPostmark|\FrontendForms\WireMailPostmarkApp
         * @throws \ProcessWire\WireException
         */
        //protected function newMailInstance(string|null $class = null): WireMail|WireMailPostmark|WireMailPostmarkApp|WireMailSmtp|WireMailPHPMailer
        protected function newMailInstance(string|null $class = null)
        {

            // if $class is null, set WireMail() object by default
            if (is_null($class))
                return new WireMail();

            // just to play safe - check if the given module is installed first
            if (!$this->wire('modules')->getModuleID($class))
                return new WireMail();

            // create a new instance of the given module
            switch ($class) {
                case('WireMailPostmark'):
                case('WireMailPostmarkApp'):
                    return $this->wire('mail')->new();
                    break;
                case('WireMailSmtp'):
                    return wireMail();
                case('WireMailPHPMailer'):
                    return wire("modules")->get("WireMailPHPMailer");
                default:
                    return new WireMail();
            }
        }

        /**
         * Get all files that were uploaded
         */
        public function getUploadedFiles(): array
        {
            return $this->uploaded_files;
        }

        /**
         * Enable/disable HTML5 form validation
         * @param bool $validation
         * @return $this
         */
        public function setHtml5Validation(string|int|bool|null $validation): self
        {
            $validation = (bool)$validation;
            $this->frontendforms['input_html5_validation'] = $validation;
            if ($validation) {
                $this->removeAttribute('novalidate');
            } else {
                $this->setAttribute('novalidate');
            }
            return $this;
        }

        /**
         * Return if HTML5 form validation is enabled or not
         * @return bool
         */
        public function getHTML5Validation(): bool
        {
            return $this->frontendforms['input_html5_validation'];
        }

        /**
         * THIS METHOD IS DEPRECATED - USE useAjax() METHOD INSTEAD
         * Enable/disable form submission via ajax
         * @param bool|int|null $ajax - true => form will be submitted via Ajax
         * @return $this
         */
        public function setSubmitWithAjax(bool|int|null|string $ajax = true): self
        {
            $this->submitAjax = boolval($ajax);
            return $this;
        }

        /**
         * Submit a form via AJAX
         * @param bool|int|string|null $ajax
         * @return self
         */
        public function useAjax(bool|int|null|string $ajax = true): self
        {
            $this->setSubmitWithAjax($ajax);
            return $this;
        }

        /**
         * Whether to show the progressbar during the Ajax form submission or not
         * @param bool|int|string|null $showProgressbar
         * @return $this
         */
        public function showProgressbar(bool|int|null|string $showProgressbar = true): self
        {
            $this->showProgressbar = boolval($showProgressbar);
            return $this;
        }

        /**
         * Get the setting value if Ajax should be used to submit the form
         * @return bool
         */
        public function getSubmitWithAjax(): bool
        {
            return (bool)$this->submitAjax;
        }

        /**
         * Enable/disable checking of double form submissions
         * True: enabled
         * False: disabled
         * @param bool $useDoubleFormSubmissionCheck
         * @return void
         * @throws WireException
         */
        public function useDoubleFormSubmissionCheck(int|string|bool $useDoubleFormSubmissionCheck): void
        {
            $useDoubleFormSubmissionCheck = $this->sanitizeValueToInt($useDoubleFormSubmissionCheck); // sanitize to int

            $this->useDoubleFormSubmissionCheck = $useDoubleFormSubmissionCheck; // set the property
            if ($useDoubleFormSubmissionCheck) {
                // check if session exists
                if ($this->wire('session')->get('doubleSubmission-' . $this->getID())) {
                    $this->doubleSubmission = $this->wire('session')->get('doubleSubmission-' . $this->getID());
                } else {
                    $this->doubleSubmission = uniqid();
                    $this->wire('session')->set('doubleSubmission-' . $this->getID(), $this->doubleSubmission);
                }
            } else {
                // remove the session if present
                $this->wire('session')->remove('doubleSubmission-' . $this->getID());
            }
        }

        /**
         * Enable/Disable CSRF-protection check
         * @param int|string|bool $csrf
         * @return void
         */
        public function useCSRFProtection(int|string|bool $csrf): void
        {
            $this->useCSRFProtection = $this->sanitizeValueToInt($csrf);
        }

        public function getCSRFProtection(): bool
        {
            return (bool)$this->useCSRFProtection;
        }

        /**
         * Method to disable some methods if form is used inside an iframe on a different domain (crossdomain)
         * @return void
         * @throws \ProcessWire\WireException
         */
        public function useFormInCrossDomainIframe(): void
        {
            $this->useDoubleFormSubmissionCheck(false); // disable double submission check
            $this->useCSRFProtection(false); // disable CSRF-Attack check
            // disable the CAPTCHA because it does not work in crossdomain iframes
            $this->disableCaptcha();
        }

        /**
         * Should the form be displayed after a successful submission (true or 1) or not (false or 0)
         * By default, only the success-message will be displayed after valid form submission and not the whole form
         * This prevents double form submissions
         * @param bool|int $show
         * @return void
         */
        public function showForm(bool|int $show): void
        {
            $this->showForm = $show;
        }

        /**
         * Get the value whether the form should be displayed after successful submission or not
         * @return bool
         */
        public function getShowForm(): bool
        {
            return $this->showForm;
        }

        /**
         * Method, that holds an array with all general placeholders
         * These placeholders can be used in mail templates or mail body templates/texts
         * The array contains the placeholder name as the key and its value (placeholder name => value)
         * @return array
         * @throws WireException
         */
        public function generalPlaceholders(): array
        {
            return [
                'domainlabel' => $this->_('Domain'),
                'domainvalue' => $this->wire('config')->urls->httpRoot,
                'currenturllabel' => $this->_('Visited page'),
                'currenturlvalue' => $this->wire('input')->httpHostUrl(),
                'iplabel' => $this->_('IP'),
                'ipvalue' => $this->wire('session')->getIP(),
                'currentdatetimelabel' => $this->_('Date/time'),
                'currentdatetimevalue' => $this->getDateTime(),
                'currenttimelabel' => $this->_('Time'),
                'currenttimevalue' => $this->getTime(),
                'currentdatelabel' => $this->_('Date'),
                'currentdatevalue' => $this->getDate(),
                'usernamelabel' => $this->_('Username'),
                'usernamevalue' => $this->user->name,
                'browserlabel' => $this->_('Browser'),
                'browservalue' => $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'],
                'donotreplayvalue' => $this->_('This is an auto generated message, please do not reply.')
            ];
        }

        /**
         * Create the default progress bar
         * @return string
         */
        public function createProgressbar(): string
        {
            return '
            <div class="cssProgress">
          <div class="progress1">
            <div class="cssProgress-bar cssProgress-active cssProgress-success" data-percent="100" style="width: 100%; transition: none 0s ease 0s;">
            </div>
          </div>
        </div>
            ';
        }

        /**
         * Method to add all general placeholders als name => value pair to the placeholder array
         * @return void
         * @throws WireException
         */
        protected function createGeneralPlaceholders(): void
        {
            foreach ($this->generalPlaceholders() as $placeholderName => $placeholderValue) {
                $this->setMailPlaceholder($placeholderName, $placeholderValue);
            }
        }

        /**
         * Set the appendix for usage in multi-language configuration fields
         * fe if user has default language, the appendix is an empty string
         * if the user has another language chosen, than the appendix consists of 2 underscores and the lang id (__1012)
         * @return void
         * @throws WireException
         */
        protected function setLangAppendix(): void
        {
            if ($this->wire('languages')) {
                $this->langAppendix = $this->userLang->isDefault() ? '' : '__' . $this->userLang->id;
            }
        }

        /**
         * Special general methods for sending emails
         */

        public static function checkForPath(string $pathfilename): bool
        {
            $pathInfo = pathinfo($pathfilename);
            if ($pathInfo['dirname'] !== '.') return true;
            return false;
        }

        /**
         * Include the template in the mail if it was set in the configuration or directly on the WireMail object
         * Takes the input_emailTemplate property to check whether a template should be used or not
         * @param Module|wire|WireArray|WireData $mail
         * @return void
         * @throws WireException
         * @throws DOMException
         * @throws Exception
         */
        protected function includeMailTemplate(Module|Wire|WireArray|WireData $mail): void
        {
            // set email_template property if it was not set before
            if (!$mail->email_template) {
                $mail->email_template = $this->frontendforms['input_emailTemplate'];
            }

            // check if email template is set
            if ($mail->email_template != 'none') {
                // set body as placeholder
                if ($mail->email_template == 'inherit') {
                    // use the value from the FrontendForms module configuration
                    $mail->email_template = $this->frontendforms['input_emailTemplate'];
                }
                if ($mail->email_template != 'none') {

                    // check if template name or template path has been added
                    if (self::checkForPath($mail->email_template)) {
                        $this->emailTemplatesDirPath = $this->emailCustomTemplatesDirPath = '';
                    }

                    if ($this->wire('files')->exists($this->emailTemplatesDirPath . $mail->email_template)) {
                        $body = $this->loadTemplate($this->emailTemplatesDirPath . $mail->email_template);
                    } else if ($this->wire('files')->exists($this->emailCustomTemplatesDirPath . $mail->email_template)) {
                        $body = $this->loadTemplate($this->emailCustomTemplatesDirPath . $mail->email_template);
                    } else {
                        throw new Exception(sprintf('Mail could not be sent, because the mail template with the name %s does not exist.',
                            $mail->email_template));
                    }

                    // add pre-header text (if present) right after the opening body tag
                    if ($mail->title) {
                        $doc = new DOMDocument();
                        $doc->loadHTML($body);
                        $bodyTags = $doc->getElementsByTagName('body');
                        if ($bodyTags->length > 0) {
                            $bodyElement = $bodyTags->item(0);
                            $preheader = $doc->createElement('div', $mail->title . $this->getLitmusHack());
                            $preheader->setAttribute('style', $this->getPreheaderStyle());
                            $bodyElement->insertBefore($preheader, $bodyElement->firstChild);
                            $body = $doc->saveHTML();
                        }
                    }


                    // if bodyHTML is set, set a body placeholder by default out of the content
                    switch ($mail->className()) {
                        case('WireMailPHPMailer'):
                            $this->setMailPlaceholder('body', $mail->Body);
                            break;
                        default:
                            // default WireMail class used
                            $this->setMailPlaceholder('body', $mail->bodyHTML);
                    }

                    // render [[BODY]] placeholder if it is present and convert all placeholders inside it
                    if ($this->getMailPlaceholder('body')) {
                        $bodyPlaceholder = $this->getMailPlaceholder('body');
                        $bodyPlaceholder = wirePopulateStringTags($bodyPlaceholder, $this->getMailPlaceholders(), ['tagOpen' => '[[', 'tagClose' => ']]']);
                        $this->setMailPlaceholder('body', $bodyPlaceholder);
                    }

                    $body = wirePopulateStringTags($body, $this->getMailPlaceholders(), ['tagOpen' => '[[', 'tagClose' => ']]']);
                    // set the result as the bodyHTML of the email


                    // if bodyHTML is set, set a body placeholder by default out of the content
                    switch ($mail->className()) {
                        case('WireMailPHPMailer'):
                            $mail->Body = $body;
                            break;
                        default:
                            // default WireMail class used
                            $mail->bodyHTML($body);
                    }
                }
            } else {
                // add invisible div with email pre-header to the top of the email body
                switch ($mail->className()) {
                    case('WireMailPHPMailer'):
                        $mail->Body = $this->generateEmailPreHeader($mail) . $mail->Body;
                        break;
                    default:
                        // default WireMail class used
                        $mail->bodyHTML($this->generateEmailPreHeader($mail) . $mail->bodyHTML);
                }

            }
        }

        /**
         * Check if the form has at least one file upload field
         * Needs to be called after all fields were added
         * @return bool -> true: a file upload field was found, false: no file upload field found
         */
        protected function hasFileUploadField(): bool
        {
            if (($this->hasAttribute('enctype')) && ($this->getAttribute('enctype') == 'multipart/form-data')) {
                return true;
            }
            return false;
        }

        /**
         * If file upload fields are present in a form - get an array of objects containing all file upload fields
         * @return array
         */
        protected function getFileUploadFields(): array
        {
            $fields = [];
            if ($this->hasFileUploadField()) {
                foreach ($this->formElements as $uploadfield) {
                    if (($uploadfield instanceof InputFile) || (is_subclass_of($uploadfield, 'InputFile'))) {
                        $fields[] = $uploadfield;
                    }
                }
            }
            return $fields;
        }

        /**
         * Render the mail template: replace placeholders and use HTML email template if set
         * @param \ProcessWire\HookEvent $event
         * @return \ProcessWire\Module|\ProcessWire\Wire|\ProcessWire\WireArray|\ProcessWire\WireData
         * @throws \DOMException
         * @throws \ProcessWire\WireException
         * @throws \ProcessWire\WirePermissionException
         */

        public function renderTemplate(HookEvent $event): Module|Wire|WireArray|WireData
        {
            $mail = $event->object;

            // do not add a template if template is set to "none"
            if ($mail->email_template !== 'none') {

                // set the placeholder for the title if present
                $this->setMailPlaceholder('title', $mail->title);

                // set the placeholder for the body
                if (($mail->bodyHTML) || ($mail->bodyHtml) || ($mail->body)) {

                    // set HTML as preferred value
                    if ($mail->bodyHTML) {
                        $content = $mail->bodyHTML;
                    } else if ($mail->bodyHtml) {
                        $content = $mail->bodyHtml;
                    } else {
                        $content = $mail->body;
                    }

                    $body = wirePopulateStringTags($content, $this->getMailPlaceholders(),
                        ['tagOpen' => '[[', 'tagClose' => ']]']);

                    $this->setMailPlaceholder('body', $body);
                    $mail->bodyHTML($body);
                    $mail->body($body);

                }
                if ($this->wire('session')->get('templateloaded') != '1') {
                    $this->includeMailTemplate($mail); // include/use mail template if set
                    $this->wire('session')->set('templateloaded', '1');
                }
            } else {
                // populate Placeholders even if no template is used to send emails
                switch ($mail->className()) {
                    case('WireMailPHPMailer'):
                        $mail->Body = wirePopulateStringTags($mail->bodyHTML, $this->getMailPlaceholders(), ['tagOpen' => '[[', 'tagClose' => ']]']);
                        break;
                    default:
                        // default WireMail class used
                        $mail->bodyHTML(wirePopulateStringTags($mail->bodyHTML, $this->getMailPlaceholders(), ['tagOpen' => '[[', 'tagClose' => ']]']));
                }

            }

            return $mail;
        }

        /**
         * Set the mail body property depending on the custom mail module set
         * @param $mail
         * @param string|null $body
         * @return void
         */
        public static function setBody($mail, string|null $body, string $mailModule): void
        {
            if (is_null($body)) $body = '';
            // add support for WireMailPHPMailer - has a different name for the bodyHTML property
            if ($mailModule === 'WireMailPHPMailer') {
                $mail->Body = $body;
            } else {
                $mail->bodyHTML($body);
            }
        }

        /**
         * This method prevents the multiple embedding of the email template if there are multiple forms on one page.
         * @return void
         * @throws \ProcessWire\WireException
         */
        public function removeTemplateSession(): void
        {
            $this->wire('session')->remove('templateloaded');
        }

        /**
         * Load a template file from the given path including php code and output it as a string
         * @param string $templatePath - the path to the template that should be rendered
         * @return string - the html template
         */
        protected function loadTemplate(string $templatePath): string
        {
            ob_start();
            include($templatePath);
            $var = ob_get_contents();
            ob_end_clean();
            return $var;
        }

        /**
         * Set the recipient email address on per-form base
         * In this case, the recipient can be set/changed on per-form base instead of directly on the WireMail object
         * Needed in every case, where the WireMail object is not directly reachable
         * @param string $email
         * @return $this
         * @throws WireException
         * @throws Exception
         */
        public function to(string $email): self
        {
            if ($this->wire('sanitizer')->email($email)) {
                $this->receiverAddress = $email;
            } else {
                throw new Exception("Email address for the recipient is not a valid email address.", 1);
            }
            return $this;
        }

        /**
         * Set the subject for the email on per-form base
         * In this case, the subject can be set/changed on per-form base instead of directly on the WireMail object
         * Needed in every case, where the WireMail object is not directly reachable
         * @param string $subject
         * @return $this
         */
        public function subject(string $subject): self
        {
            $this->mail_subject = $subject;
            return $this;
        }

        /**
         * Get a date string in the given format as set in the config of the module
         * If no value is entered as parameter, the current date will be displayed
         * @param string|null $dateTime
         * @return string
         * @throws WireException
         */
        public function getDate(string|null $dateTime = null): string
        {
            $dateTime = (is_null($dateTime)) ? time() : $dateTime;
            // get user language
            if ($this->wire('languages')) {
                $langID = '__' . $this->user->language->id;
            } else {
                $langID = '';
            }
            $fieldName = 'input_dateformat' . $langID;
            $format = $this->frontendforms[$fieldName] ?? $this->defaultDateFormat;
            return $this->wire('datetime')->date($format, $dateTime);
        }

        /**
         * Get a time string in the given format as set in the config of the module
         * If no value is entered as parameter, the current time will be displayed
         * @param string|null $dateTime
         * @return string
         * @throws WireException
         */
        public function getTime(string|null $dateTime = null): string
        {
            $dateTime = (is_null($dateTime)) ? time() : $dateTime;
            // get user language
            if ($this->wire('languages')) {
                $langID = '__' . $this->user->language->id;
            } else {
                $langID = '';
            }
            $fieldName = 'input_timeformat' . $langID;
            $format = $this->frontendforms[$fieldName] ?? $this->defaultTimeFormat;
            return $this->wire('datetime')->date($format, $dateTime);
        }

        /**
         * Get a combined date and time string in the given format as set in the config of the module
         * If no value is entered as parameter, the current date and time will be displayed
         * @param string|null $dateTime
         * @return string
         * @throws WireException
         */
        public function getDateTime(string|null $dateTime = null): string
        {
            return $this->getDate($dateTime) . ' ' . $this->getTime($dateTime);
        }

        /**
         * Set a new placeholder variable with a specific value to the mailPlaceholder array
         * @param string $placeholderName
         * @param string|array|null $placeholderValue
         * @return $this
         */
        public function setMailPlaceholder(string $placeholderName, string|array|null $placeholderValue): self
        {

            if (!is_null($placeholderValue)) {
                $placeholderName = strtoupper(trim($placeholderName));
                if (is_array($placeholderValue)) {
                    // check if array is multidimensional like multiple file uploads
                    if (count($placeholderValue) == count($placeholderValue, COUNT_RECURSIVE)) {
                        // one-dimensional: convert array of values to comma separated string
                        $placeholderValue = implode(', ', $placeholderValue);
                    } else {
                        $file_names = [];
                        // multi-dimensional $_FILES array
                        foreach ($placeholderValue as $file) {
                            // adding all file names to the array - independent if the name exists or not
                            $file_names[] = $file['name'];
                        }
                        // clean the array by removing empty array elements
                        $placeholderValue = implode(',', array_filter($file_names));
                    }
                }
                // trim and merge it to the mailPlaceholder array
                $this->mailPlaceholder = array_merge($this->getMailPlaceholders(),
                    [$placeholderName => trim($placeholderValue)]);
            }
            return $this;
        }

        /**
         * Remove a placeholder by its name from the placeholder array if it is present
         * @param string $placeholderName
         * @return void
         */
        public function removePlaceholder(string $placeholderName): void
        {
            $key = strtoupper(trim($placeholderName));
            if (array_key_exists($key, $this->getMailPlaceholders())) {
                unset($this->getMailPlaceholders()[$key]);
            }
        }

        /**
         * Get all placeholder variables and their values
         * For usage in body template of emails
         * @return array
         */
        public function getMailPlaceholders(): array
        {
            return $this->mailPlaceholder;
        }

        /**
         * Get the value of a certain placeholder by its name
         * @param string $placeholderName
         * @return string
         */
        public function getMailPlaceholder(string $placeholderName): string
        {
            $content = '';
            $placeholderName = strtoupper($placeholderName);
            if (array_key_exists($placeholderName, $this->mailPlaceholder)) {
                $content = $this->mailPlaceholder[$placeholderName];
            }
            return $content;
        }

        /**
         * Get all included classes of the form fields
         * For usage in body template of emails
         * @return array
         */
        protected function getFormFieldClasses(): array
        {
            $classes = [];
            foreach ($this->formElements as $fieldObject) {
                $classes[] = $fieldObject->className();
            }
            return $classes;
        }

        /**
         * Check if an input field with a specific name is present the current form (but not if it has a value)
         * @param string $fieldName
         * @return bool
         */
        public function formfieldExists(string $fieldName): bool
        {
            $fieldName = (trim($fieldName));
            return (in_array(strtolower($fieldName), array_map("strtolower", $this->getFormFieldClasses())));
        }

        /**
         * Output the value of multilang fields from the module configuration
         * @param string $fieldName
         * @param array|null $modulConfig
         * @param int|null $lang_id
         * @return string
         */
        protected function getLangValueOfConfigField(
            string   $fieldName,
            array    $modulConfig = null,
            int|null $lang_id = null
        ): string
        {
            $modulConfig = (is_null($modulConfig)) ? $this->frontendforms : $modulConfig;
            $langAppendix = (is_null($lang_id)) ? $this->langAppendix : '__' . $lang_id;
            $fieldNameLang = $fieldName . $langAppendix;
            if (isset($modulConfig[$fieldNameLang])) {
                return $modulConfig[$fieldNameLang] != '' ? $modulConfig[$fieldNameLang] : $modulConfig[$fieldName];
            }
            return $modulConfig[$fieldName];
        }

        /**
         * Method to sanitize string, integer or boolean value to integer value 1 and 0
         * This is necessary, because configuration values of checkboxes are stored as integers in the db
         * @param string|int|bool $value
         * @return int
         */
        protected function sanitizeValueToInt(string|int|bool $value): int
        {
            if (is_string($value)) {
                if ($value !== '') {
                    return 1;
                }
                return 0;
            } else {
                if (is_int($value)) {
                    if ($value >= 1) {
                        return 1;
                    }
                    return 0;
                } else {
                    return (int)$value;
                }
            }
        }

        /**
         * Set a custom upload path for uploaded files
         * If no path is selected, then the files will be stored inside the dir of this page in site/assets/files
         * @param string $path_to_folder
         * @return Form
         */
        public function setUploadPath(string $path_to_folder): self
        {
            $this->uploadPath = trim($path_to_folder);
            return $this;
        }

        /**
         * This method is only for testing of ip addresses that should be banned
         * Enter ip addresses as a numeric array
         * @param string $ip
         * @return void
         * @throws Exception
         */
        public function testIPBan(string $ip): void
        {
            if (filter_var($ip, FILTER_VALIDATE_IP)) {
                $this->visitorIP = $ip;
            } else {
                throw new Exception(sprintf($this->_('%s is not a valid IP address.'), $ip));
            }
        }

        /**
         * Disable/enable the IP ban on per form base
         * @param bool $enabled
         * @return void
         */
        public function useIPBan(int|string|bool $enabled): void
        {
            $this->frontendforms['input_useIPBan'] = $this->sanitizeValueToInt($enabled);
        }

        /**
         * Disable/enable and set type of captcha on per-form base
         * @param string $captchaType
         * @return void
         */
        protected function setCaptchaType(string $captchaType): void
        {
            $this->frontendforms['input_captchaType'] = $captchaType;
            if ($this->frontendforms['input_captchaType'] !== 'none') {
                $this->setCaptchaCategory($captchaType); //
                $this->captcha = AbstractCaptchaFactory::make($this->getCaptchaCategory(),
                    $this->frontendforms['input_captchaType']);
            }
        }

        /**
         * Public method to disable the captcha on per form base if needed
         * @return void
         */
        public function disableCaptcha(): void
        {
            $this->setCaptchaType('none');
        }

        /**
         * Get the captcha type set
         * @return string
         */
        protected function getCaptchaType(): string
        {
            return $this->frontendforms['input_captchaType'];
        }

        /**
         * Set the captcha category (text, image) depending on the captcha type
         * @param string $captchaType
         * @return void
         */
        protected function setCaptchaCategory(string $captchaType): void
        {
            $this->captchaCategory = AbstractCaptchaFactory::getCaptchaTypeFromClass($captchaType);
        }

        /**
         * Get the captcha category
         * @return string
         */
        public function getCaptchaCategory(): string
        {
            return $this->captchaCategory;
        }

        /**
         * Get the captcha object for further manipulations
         * @return object|null
         */
        protected function getCaptcha(): object|null
        {
            return $this->captcha;
        }

        /**
         * Check if the visitor is on the blacklist or not
         * @return bool - true if the visitor is not on the blacklist
         */
        protected function allowFormViewByIP(): bool
        {
            if (!$this->frontendforms['input_useIPBan']) {
                return true;
            }
            if ($this->frontendforms['input_preventIPs'] === '') {
                return true;
            }
            $ipaddresses = $this->newLineToArray($this->frontendforms['input_preventIPs']);
            return !in_array($this->visitorIP, $ipaddresses);
        }

        /**
         * Convert the values of a textbox to an array
         * Will be needed for the list of banned IP in the module configuration
         * @param string|null $textarea - the value of the textarea field
         * @return array
         */
        protected function newLineToArray(string $textarea = null): array
        {
            $final_array = [];
            if (!is_null($textarea)) {
                $textarea_array = array_map('trim', explode("\n", $textarea)); // remove extra spaces from each array value
                foreach ($textarea_array as $textarea_arr) {
                    $final_array[] = trim($textarea_arr);
                }
            }
            return $final_array;
        }

        /**
         * Enable or disable the logging of blocked visitor's IP on per form base
         * True: logging is enabled
         * False: logging is disabled
         * @param string|bool|int $logFailedAttempts
         * @return void
         */
        public function logFailedAttempts(string|bool|int $logFailedAttempts): void
        {
            $this->frontendforms['input_logFailedAttempts'] = $this->sanitizeValueToInt($logFailedAttempts);
        }

        /**
         * Convert post values to a string
         * @param bool $showButtonValues
         * @return string
         */
        public function getValuesAsString(bool $showButtonValues = false): string
        {
            $postData = $this->flattenMixedArray($this->getValues($showButtonValues));
            $dataAttributes = array_map(function ($value, $key) {
                return $key . '=' . $value;
            }, array_values($postData), array_keys($postData));
            return implode(', ', $dataAttributes);
        }

        /**
         * Returns a numeric array of all available languages
         * Only for internal usage
         *
         * @return array
         * @throws WireException
         */
        protected function getAllAvailableLanguages(): array
        {
            $path = $this->wire('config')->paths->siteModules . 'FrontendForms/lang';
            $langFiles = $this->wire('files')->find($path);
            $languages = [];
            foreach ($langFiles as $lang) {
                $languages[] = basename($lang, '.php');
            }
            return $languages;
        }

        /**
         * Enable/disable the wrapping of checkboxes by its label
         * This is useful for some cases where you need to add the label after the input (fe. some CSS frameworks
         * @param bool $wrap
         * @return void
         */
        public function appendLabelOnCheckboxes(bool $wrap): void
        {
            $this->appendcheckbox = $wrap;
        }

        /**
         * Get the value of appendcheckbox
         * @return bool
         */
        protected function getAppendLabelOnCheckboxes(): bool
        {
            return $this->appendcheckbox;
        }

        /**
         * Enable/disable the wrapping of radios by its label
         * This is useful for some cases where you need to add the label after the input (fe. some CSS frameworks
         * @param bool $wrap
         * @return void
         */
        public function appendLabelOnRadios(bool $wrap): void
        {
            $this->appendradio = $wrap;
        }

        /**
         * Get the value of appendradio
         * @return bool
         */
        protected function getAppendLabelOnRadios(): bool
        {
            return $this->appendradio;
        }

        /**
         * Set your own text for required fields
         * @param string $requiredText
         * @return RequiredTextHint
         */
        public function setRequiredText(string $requiredText): RequiredTextHint
        {
            if ($requiredText === '') {
                $requiredText = $this->_('All fields marked with (*) are mandatory and must be completed.');
            }
            $this->requiredHint->setText($requiredText);
            return $this->requiredHint;
        }

        /**
         * Get the required text hint object for further manipulations
         * @return RequiredTextHint
         */
        public function getRequiredText(): RequiredTextHint
        {
            return $this->requiredHint;
        }

        /**
         * This method creates an inner wrapper over all form elements if set to true, or it removes the wrapper if set
         * to false So it adds a <div> tag after the opening form tag and a </div> tag before the closing form tag
         * @param bool $useFormElementsWrapper
         * @return Wrapper
         */
        public function useFormElementsWrapper(int|string|bool $useFormElementsWrapper): Wrapper
        {
            $useFormElementsWrapper = $this->sanitizeValueToInt($useFormElementsWrapper); // sanitize to int
            $this->frontendforms['input_wrapperFormElements'] = $useFormElementsWrapper;
            return $this->formElementsWrapper;
        }

        /**
         * Return the wrapper object
         * @return Wrapper
         */
        public function getFormElementsWrapper(): Wrapper
        {
            return $this->formElementsWrapper;
        }

        /**
         * Set the success message for successful form submission
         * Can be used to overwrite the default success message
         * @param string $successMsg
         * @return void
         */
        public function setSuccessMsg(string $successMsg): void
        {
            if ($successMsg === '') {
                $successMsg = $this->_('Thank you for your message.');
            }
            $this->frontendforms['input_alertSuccessText'] = trim($successMsg);
        }

        /**
         * Set the error message if errors occur after form submission
         * Can be used to overwrite the default error message
         * @param string $errorMsg
         * @return void
         */
        public function setErrorMsg(string $errorMsg): void
        {
            if ($errorMsg === '') {
                $errorMsg = $this->_('Sorry, some errors occur. Please check your inputs once more.');
            }
            $this->frontendforms['input_alertErrorText'] = trim($errorMsg);
        }

        /**
         * Static method to check if SeoMaestro is installed or not
         * returns the SeoMaestro object on true, otherwise null
         * @return Field|null
         */
        public static function getSeoMaestro(): ?Field
        {
            if (wire('modules')->isInstalled("SeoMaestro")) {
                // grab seo maestro input field
                $seoField = wire('fields')->find('type=FieldtypeSeoMaestro');
                if ($seoField) {
                    return $seoField->first();
                }
            }
            return null;
        }

        /**
         * Get the value of a specific formfield after form submission by its name
         * Can be used to send fe this value via email to a recipient or store it inside the db
         * You can enter pure name or name attribute including form prefix
         * @param string $name - the name attribute of the input field
         * @return string|array|null
         */
        public function getValue(string $name): string|array|null
        {
            $name = $this->createElementName(trim($name));
            if ($this->getValues()) {
                // first check if the name exists
                if (isset($this->getValues()[$name])) {
                    return $this->getValues()[$name];
                } else {
                    if (isset($this->getValues()[$this->getID() . '-' . $name])) {
                        // check if name including form id prefix exists
                        return $this->getValues()[$this->getID() . '-' . $name];
                    }
                }
                return null;
            }

            return null;
        }

        /**
         * Add the form id as prefix to the name attribute
         * @param string $name - the name attribute of the element
         * @return string - returns the name attribute including the form id as prefix
         */
        private function createElementName(string $name): string
        {
            $name = trim($name);
            $formID = $this->getID();
            if (!str_starts_with($name, $formID)) {
                $name = $formID . '-' . $name;
            }
            return $name;
        }

        /**
         * Get all sanitized form values after form submission as an array
         * If there are sanitizers set for the form values, they will be applied
         * @param bool $buttonValue
         * @return array|null
         */
        public function getValues(bool $buttonValue = false): array|null
        {

            if ($buttonValue) {
                return $this->values;
            }

            $result = array_intersect($this->getNamesOfInputFields(), $this->getNamesOfInputFields());
            $values = [];

            foreach ($result as $key) {

                // check if inputfield is a file upload field
                $formElement = $this->getFormelementByName($key);
                if ($formElement instanceof InputFile) {
                    $files = [];
                    if ($this->storedFiles) {
                        $pathFileArray = $this->storedFiles;
                        $filesArray = [];
                        foreach ($pathFileArray as $path) {
                            // output only the basename without the whole path
                            $filesArray[] = pathinfo($path, PATHINFO_BASENAME);
                        }
                        $values[$key] = $filesArray;
                    } else {
                        if (is_array($_FILES[$key]['name'])) {
                            // multiple upload field
                            foreach ($_FILES[$key]['name'] as $filename) {
                                $files[] = strtolower($this->wire('sanitizer')->filename($filename));
                            }
                            $values[$key] = $files;
                        } else {
                            // single upload field
                            $values[$key] = $_FILES[$key]['name'];
                        }

                    }


                } else {
                    if (array_key_exists($key, $this->values)) {
                        $values[$key] = $this->values[$key];
                    }
                }
            }
            return $values; // array
        }

        /**
         * Get all Elements (inputs, buttons, ...) that are added to the form object
         * @return array - returns an array of all form element objects
         */
        public function getFormElements(): array
        {
            return $this->formElements;
        }

        /**
         * Get a specific element of the form by entering the name of the element as parameter
         * With this method you can grab and manipulate a specific element
         * @param string $name - the name attribute of the element (fe email)
         * @param boolean $checkPrefix - true to check if form id is added for inputfield name or false to ignore this
         * @return object|bool - the form element object or false if not found
         */
        public function getFormelementByName(string $name, bool $checkPrefix = true): object|bool
        {
            //check if id of the form was added as prefix of the element name
            if ($checkPrefix) {
                $name = $this->createElementName($name);
            }
            return current(array_filter($this->formElements, function ($e) use ($name) {
                return $e->getAttribute('name') == $name;
            }));
        }

        /**
         * Overwrite the global setting for the required text position on per form base
         * @param string $position - has to be 'top' or 'bottom'
         * @return void
         */
        public function setRequiredTextPosition(string $position): void
        {
            $position = trim($position);
            $this->defaultRequiredTextPosition = in_array($position, ['none', 'top', 'bottom']) ? $position : 'top';
        }

        /**
         * Get the alert object for further manipulations
         * @return Alert
         */
        public function getAlert(): Alert
        {
            return $this->alert;
        }

        /**
         * If you want to disable it, add this method to the form object - not recommended
         * @param int|string|bool $honeypot
         * @return void
         */
        public function useHoneypot(int|string|bool $honeypot): void
        {
            $this->frontendforms['input_useHoneypot'] = $this->sanitizeValueToInt($honeypot);
        }

        /**
         * Method to rearrange the multiple files array $_FILES
         * @param array $file_post
         * @return array
         */
        private function reArrayFiles(array $file_post): array
        {
            $file_ary = array();
            if ($file_post['error'] != 4) {
                $file_count = count($file_post['name']);
                $file_keys = array_keys($file_post);
                for ($i = 0; $i < $file_count; $i++) {
                    foreach ($file_keys as $key) {
                        $file_ary[$i][$key] = $file_post[$key][$i];
                    }
                }
            }
            return $file_ary;
        }

        /**
         * Internal method to store uploaded files via InputFile field in the chosen folder
         * @param array $formElements
         * @return array
         * @throws WireException
         */
        private function storeUploadedFiles(array $formElements): array
        {
            $uploaded_files = [];
            if ($_FILES) {
                // create directory if it does not exist
                $this->wire('files')->mkdir($this->uploadPath);
                // get all upload fields inside the form
                foreach ($formElements as $element) {

                    if (($element instanceof InputFile) || (is_subclass_of($element, 'InputFile'))) {
                        $fieldName = $element->getAttribute('name'); // the name of the upload field

                        if ($element->getMultiple()) {
                            // multiple files
                            $files = $this->reArrayFiles($_FILES[$fieldName]);
                            foreach ($files as $file) {
                                if ($file['error'] == 0) {
                                    // sanitize file name and convert it to lowercase to prevent problems on certain servers
                                    $filename = $this->wire('sanitizer')->filename($file['name'], true);
                                    $target_file = $this->uploadPath . strtolower($filename);

                                    $uploaded_files[] = $target_file;
                                    move_uploaded_file($file['tmp_name'], $target_file);
                                }
                            }
                        } else {
                            // single file
                            $file = $_FILES[$fieldName];
                            if ($file['error'] == 0) {
                                // sanitize file name and convert it to lowercase to prevent problems on certain servers
                                $filename = $this->wire('sanitizer')->filename(basename($file['name']), true);
                                $target_file = $this->uploadPath . strtolower($filename);
                                $uploaded_files[] = $target_file;
                                move_uploaded_file($file['tmp_name'], $target_file);
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            return $uploaded_files;
        }

        /**
         * Convert the complicated $_FILES array to a simpler one
         * @param array $files
         * @return array
         */
        protected function simplifyMultiFileArray(array $files = []): array
        {
            $sFiles = [];
            if (is_array($files) && $files['error'] != '4') {
                foreach ($files as $key => $file) {
                    foreach ($file as $index => $attr) {
                        $sFiles[$index][$key] = $attr;
                    }
                }
            }
            return $sFiles;
        }

        /**
         * Internal method to put required rule always on the first place of validation
         * Checking if value is present is always logical the first step before checking for other things
         * @param array $rules
         * @return array
         */
        protected function putRequiredOnTop(array $rules): array
        {
            if (count($rules) > 1) {
                if (array_key_exists('required', $rules)) {
                    $rules = ['required' => $rules['required']] + $rules;
                }
            }
            return $rules;
        }

        /**
         * Process the form after form submission
         * Includes sanitization and validation
         * @return bool - true: form is valid, false: form has errors
         * @throws WireException
         * @throws Exception
         */
        public function ___isValid(): bool
        {
            // set WireInput array depth to 2 because auf multiple file uploads
            $this->wire('config')->wireInputArrayDepth = 2;
            $formMethod = $this->getAttribute('method'); // grab the method (get or post)
            $input = $this->wire('input')->$formMethod; // get the GET or POST values after submission
            $formElements = $this->formElements; //grab all form elements as an array of objects

            // check for file upload fields inside the form
            $file_upload_fields = $this->getFileUploadFields();
            if ($file_upload_fields) {
                foreach ($file_upload_fields as $field) {
                    $name = $field->getAttribute('name');
                    if (!empty($_FILES)) {
                        if ($field->hasAttribute('multiple')) {
                            // convert $_FILES array to a simpler one
                            $input[$name] = $this->simplifyMultiFileArray($_FILES[$name]);
                        } else {
                            $input[$name] = $_FILES[$name];
                        }
                    }
                }
            }

            // instantiates the FormValidation object
            $validation = new FormValidation($input, $this, $this->alert);


            // 1) check if this form was submitted and no other form on the same page
            if ($validation->thisFormSubmitted()) {
                // 2) check if form was submitted in time range
                if ($validation->checkTimeDiff($formElements)) {
                    // 3) check if max attempts were reached
                    if ($validation->checkMaxAttempts($this->wire('session')->attempts)) {
                        // 4) check for double form submission
                        if ($validation->checkDoubleFormSubmission($this, $this->useDoubleFormSubmissionCheck)) {
                            // 5) Check for CSRF attack
                            if ($validation->checkCSRFAttack($this->getCSRFProtection())) {

                                /* START PROCESSING THE FORM */

                                //add honeypotfield to the array because it will be rendered afterwards
                                if ($this->frontendforms['input_useHoneypot']) {
                                    $formElements[] = $this->createHoneypot();
                                }
                                //add captcha to the array because it will be rendered afterwards
                                if ($this->getCaptchaType() !== 'none') {
                                    $formElements[] = $this->getCaptcha()->createCaptchaInputField($this->getID());
                                }

                                // Get only input field for user inputs (no fieldsets, buttons,..)
                                $formElements = $validation->getRealInputFields($formElements);

                                // Run sanitizer on all POST values first
                                $sanitizedValues = [];

                                foreach ($formElements as $element) {
                                    // remove all form elements which have the disabled attribute, because they do not send values
                                    if (!$element->hasAttribute('disabled')) {
                                        if ($element instanceof InputFile) {
                                            $file_upload_name = $element->getAttribute('name');
                                            if ($element->getMultiple()) {
                                                $sanitizedValues[$file_upload_name] = $this->reArrayFiles($_FILES[$file_upload_name]);
                                            } else {
                                                $sanitizedValues[$file_upload_name] = [$_FILES[$file_upload_name]];
                                            }
                                        } else {
                                            $sanitizedValues[$element->getAttribute('name')] = $validation->sanitizePostValue($element);
                                        }
                                        //$sanitizedValues[$element->getAttribute('name')] = $validation->sanitizePostValue($element);
                                    } else {
                                        // remove all validation rules from this element
                                        $element->removeAllRules();
                                    }
                                }

                                $v = new Validator($sanitizedValues);

                                foreach ($formElements as $element) {
                                    // run validation only if there is at least one validation rule set

                                    if (count($element->getRules()) > 0) {
                                        // add required validation to be the first
                                        $rules = $this->putRequiredOnTop($element->getRules());
                                        foreach ($rules as $validatorName => $parameters) {
                                            $v->rule($validatorName, $element->getAttribute('name'), ...
                                                $parameters['options']);
                                            // Add custom error message text if present
                                            if (isset($parameters['customMsg'])) {
                                                $v->message($parameters['customMsg']);
                                            }
                                            if (isset($parameters['customFieldName'])) {
                                                $v->label($parameters['customFieldName']);
                                            } else {
                                                if ($element->getLabel()->getText()) {
                                                    // use the label if present, otherwise use the name attribute
                                                    $v->label($element->getLabel()->getText());
                                                }
                                            }
                                        }
                                    }

                                    // add honeypot validation if honeypot field is included
                                    if ($this->frontendforms['input_useHoneypot']) {
                                        if ($element->getAttribute('name') == $this->createElementName('seca')) {
                                            $v->rule('length', $element->getAttribute('name'),
                                                0)->message($this->_('Please do not fill out this field'));
                                        }
                                    }
                                    // add captcha validation if captcha field is included

                                    if ($this->getCaptchaType() !== 'none') {

                                        if ($element->getAttribute('name') == $this->createElementName('captcha')) {
                                            $v->rule('required',
                                                $element->getAttribute('name'))->label($this->_('The captcha')); // captcha is always required
                                            $v->rule('checkCaptcha', $element->getAttribute('name'),
                                                $this->wire('session')->get('captcha_' . $this->getID()))->label($this->_('The CAPTCHA'));
                                        }
                                    }
                                    $this->setValues();
                                }

                                if ($v->validate()) {
                                    $this->validated = '1';
                                    $this->alert->setCSSClass('alert_successClass');
                                    $this->alert->setText($this->getSuccessMsg());
                                    $this->wire('session')->remove('attempts');
                                    // remove attempt session
                                    $this->wire('session')->remove('doubleSubmission-' . $this->getID());
                                    // remove the session for checking for double form submission
                                    $this->showForm = false;
                                    // check if files were uploaded and store them inside the chosen folder
                                    $this->uploaded_files = $this->storeUploadedFiles($formElements);
                                    // remove session added by matchUser or matchEmail validation rule if present
                                    $this->wire('session')->remove($this->getAttribute('id') . '-email');
                                    $this->wire('session')->remove($this->getAttribute('id') . '-username');

                                    // finally add the files including the overwritten fielnames to the array
                                    if ($this->storedFiles) {
                                        $this->uploaded_files = $this->storedFiles;
                                    }

                                    return true;
                                } else {
                                    // set error alert
                                    $this->wire('session')->set('errors', '1');
                                    $this->formErrors = $v->errors();

                                    $this->alert->setCSSClass('alert_dangerClass');
                                    $this->alert->setText($this->getErrorMsg());

                                    // add a max attempts warning message to the error message
                                    if ($this->getMaxAttempts() && isset($this->wire('session')->attempts)) {

                                        $attemptDiff = $this->getMaxAttempts() - $this->wire('session')->attempts;

                                        if ($attemptDiff <= 3) {
                                            $plural = $this->_('attempts');
                                            $singular = $this->_('attempt');
                                            $attempts = $this->_n($singular, $plural, $attemptDiff);
                                            $attemptWarningText = '<br>' . sprintf($this->_('You have %s %s left until you will be blocked due to security reasons.'),
                                                    $attemptDiff, $attempts);
                                            $this->alert->setText($this->alert->getText() . $attemptWarningText);
                                        }
                                    }

                                    // create session for max attempts if set, otherwise add 1 attempt.
                                    //this session contains the number of failed attempts and will be increased by 1 on each failed attempt
                                    if ($this->getMaxAttempts()) {
                                        $this->wire('session')->attempts += 1; // increase session on each invalid attempt

                                        if (($this->getMaxAttempts() - $this->wire('session')->attempts) == 0) {
                                            $this->alert->setCSSClass('alert_warningClass');
                                            $this->alert->setText(sprintf($this->_('This is failed attempt number %s. This is your last attempt to send the form. After that you will be blocked due to security reasons.'),
                                                ($this->wire('session')->attempts)));
                                        }
                                    } else {
                                        // remove the session for attempts if set to 0
                                        $this->wire('session')->remove('attempts');
                                    }
                                    return false;
                                }
                                /* END PROCESSING THE FORM */
                            }
                            // CSRF attack
                            die();
                            // live a great life and die() gracefully.
                        }
                        //double form submission
                        return false;
                    }
                    //max attempts were reached
                    return false;
                }
                // submission time was too short or to long
                return false;
            }
            // this form was not submitted
            return false;
        }

        /**
         * Create a honeypot field for spam protection
         * @return InputText
         */
        private function createHoneypot(): InputText
        {
            $honeypot = new InputText('seca');
            $honeypot->setAttribute('name', $this->createElementName('seca'));
            $honeypot->setLabel($this->_('Please do not fill out this field'))->setAttribute('class', 'seca');
            // Remove or add wrappers depending on settings
            $honeypot->useInputWrapper($this->useInputWrapper);
            $honeypot->useFieldWrapper($this->useFieldWrapper);
            $honeypot->getFieldWrapper()->setAttribute('class', 'seca');
            $honeypot->getInputWrapper()->setAttribute('class', 'seca');
            $honeypot->setAttributes(['class' => 'seca', 'tabindex' => '-1']);
            return $honeypot;
        }

        /**
         * Add the input wrapper to all fields of this form in general
         * @param bool $useInputWrapper
         * @return void
         */
        public function useInputWrapper(bool $useInputWrapper): void
        {
            $this->useInputWrapper = $useInputWrapper;
        }

        /**
         * Add the field wrapper to all fields of this form in general
         * @param bool $useFieldWrapper
         * @return void
         */
        public function useFieldWrapper(bool $useFieldWrapper): void
        {
            $this->useFieldWrapper = $useFieldWrapper;
        }

        /**
         * Internal method to add all form values to the values array
         * All sanitizers applied to an input element will be used before they will be added to the array
         * @return void
         */
        private function setValues(): void
        {
            $values = [];
            foreach ($this->formElements as $element) {
                if ($element->getAttribute('value')) {

                    // Run all sanitizer methods over the value
                    if (method_exists($element, 'getSanitizers')) {
                        $sanitizers = $element->getSanitizers();
                        foreach ($sanitizers as $sanitizer) {
                            $value = $element->wire('sanitizer')->$sanitizer($element->getAttribute('value'));
                        }
                    } else {
                        $value = $element->getAttribute('value');
                    }
                    $values[$element->getAttribute('name')] = $value;

                    // set all form values to a placeholder
                    $fieldName = str_replace($this->getID() . '-', '', $element->getAttribute('name')) . 'value';

                    $this->setMailPlaceholder($fieldName, $element->getAttribute('value'));
                }
            }
            $this->values = $values;
        }

        /**
         * Get the success message
         * @return string
         */
        protected function getSuccessMsg(): string
        {
            return $this->frontendforms['input_alertSuccessText'];
        }

        /**
         * Get the error message
         * @return string
         */
        protected function getErrorMsg(): string
        {
            return $this->frontendforms['input_alertErrorText'];
        }

        /**
         * Get the max attempts
         * @return int
         */
        public function getMaxAttempts(): int
        {
            return $this->frontendforms['input_maxAttempts'];
        }


        /**
         * Set the max attempts
         * @param int $maxAttempts
         * @return void
         */
        public function setMaxAttempts(int $maxAttempts): void
        {
            if ($maxAttempts < 1) {
                $this->frontendforms['input_logFailedLogins'] = 0;
            } //disable logging of failed attempts
            $this->frontendforms['input_maxAttempts'] = $maxAttempts;
        }

        /**
         * Method to run if a user has taken too many attempts
         * This method has to be before the render method of the form
         * You can use it fe to save some data to the database -> you got the idea
         * @return bool -> returns true if the user is blocked, otherwise false
         * @throws WireException
         */
        public function isBlocked(): bool
        {
            if ($this->wire('session')->get('blocked')) {
                return true;
            }
            return false;
        }

        /**
         * Set a redirect url after the form has been submitted successfully via Ajax
         * This forces a Javascript redirect after the form has been validated without errors
         * @param string|null $url
         * @return $this
         */
        public function setRedirectUrlAfterAjax(string|null $url = null): self
        {
            if (!is_null($url)) {
                $this->ajaxRedirect = $url;
            }
            return $this;
        }

        /**
         * Set the URL for a redirect after successful form validation
         * @param string $url - the URL, where the redirect should go to
         * @return $this
         */
        public function setRedirectURL(string $url): self
        {
            $this->setRedirectUrlAfterAjax($url);
            $this->redirectURL = $url;
            return $this;
        }

        /**
         * Get the URL for a redirect if set, otherwise NULL
         * @return string|null
         */
        protected function getRedirectURL(): string|null
        {
            return $this->redirectURL;
        }


        /**
         * Check if the form contains an element from the given class
         * @param string $className
         * @return int -> the number of fields found
         */
        public function formContainsElementByClass(string $className): int
        {
            $className = wireClassNamespace($className, true);
            $number = (count(array_filter($this->formElements, function ($entry) use ($className) {
                return ($entry instanceof $className);
            })));
            return $number;
        }

        /**
         * If there are multiple instances of a given class, remove all except the last one
         * This is useful if only one instance is allowed, but there are multiple instances
         * Returns the key of the last item, which will not be deleted (unset)
         * @param string $className
         * @return int
         */
        public function removeMultipleEntriesByClass(string $className): null|int
        {
            // there are too many PrivacyText elements, only one is allowed per form -> remove all except the last one
            $elements = $this->getElementsbyClass($className);
            $k = null;
            if ($elements) {
                foreach ($elements as $key => $e) {
                    if ($key !== array_key_last($elements)) {
                        unset($this->formElements[key($e)]);
                    } else {
                        $k = key($e);
                    }
                }
            }
            return $k;
        }

        /**
         * Get all form element objects of a given class as an array
         * @param string $className
         * @return array
         */
        public function getElementsbyClass(string $className): array
        {
            $elements = [];
            if ($this->formContainsElementByClass($className)) {
                $className = wireClassNamespace($className, true);
                $elements[] = array_filter($this->formElements, function ($entry) use ($className) {
                    return ($entry instanceof $className);
                });
            }
            return $elements;
        }

        /**
         * Move an array item from one to another position
         * @param array $array
         * @param $key
         * @param int $order
         * @return void
         * @throws \Exception
         */
        protected function repositionArrayElement(array &$array, $key, int $order): void
        {
            if (($a = array_search($key, array_keys($array))) === false) {
                throw new \Exception("The {$key} cannot be found in the given array.");
            }
            $p1 = array_splice($array, $a, 1);
            $p2 = array_splice($array, 0, $order);
            $array = array_merge($p2, $p1, $array);
        }

        /**
         * Render the form markup (including alerts if present) on the frontend
         * @return string
         * @throws WireException
         * @throws \Exception
         */
        public function render(): string
        {


            // redirect after successful form validation if set
            if ($this->getRedirectURL() && $this->validated && !$this->getSubmitWithAjax()) {
                $this->wire('session')->redirect($this->getRedirectURL());
            }

            $out = '';

            // if Ajax submit was selected, add an aditional data attribute to the form tag
            if ($this->getSubmitWithAjax()) {

                // check if a user has Javascript enabled, otherwise show a warning message inside an alert box
                $warningAlert = new Alert();
                $warningAlert->setCSSClass('alert_warningClass');
                $warningAlert->prepend('<noscript>');
                $warningAlert->append('</noscript>');
                $warningAlert->setText($this->_('You do not have Javascript enabled. This could cause problems. Please enable Javascript to submit the form without any problems.'));
                $out .= $warningAlert->___render();

                $this->setAttribute('data-submitajax', $this->getID());

                // add special div container for Ajax form submission
                $out .= '<div id="' . $this->getID() . '-ajax-wrapper" data-validated="' . $this->validated . '">';
            }


            // Check if the form contains file upload fields, then add enctype attribute
            foreach ($this->formElements as $obj) {
                if ($obj instanceof InputFile) {
                    $this->setAttribute('enctype', 'multipart/form-data');
                    break;
                }
            }

            if (!$this->allowFormViewByIP()) {
                $this->alert->setCSSClass('alert_warningClass');
                $this->alert->setText(sprintf($this->_('We are sorry, but your IP address %s is on the list of forbidden IP addresses. Therefore the form will not be displayed. If you think your IP address is mistakenly on the list, please contact the administrator of the site.'),
                    $this->visitorIP));
                // do not display form to banned visitors
                $this->showForm = false;
            }

            $out .= $this->prepend;
            $out .= $this->append;

            // allow only get or post - if value is not get or post set post as default value
            if (!in_array(strtolower($this->getAttribute('method')), Form::FORMMETHODS)) {
                $this->setAttribute('method', 'post');
            }

            // get token for CSRF protection
            $tokenName = $this->wire('session')->CSRF->getTokenName();
            $tokenValue = $this->wire('session')->CSRF->getTokenValue();

            // remove all instances of form elements where only one instance per form is allowed, but there are multiple
            $singleClassObjects = ['PrivacyText', 'Privacy'];
            foreach ($singleClassObjects as $className) {
                $this->removeMultipleEntriesByClass($className);
            }

            // reindex array
            $this->formElements = array_values($this->formElements);

            $buttons = $this->getElementsbyClass('Button');
            // get first button
            if ($buttons) {

                $refKey = key($buttons[0]);

                // add captcha field as last element before the button element
                if ($this->getCaptchaType() != 'none') {

                    // position in form fields array to insert
                    $captchaPosition = $refKey;

                    $captchafield = $this->getCaptcha()->createCaptchaInputField($this->getID());

                    // insert the captcha input field after the last input field
                    $this->formElements = array_merge(array_slice($this->formElements, 0, $captchaPosition),
                        array($captchafield), array_slice($this->formElements, $captchaPosition));
                    // re-index the formElements array
                    $this->formElements = array_values($this->formElements);
                }

                // sort the privacy elements that checkbox is before text, if both will be used
                $privacyElements = [];
                $privacyCheckbox = $this->getElementsbyClass('Privacy');
                if ($privacyCheckbox) {
                    $privacyElements[] = key($privacyCheckbox[0]);
                }
                $privacyText = $this->getElementsbyClass('PrivacyText');
                if ($privacyText) {
                    $privacyElements[] = key($privacyText[0]);
                }

                // get the position of the first button element
                if ($this->getElementsbyClass('Button')) {
                    $firstButtonPos = key($this->getElementsbyClass('Button')[0]);

                    if ($privacyElements) {
                        sort($privacyElements);
                        $newPos = $firstButtonPos - 1;

                        $this->repositionArrayElement($this->formElements, $privacyElements[0], $newPos);
                        if (array_key_exists(1, $privacyElements)) {
                            $newPos = array_key_last($this->formElements) - 1;
                            $this->repositionArrayElement($this->formElements, $privacyElements[1] - 1, $newPos);
                        }
                    }
                }

            }

            // create new array of inputfields only to position the honepot field in between
            $inputfieldKeys = [];

            foreach ($this->formElements as $key => $element) {
                if (is_subclass_of($element, 'FrontendForms\Inputfields')) {
                    // exclude hidden input fields - add only visible fields
                    if ($element->className() !== 'InputHidden') {
                        $inputfieldKeys[] = $key;
                    }
                }
            }

            // add honeypot on the random number field position
            if (($this->frontendforms['input_useHoneypot']) && ($inputfieldKeys)) {
                shuffle($inputfieldKeys);
                array_splice($this->formElements, $inputfieldKeys[0], 0, [$this->createHoneypot()]);
            }

            // create hidden Ajax redirect input if set
            // this value can be grabbed afterwards via Javascript to make a JS redirect
            if ($this->getSubmitWithAjax()) {
                if ($this->ajaxRedirect) {
                    $ajaxredirectField = new InputHidden('ajax_redirect');
                    $ajaxredirectField->setAttribute('value', $this->ajaxRedirect);
                    $this->add($ajaxredirectField);
                }
            }

            //create CSRF hidden field and add it to the form at the end
            $hiddenField = new InputHidden('post_token');
            $hiddenField->setAttribute('name', $tokenName);
            $hiddenField->setAttribute('value', $tokenValue);
            $this->add($hiddenField);

            //create hidden field to prevent double form submission if it was not disabled
            if ($this->useDoubleFormSubmissionCheck) {
                $hiddenField2 = new InputHidden('doubleSubmission_token');
                $hiddenField2->setAttribute('name', 'doubleSubmission_token');
                $hiddenField2->setAttribute('value', $this->doubleSubmission);
                $this->add($hiddenField2);
            }

            //create hidden field to send form id to check if this form was submitted
            //this is only there for the case if other forms are present on the same page
            $hiddenField3 = new InputHidden('form_id');
            $hiddenField3->setAttribute('name', 'form_id');
            $hiddenField3->setAttribute('value', $this->getID());
            $this->add($hiddenField3);

            //create hidden field to send the timestamp (encoded) when the form was loaded
            if (($this->getMinTime()) || $this->getMaxTime()) {
                $hiddenField4 = new InputHidden('load_time');
                $hiddenField4->setAttribute('value', self::encryptDecrypt((string)time()));
                $this->add($hiddenField4);
            }
            /* BLOCKING ALERTS */
            if ($this->wire('session')->get('blocked')) {
                // set danger alert for blocking messages
                $this->alert->setCSSClass('alert_dangerClass');
                // return blocking text for too many failed attempts
                if ($this->wire('session')->get('blocked') == 'maxAttempts') {
                    if ($this->wire('session')->get('attempts') == $this->getMaxAttempts()) {
                        $this->alert->setText($this->_('You have reached the max. number of allowed attempts and therefore you cannot submit the form once more. To reset the blocking and to submit the form anyway you have to close this browser, open it again and visit this page once more.'));
                    }
                }
            }

            // Output the form markup
            $out .= $this->alert->___render();
            // render the alert box on top for success or error message
            // show form only if user is not blocked

            if ($this->showForm && (($this->wire('session')->get('blocked') == null))) {

                //add required texts
                $this->prepend($this->renderRequiredText('top')); // required text hint at the top
                $this->append($this->renderRequiredText('bottom')); // required text hint at bottom
                $formElements = '';

                $elementsClassNames = (array_map("get_class", $this->formElements));
                $position = array_search('FrontendForms\Button', $elementsClassNames);

                foreach ($this->formElements as $key => $element) {

                    //create input ID as a combination of form id and input name
                    $oldId = $element->getAttribute('id');
                    $element->setAttribute('id', $this->getID() . '-' . $oldId);

                    // change the name attribute of the CSRF field
                    if ($element->getID() == $this->getID() . '-post_token') {
                        $element->setAttribute('name', $tokenName);
                    }

                    // Label and description (Only on input fields)
                    if (is_subclass_of($element, 'FrontendForms\Inputfields')) {

                        // set the description position on per form base if description text is present
                        if ($element->getDescription()->getText()) {
                            // set position from form setting if no individual position has been set
                            if (is_null($element->getDescription()->getPosition())) {
                                $element->getDescription()->setPosition($this->general_desc_position);
                            }
                        }


                        // add unique id to the field-wrapper if present
                        $element->getFieldWrapper()->setAttribute('id', $this->getID() . '-' . $oldId . '-fieldwrapper');
                        // add unique id to the input-wrapper if present
                        $element->getInputWrapper()->setAttribute('id', $this->getID() . '-' . $oldId . '-inputwrapper');
                        $element->getLabel()->setAttribute('for', $element->getAttribute('id'));
                    }
                    $name = $element->getAttribute('id');

                    //Enable/disable wrap of the checkboxes by its label tag by appending the label after the input tag
                    // by using the appendLabel() method
                    if (($element instanceof InputCheckbox) || ($element instanceof InputCheckboxMultiple)) {
                        $element->appendLabel($this->getAppendLabelOnCheckboxes());
                    }

                    if (($element instanceof InputRadio) || ($element instanceof InputRadioMultiple)) {
                        $element->appendLabel($this->getAppendLabelOnRadios());
                    }
                    //add the form id as prefix to name attributes of multiple radios and checkboxes
                    if (($element instanceof InputCheckboxMultiple) || ($element instanceof InputRadioMultiple)) {
                        foreach ($element->getOptions() as $cb) {
                            $brackets = ($element instanceof InputCheckboxMultiple) ? '[]' : '';
                            $cb->setAttribute('name', $name . $brackets);
                        }
                    }

                    // add an element (progressbar, text,...) before the first button element for Ajax submit
                    if ($this->getSubmitWithAjax()) {

                        if ($key === $position) { // add it only before the first button inside the form
                            if ($this->showProgressbar) {
                                // create progressbar and info text for form submission
                                $submitInfo = new Alert();
                                $submitInfo->setCSSClass('alert_primaryClass');
                                $submitInfo->setContent($this->createProgressbar() . $this->_('Please be patient... the form will be validated!'));
                                $formElements .= '<div id="' . $this->getID() . '-form-submission" class="progress-submission" style="display:none">' . $submitInfo->___render() . '</div>';
                            }
                        }
                    }

                    if (array_key_exists($name, $this->formErrors)) {
                        $element->setCSSClass('input_errorClass');
                        // add Aria attributes
                        if($this->useAriaAttributes){
                            $element->setAttribute('aria-invalid','true');
                            $element->setAttribute('aria-errormessage',$element->getID().'-errormsg');
                        }

                        // set error class for input element
                        $element->setErrorMessage($this->formErrors[$name][0])->setAttribute('id', $element->getID().'-errormsg');
                        //get a first error message
                    } else {
                        if($this->useAriaAttributes && $this->isSubmitted()){
                            $element->setAttribute('aria-invalid','false');
                        }
                    }

                    $formElements .= $element->render() . PHP_EOL;
                }

                // add formElementsWrapper -> add the div container after the form tag
                if ($this->frontendforms['input_wrapperFormElements']) {
                    $this->getformElementsWrapper()->setContent($formElements);
                    $formElements = $this->formElementsWrapper->___render() . PHP_EOL;
                }
                // render the form with all its fields
                $this->setContent($formElements);
                $out .= $this->renderNonSelfclosingTag($this->getTag());

            }
            if ($this->getSubmitWithAjax()) {
                $out .= '</div>';
            }

            return $out;

        }

        /**
         * Append a field object to the form
         * @param object $field - object of inputfield, fieldset, button, ...
         * @return void
         */

        /**
         * Append a field object to the form
         * The 2 optional parameters are only for the creation of 2 new methods: addBefore() and addAfter()
         * These 2 methods can be used to add new form elements (inputs, text elements, fieldsets,…) to a formElements
         * array at a certain position These 2 methods are especially designed for the future usage in module dev - no
         * need to use it if you are creting the form by your own
         * @param \FrontendForms\Inputfields|\FrontendForms\Textelements|\FrontendForms\Button|\FrontendForms\FieldsetOpen|\FrontendForms\FieldsetClose $field -
         *     the current form field which should be appended to the form
         * @param \FrontendForms\Inputfields|\FrontendForms\Textelements|\FrontendForms\Button|\FrontendForms\FieldsetOpen|\FrontendForms\FieldsetClose|bool|null $otherfield -
         *     optional: another form field
         * @param bool $add_before - optional: current should be inserted before or after this (another) form field
         * @return void
         * @throws \Exception
         */
        public function add(
            Inputfields|Textelements|Button|FieldsetOpen|FieldsetClose           $field,
            Inputfields|Textelements|Button|FieldsetOpen|FieldsetClose|null|bool $otherfield = null,
            bool                                                                 $add_before = false
        ): void
        {

            // add or remove wrapper divs on each form element
            if (is_subclass_of($field, 'FrontendForms\Inputfields')) {
                $field->useInputWrapper($this->useInputWrapper);
                $field->useFieldWrapper($this->useFieldWrapper);
                // create a placeholder for the label of this field
                $fieldname = $field->getAttribute('name');
                $this->setMailPlaceholder($fieldname . 'label', $field->getLabel()->getText());
                $this->setMailPlaceholder($fieldname . 'value', $field->getAttribute('value'));
            }
            // if the field is not a text element, set the name attribute
            if (!is_subclass_of($field, 'FrontendForms\TextElements')) {
                // Add id of the form as prefix for the name attribute of the field
                $field->setAttribute('name', $this->getID() . '-' . $field->getId());
            }

            if (!is_null($otherfield)) {
                // check if another field exists
                if (is_bool($otherfield)) {
                    throw new Exception("The reference field (argument 2) where you want to add this field before or after does not exist. Please check if you have written the name attribute correctly.",
                        1);
                } else {
                    // check if the field with this id exists inside the formElements array
                    if ($this->getFormelementByName($otherfield->getAttribute('name'))) {
                        $ref_position = null;
                        // get the key of this field inside the formElements array
                        $this->formElements = array_values($this->formElements);
                        foreach ($this->formElements as $key => $element) {
                            if ($element == $otherfield) {
                                $ref_position = $key;
                            }
                        }

                        // insert field to the new position
                        if (is_int($ref_position)) {
                            if (!$add_before) { // add after
                                $ref_position = $ref_position + 1;
                            }
                            $this->formElements = array_merge(array_slice($this->formElements, 0, $ref_position), [$field],
                                array_slice($this->formElements, $ref_position));
                        }
                    }
                }
            } else {
                // no other element is present -> so add it to formElements array as next element
                $this->formElements = array_merge($this->formElements,
                    [$field]); // array must be numeric for honeypot field
            }

        }

        /**
         * Insert a form field before another form field
         * Can be used if you have not created the form by your own, but you need to add a new field to a created
         * formElements array at a certain position
         * @param \FrontendForms\Inputfields|\FrontendForms\Textelements|\FrontendForms\Button|\FrontendForms\FieldsetOpen|\FrontendForms\FieldsetClose $field -
         *     the current form field
         * @param \FrontendForms\Inputfields|\FrontendForms\Textelements|\FrontendForms\FieldsetOpen|\FrontendForms\FieldsetClose|\FrontendForms\Button|bool $before_field -
         *     the form field object before which the current form field object should be inserted
         * @return void
         * @throws \Exception
         */
        public function addBefore(
            Inputfields|Textelements|Button|FieldsetOpen|FieldsetClose      $field,
            Inputfields|Textelements|FieldsetOpen|FieldsetClose|Button|bool $before_field
        ): void
        {
            // if a field is present inside the formelements array, remove it first
            if (($field->getAttribute('name')) && ($this->getFormelementByName($field->getAttribute('name')))) {
                $this->remove($field);
            }
            $this->add($field, $before_field, true);
        }

        /**
         * Insert a form field after another form field
         * Can be used if you have not created the form by your own, but you need to add a new field to a created
         * formElements array at a certain position
         *                    *
         * @param \FrontendForms\Inputfields|\FrontendForms\Textelements|\FrontendForms\Button|\FrontendForms\FieldsetOpen|\FrontendForms\FieldsetClose $field -
         *     the current form field
         * @param \FrontendForms\Inputfields|\FrontendForms\Textelements|\FrontendForms\FieldsetOpen|\FrontendForms\FieldsetClose|\FrontendForms\Button|bool $after_field -
         *     the form field object after which the current form field object should be inserted
         * @return void
         * @throws \Exception
         */
        public function addAfter(
            Inputfields|Textelements|Button|FieldsetOpen|FieldsetClose      $field,
            Inputfields|Textelements|FieldsetOpen|FieldsetClose|Button|bool $after_field
        ): void
        {
            // if a field is present inside the formelements array, remove it first
            if (($field->getAttribute('name')) && ($this->getFormelementByName($field->getAttribute('name')))) {
                $this->remove($field);
            }
            $this->add($field, $after_field);
        }

        /**
         * Remove a form field from the fields array
         * @param object $field
         * @return void
         */
        public function remove(object $field): void
        {
            if (($key = array_search($field, $this->formElements)) !== false) {
                unset($this->formElements[$key]);
                // remove the placeholders too if they are present
                $fieldname = $field->getAttribute('name');
                $this->removePlaceholder(strtoupper($fieldname . 'label'));
                $this->removePlaceholder(strtoupper($fieldname . 'value'));
            }
        }

        /**
         * Get the min time value
         * @return int
         */
        public function getMinTime(): int
        {
            return $this->frontendforms['input_minTime'];
        }

        /**
         * Set the min time in seconds before the form should be submitted
         * @param int $minTime
         * @return $this
         */
        public function setMinTime(int $minTime): self
        {
            $this->frontendforms['input_minTime'] = $minTime;
            return $this;
        }

        /**
         * Get the max time value
         * @return int
         */
        protected function getMaxTime(): int
        {
            return $this->frontendforms['input_maxTime'];
        }

        /**
         * Set the max time in seconds until the form should be submitted
         * @param int $maxTime
         * @return $this
         */
        public function setMaxTime(int $maxTime): self
        {
            $this->frontendforms['input_maxTime'] = $maxTime;
            return $this;
        }

        /** Static method to encrypt/decrypt a string according to the encryption settings
         * @param string $string
         * @param string $method
         * @return string
         */
        public static function encryptDecrypt(string $string, string $method = 'encrypt'): string
        {
            // encryption settings
            $encrypt_method = 'AES-256-CBC';
            $secret_key = 'd0a7e7997b6d5fcd55f4b5c32611b87cd923e88837b63bf2941ef819dc8ca282';
            $secret_iv = '5fgf5HJ5g27';
            $algo = 'sha256';
            // user define secret key
            $key = hash($algo, $secret_key);
            $iv = substr(hash($algo, $secret_iv), 0, 16);
            $methods = ['encrypt', 'decrypt'];
            if (in_array($method, $methods)) {
                if ($method === 'encrypt') {
                    $output = openssl_encrypt($string, $encrypt_method, $key, 0, $iv);
                    return base64_encode($output);
                } else {
                    return openssl_decrypt(base64_decode($string), $encrypt_method, $key, 0, $iv);
                }
            }
            return $string;
        }

        /**
         * Create a required hint text element if showTextHint is set to true
         * @param string $position - has to be 'top' or 'bottom'
         * @return string
         */
        private function renderRequiredText(string $position): string
        {
            if ($this->defaultRequiredTextPosition === $position) {
                return $this->requiredHint->___render();
            }
            return ''; // return empty string
        }

        /**
         * Create a random string with a certain length for usage in URL query strings
         * @param int $charLength - the length of the random string - default is 100
         * @return string - returns a slug version of the generated random string that can be used inside an url
         */
        protected function createQueryCode(int $charLength = 100): string
        {
            $pass = new \ProcessWire\Password();
            if ($charLength <= 0) {
                $charLength = 10;
            }
            // instantiate a password object to use the methods
            $string = $pass->randomBase64String($charLength);
            return $this->generateSlug($string);
        }

        /**
         * Generate a slug out of a string for usage in urls (fe query strings)
         * This is only a helper function
         * @param $string - the string
         * @return string
         */
        protected function generateSlug(string $string): string
        {
            return preg_replace('/[^A-Za-z\d-]+/', '-', $string);
        }

        /**
         * Make a readable string from a number of seconds
         * @param int $seconds - a number of seconds which should be converted to a readable string
         * @return string|null - a readable string of the time (fe 1 day instead of 86400 seconds)
         * @throws Exception
         */
        protected function readableTimestringFromSeconds(int $seconds = 0): ?string
        {
            $then = new DateTime(date('Y-m-d H:i:s', 0));
            $now = new DateTime(date('Y-m-d H:i:s', $seconds));
            $interval = $then->diff($now);

            if ($interval->y >= 1) {
                $thetime[] = $interval->y . ' ' . _n($this->_('year'),
                        $this->_('years'), $interval->y);
            }
            if ($interval->m >= 1) {
                $thetime[] = $interval->m . ' ' . _n($this->_('month'),
                        $this->_('months'), $interval->m);
            }
            if ($interval->d >= 1) {
                $thetime[] = $interval->d . ' ' . _n($this->_('day'),
                        $this->_('days'), $interval->d);
            }
            if ($interval->h >= 1) {
                $thetime[] = $interval->h . ' ' . _n($this->_('hour'),
                        $this->_('hours'), $interval->h);
            }
            if ($interval->i >= 1) {
                $thetime[] = $interval->i . ' ' . _n($this->_('minute'),
                        $this->_('minutes'), $interval->i);
            }
            if ($interval->s >= 1) {
                $thetime[] = $interval->s . ' ' . _n($this->_('second'),
                        $this->_('seconds'), $interval->s);
            }

            return isset($thetime) ? implode(' ', $thetime) : null;
        }

        /**
         * Return the names of all input fields inside a form as an array
         * @return array
         */
        public function getNamesOfInputFields(): array
        {
            $elements = [];
            if ($this->formElements) {
                foreach ($this->formElements as $element) {
                    if (is_subclass_of($element, 'FrontendForms\Inputfields')) {
                        $elements[] = $element->getAttribute('name');
                    }
                }
            }
            return array_filter($elements);
        }

        /**
         * Output an error message that email could not be sent due to possible wrong email configuration settings
         * This is a general message that could be used for all forms
         * @return void
         */
        protected function generateEmailSentErrorAlert(): void
        {
            $this->alert->setCSSClass('alert_dangerClass');
            $this->alert->setText($this->_('Email could not be sent due to possible wrong email configuration settings.'));
        }

        /**
         * Return placeholders for email pre-header to prevent showing up other text
         * The Litmus hack adds empty spaces after the mail placeholder to prevent the display of other text inside the
         * pre-header
         * @return string
         */
        protected function getLitmusHack(): string
        {
            return '&#847; &zwnj; &nbsp; &#8199; &#65279; &#847; &zwnj; &nbsp; &#8199; &#65279; &#847; &zwnj; &nbsp; &#8199; &#65279; &#847; &zwnj; &nbsp; &#8199; &#65279; &#847; &zwnj; &nbsp; &#8199; &#65279; &#847; &zwnj; &nbsp; &#8199; &#65279; &#847; &zwnj; &nbsp; &#8199; &#65279; &#847; &zwnj; &nbsp; &#8199; &#65279;';
        }

        protected function getPreheaderStyle(): string
        {
            return 'display:none;font-size:1px; color:#ffffff;line-height:1px;max-height:0px;max-width:0px;opacity:0;overflow:hidden;';
        }

        /**
         * Generate an invisible pre-header text after the subject for an email
         * @param \ProcessWire\WireMail $mail
         * @return string
         */
        protected function generateEmailPreHeader(WireMail $mail): string
        {
            if ($mail->title) { // check if title property was set
                // generate an invisible div container
                return '<div id="preheader-text" style="' . $this->getPreheaderStyle() . '">' . $mail->title . $this->getLitmusHack() . '</div>';
            }
            return '';
        }

    }

The Aria attributes will not be added by default, so you have to enable it on your form too:

$form->useAriaAttributes(); 

After this changes the Aria attributes will displayed properly (only) after form submission.

Instead of the aria-described-by I have used the aria-errormessage attribute, because I guess it is the better one for usage with error messages (Take a look here).

Using an additional message if field has been filled out correctly, is not really necessary or makes not a better user experience in my opinion.

<small id="valid-helper">Looks good!</small>

So I am not sure if this is it worth to add it to the form class too, but it could be realized via a new setSuccessMessage() method which will be added to an input field. This method is not implemented yet, but could be.

You can try my code above and if it works for you I can add it to the GitHub repositiory and it will be on the next update.

Jürgen

[Andi]

Ok that seems to do it ?

Awesome @Juergen, thanks a bunch!!

21 minutes ago, Juergen said:

Using an additional message if field has been filled out correctly, is not really necessary or makes not a better user experience in my opinion.

From the top of my head, one use case I could think of would be something like "Username is available" or something along these lines... Other than that, I totally agree.

Great stuff, thanks again!

[Juergen]

Great that it works as expected.

Another idea comes to my mind. I have taken a look at the Pico CSS documentation and I find it very useful (and I think other user will find it useful too).

I guess I would add this framework to the "Framework-Select" configuration in the backend.

 

If you select PICO (in the future), then the ARIA attributes will be added by default and the error messages will be rendered with <small>. So no need to adapt it by your own or use a Hook. Everything will be rendered in a way that fits well with this framework.

Fortunately this framework is so simple, that it does not need special markup treatment beside the aria attributes, so it can be realized fast without a lot of code additions.

So the next version will include this new feature, but for now I will stop the work (its weekend ?).

So have a nice weekend!!

Jürgen

 

 

 

[Juergen]

Version 1.2.70 is out!

This version comes with support for the Pico CSS framework, a new method to output a success message under an inputfield and a file permission check for the root directory during the module installation.

Thanks to @Andi for informing me about this CSS framework. I have never heard about it before.

Also thanks to @Andy for reporting the issue with the file permission.

Please read the changelog.md for more detailed information.

Jürgen

[Andi]

Haha, really cool @Juergen, but wasn't it supposed to be weekend? ?

Working nicely over here, and now configuration really is a breeze!

One little thing I've come across during testing, if I disable HTML5 validation and just submit an empty form, the success message gets printed below the error (see Screenshot 1).

Steps to reproduce:

Framework -> Pico2

Field code:

// disable html5 validation
$form->setHtml5Validation(false);

// add name field
$name = new \FrontendForms\InputText('name');
$name->setAttribute("placeholder", "Name");
$name->setRule('required')->setCustomMessage('Please enter your name');
$name->setSuccessMessage('Looking good!');
$form->add($name);

And the resulting HTML, after submitting an empty form:

<input id="contactform-name" name="contactform-name" type="text" class="input input-error" placeholder="Name" required="" aria-invalid="true" aria-errormessage="contactform-name-errormsg">
<small class="error" id="contactform-name-errormsg">Please enter your name</small>
<small class="valid">Looking good!</small>

When entering a value, everything's working as expected (see Screenshot 2).

Really glad you like Pico! Just found out about it myself a few days ago in this post by @Jonathan Lahijani and I think it 's going to make a great fit for smaller PW projects.

All the best and have a nice weekend, coding or otherwise ?

[Juergen]

Hi @Andi

Yes its weekend... or so ?!

I have updated the module with some code changes.

What I cannot reproduce on my site is that both, the error message and the success message will be displayed side by side. I only get the error message OR the success message but not both at the same time.

I have added a check if a value is entered inside a field. If not and no error has been occured, the the success massage and the aria attributes will not be added to the input field.

Please try it and let me know if it works on your side.

Best regards

[elvina]

Hi, I just updated to the latest version (2.1.73) and now I get an error when using FrontendLoginRegister.

My login page now gets error

Oh snizzle… Error: Exception: Method Link::useAriaAttributes does not exist or is not callable in this context (in wire/core/Wire.php line 563)

#0 wire/core/Wire.php (419): Wire->___callUnknown('useAriaAttribut...', Array)
#1 wire/core/WireHooks.php (968): Wire->_callMethod('___callUnknown', Array)
#2 wire/core/Wire.php (484): WireHooks->runHooks(Object(FrontendForms\Link), 'callUnknown', Array)
#3 wire/core/Wire.php (487): Wire->__call('callUnknown', Array)
#4 site/modules/FrontendForms/Formelements/Form.php (2178): Wire->__call('useAriaAttribut...', Array)
#5 site/modules/FrontendLoginRegister/pages/LoginPage.php (570): FrontendForms\Form->render()
#6 site/modules/FrontendLoginRegister/pages/LoginPage.php (896): FrontendLoginRegister\LoginPage->render()
#7 site/templates/fl_loginpage.php (10): FrontendLoginRegister\LoginPage->__toString()

was there something to turn this option off?

[Juergen]

I will check this on my site. There is a function to turn this off on per form base:

$form->useAriaAttributes(false);

But I do not know if it works in your case. If not, I can give you a zip file with a previous version for replacement.

Jürgen

[Juergen]

I have fixed the bug now and bump up the version. Please be patient, in a few minutes, you can download a new version of FrontendForms, which should work.

Jürgen

[Juergen]

FrontendForms is ready to update!!

[elvina]

Thank you!

and this version has fixed the problem I was having before you updated!

My frontendlogin using a latte template was not getting redirected on login, it got stuck with the "please be patient...", but now it works all fine. 
 

[Juergen]

Version 2.1.75 is out!

This version comes with a new CAPTCHA, a new validator and 2 new methods.

Due to a user request from @Andi, I have now added a captcha that supports a question that the user has to answer. It's a perfect contrast to all the image captchas out there and can be personalized.

For example, you can ask a personal question about the company or a person, depending on the page you are running. The user must answer this question by writing the answer himself, and not by selecting a radio input. This makes the CAPTCHA very strong against SPAM.

This requires you to add several accepted answers that can be compared with the value entered by the user.

During the development of this new CAPTCHA, I have also created a new validator and 2 new methods for CAPTCHAS.

You can read about all significant changes in the changelog.md.

As always, make sure that everything works as expected and please report any problems you discover.

Jürgen

[Andi]

Awesome@Juergen, really nice work ?

I've added a working demonstration of a customized security question using the new compareTexts validator to the PicoWire site profile

If you want to add a customized CAPTCHA question to your form, disable CAPTCHA in the module configuration, and then add a custom text input with the new validator set as a rule

// add security question field
$question = new \FrontendForms\InputText("question");
$question->setLabel("Security question: What color is a green apple?");
$question->setRule("required")->setCustomMessage("Please answer the security question");
$question->setRule('compareTexts', ["green", "it's green", "the color green"])->setCustomMessage("Answer is not correct!");
$question->setSuccessMessage("Answer is correct!");
$form->add($question);

This way you can completely customize your field like any other input, including error and success messages ?

[Andy]

Hello @Juergen

I continue to explore your excellent module. 

And I have a few more questions. Here is the error from the console.

In continuation to this, I would like to know how I can disable the addition of frontendforms.css and frontendforms.js on all pages of the site?

I'm only willing to add these calls myself to the page where I have the form in use.

I can see that you are working hard on this project. Thank you very much.

Edited May 29 by Andy

[Juergen]

Hello @Andy

I am a little bit confused at the error, because there is no declaration of the callback in line 1, but I will check this out.

12 minutes ago, Andy said:

In continuation to this, I would like to know how I can disable the addition of frontendforms.css and frontendforms.js on all pages of the site?

Please click on the tab " Markup and styling settings for the form" and at the bottom you will find the tab "Remove stylesheets and scripts". In this tab you can disable the embedding of the stylesheet and the Javascript file.

Thanks for testing and reporting!!

Best regards Jürgen

[Andy]

Thank You @Juergen

I'm too inattentive. Was looking for the answer in the documentation and didn't look at the module settings. Thanks.

Now I have another problem. After installing the new version of Frontendforms 2.1.77 a captcha error comes up when submitting a form.

That's what happens after a call

Quote

if ($form->isValid()) {

 

And I have captcha disabled.

$form->disableCaptcha();

Edited May 29 by Andy

[Juergen]

OK i see, please comment out line 2019 and 2022 if you need a quick solution. It seems there is an if-condition missing that checks if a CAPTCHA is enabled. I am not at home at the moment, so I cannot fix it directly, but I will do it in the next hour and give you an info.

There is a lot of new code inside this file and some issues will pop up, so thank you for reporting this.

 

[Juergen]

Hello @Andy

The issue is fixed now inside Form.php

Please replace this file with yours, if you do not want to wait until the next update: https://github.com/juergenweb/FrontendForms/blob/main/Formelements/Form.php

BTW, the version on GitHub is actually 2.1.78 with a lot of new additions, but I have not updated the version number, because it needs a little bit more testing. So it is really cool, if users like you discover some problems before the version number will be updated ? 

 

[Andy]

21 hours ago, Andy said:

Hello @Juergen

I continue to explore your excellent module. 

And I have a few more questions. Here is the error from the console.

In continuation to this, I would like to know how I can disable the addition of frontendforms.css and frontendforms.js on all pages of the site?

I'm only willing to add these calls myself to the page where I have the form in use.

I can see that you are working hard on this project. Thank you very much.

[SOLVED]

The source of the error has been found. There were two closing </body> tags in the HTML layout. This caused the JS script to be called twice.