https://www.machform.com/forums/ MachForm Community Forums Topic: How to add custom template variables? en Mon, 04 May 2026 04:41:00 +0000 https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/how-to-add-custom-template-variables#post-10851 Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:22:27 +0000 Trowar 10851@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Thanks Yunair,</p> <p>I figured out what I was doing wrong. I added the code</p> <p>$template_variables[$i] = '{rvdate}';<br /> $template_values[$i] = $rvdate;<br /> $i++;</p> <p>and it didn't work. I realised I had to popluate $rvdate as Machform wasn't doing this for me. </p> <p>$rvdate = 'test';<br /> $template_variables[$i] = '{rvdate}';<br /> $template_values[$i] = $rvdate;<br /> $i++;</p> <p>So it turns out it was simple to do :)</p> <p>Many Thanks for your help. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/how-to-add-custom-template-variables#post-10850 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 20:19:40 +0000 yuniar 10850@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>I must say this one won't be quite simple to do.</p> <p>Basically, the code which parse the template variables is within the "includes/helper-functions.php" file.<br /> Around line 306, you'll see a bunch of code which creates the template variables and assign the values. This code:</p> <pre><code>$template_variables[$i] = &#39;{date_created}&#39;; $template_values[$i] = $date_created; $i++; $template_variables[$i] = &#39;{ip_address}&#39;; $template_values[$i] = $ip_address; $i++; $template_variables[$i] = &#39;{form_name}&#39;; $template_values[$i] = $form_name; $i++; $template_variables[$i] = &#39;{entry_no}&#39;; $template_values[$i] = $entry_id; $i++; $template_variables[$i] = &#39;{form_id}&#39;; $template_values[$i] = $form_id;</code></pre> <p>I suppose you could add any custom template variables there, below those lines.</p> <p>I hope that helps. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/how-to-add-custom-template-variables#post-10828 Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:52:39 +0000 Trowar 10828@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>I am using machform and wish to include custom template variables into my e-mails.</p> <p>For example. When an entry is entered added to the ap_form_1 table, my site automatically adds some additional fields (rvplace, rvtime, rvdate, payref, paystatus, etc..).</p> <p>In an e-mai I can put {element_1} in and it will populate from the machform database. How can I get my site to accept {rvplace} and to auto populate the field with that name from the database as well?</p> <p>Many Thanks,</p> <p>Peter Cunningham. </p>