Custom form not changing

[joe_g]

Hi there,

I'm trying to change the custom checkout form but it's not using the code for the custom form.

No matter if I use the latest demo-1 version (with corrected variable names):

https://github.com/kongondo/Padloper2Starter/blob/demo-1/templates/checkout.php

or the minimal version:

https://github.com/kongondo/Padloper2Starter/blob/demo-5/templates/checkout.php

it looks the same

However if I change $isShowSectionBackArrow to 'false' it does hide the arrow, so my checkout.php is processed.

Also if i set $isCustomForm to 'false' i get a different, more basic, layout:

 

tx,J

 

[kongondo]

Hi @joe_g,

6 hours ago, joe_g said:

I'm trying to change the custom checkout form but it's not using the code for the custom form.

No matter if I use the latest demo-1 version (with corrected variable names):

https://github.com/kongondo/Padloper2Starter/blob/demo-1/templates/checkout.php

or the minimal version:

https://github.com/kongondo/Padloper2Starter/blob/demo-5/templates/checkout.php

it looks the same

The template file checkout.php does not control the form layout or inputs. For that, you need to use the template partial checkout-form-customer-details-html.php. Here's the one for demo-1 and here is one for demo-5.

 

6 hours ago, joe_g said:

Also if i set $isCustomForm to 'false' i get a different, more basic, layout:

This is the inbuilt Padloper order customer form.

6 hours ago, joe_g said:

However if I change $isShowSectionBackArrow to 'false' it does hide the arrow, so my checkout.php is processed.

I don't understand how and why this would affect your checkout process. Please explain.

Thanks.

Apologies that the documentation is still very sketchy!

 

[joe_g]

15 hours ago, kongondo said:

Hi @joe_g,

The template file checkout.php does not control the form layout or inputs. For that, you need to use the template partial checkout-form-customer-details-html.php. Here's the one for demo-1 and here is one for demo-5.

Oh I see, thanks. So the $customFormFields in checkout.php is a 'schema' to define the fields, then I also need to change the markup myself. Makes sense. Maybe it's good to mention the markup file here as well, it wasn't clear to me that it existed: https://docs.kongondo.com/start/checkout/custom-customer-form.html#supported-form-inputs

15 hours ago, kongondo said:

I don't understand how and why this would affect your checkout process. Please explain.

Thanks.

Initially I wasn't sure if the checkout.php did anything at all, but since I could hide and show the arrow, I knew it did : P . Not my most thought-through comment.

15 hours ago, kongondo said:

Apologies that the documentation is still very sketchy!

No problems, one step at a time. Appreciate the patience (more questions to come for sure : P )

 

tx J

[kongondo]

9 hours ago, joe_g said:

Oh I see, thanks. So the $customFormFields in checkout.php is a 'schema' to define the fields, then I also need to change the markup myself.

Exactly! It is a schema. 

9 hours ago, joe_g said:

Maybe it's good to mention the markup file here as well, it wasn't clear to me that it existed: https://docs.kongondo.com/start/checkout/custom-customer-form.html#supported-form-inputs

Yes, you are right. Good idea. I had the same thought only yesterday ?. Just to be clear though, that markup is just a demo and not a requirement as developers can use any templating and markup strategy that they want.

 

Edited December 16, 2022 by kongondo