Node form helper

[Uzi AreaGames]

Hi there, i'm trying to develop a plugin where the admin needs to set a forum id, and i wonder if i could do a select list like the one from when you create a new forum ( or edit one ).

From what i've seen in the files of the Forums app i need the node form helper but i don't quite understand it. Could someone help me out?  

[Adriano Faria]

Example:

$form->add( new \IPS\Helpers\Form\Node( 'your_setting', \IPS\Settings::i()->your_setting ? \IPS\Settings::i()->your_setting : 0, FALSE, array( 'class' => '\IPS\forums\Forum', 'permissionCheck' => 'view' ) ) );

 

[Uzi AreaGames]

Something seems to be wrong, when i try to edit the settings of the pluing i get this error:

There is an error in the plugin and it could not be loaded. Contact the author for further assistance.

 

[Adriano Faria]

Add a comment in the field and try again to see if the field is the issue.

[Uzi AreaGames]

I've done some quick testing. And looks like yes it's it. Not only that but even after i comment it my plugin is still broken, so i deleted it and done another one, same result, after using your code it broke, and after commenting it and replacing with a simple text field still not working, but using a text field before using your code does it fine, but still i would love that node ? 

[Adriano Faria]

Another example:

$form->add( new \IPS\Helpers\Form\Node( 'your_setting', \IPS\Settings::i()->your_setting, TRUE, array( 'class' => 'IPS\forums\Forum', 'permissionCheck' => function ( $forum )
{
	return $forum->sub_can_post and !$forum->redirect_url;
}
) ) );

[Uzi AreaGames]

Nope it still doesn't work for some reason, i'm going to try a clean reinstall. Because i've been playing with the dev mode so much... Coming back with an edit.

Edit: Looks like there was some weird invisible spacing before the $form variable, literally they where invisible, i just figured it out randomly lol, thanks for the help  

 

[Uzi AreaGames]

@Adriano Faria One last thing about this, i switched to building a app since it felt better for what i want to do and opened more doors, i still need to use a node form helper but this time when i get the value of it it returns an array which looks like this in json: 

{ "noCopyButton": false,"_followData":null, "changed":[], "skipCloneDuplication":false }

What i've observed is that if i give the option to select mutiple options the return will look something like this: 

{
	"8" : {"noCopyButton":false,"_followData":null,"changed":[],"skipCloneDuplication":false},
	"10": {"noCopyButton":false,"_followData":null,"changed":[],"skipCloneDuplication":false}
}

 

[bfarber]

It's returning the actual node (what you are seeing is the json representation of the object). What you want to do is save $returnedValue->_id and use that later.