https://www.machform.com/forums/ MachForm Community Forums Topic: displaying entry number in success message en Sun, 03 May 2026 23:07:41 +0000 https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/displaying-entry-number-in-success-message#post-18586 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:09:30 +0000 carlosalvidrez 18586@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Hi guys, is there a more recent/updated version of this guide? I'd like to be able to do this with the latest version (as of today, June 2013). It seems like this thread was created 4 years ago, and thus the question. </p> <p>Thanks! </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/displaying-entry-number-in-success-message#post-7906 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:19:46 +0000 redityo 7906@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>I found these custom code in "post-functions.php" is around line 1015 ~ 1017 :</p> <pre><code>if ($form_id == &#39;1&#39;) { $_SESSION[&#39;form_element_data&#39;] = $record_insert_id; }</code></pre> <p>try to move those code after this line (line 1022)</p> <pre><code>$record_insert_id = mysql_insert_id();</code></pre> <p>Don't forget to change the form ID's also. However if the problem still persist, please send your FTP login info to :</p> <p>customer.service[at]appnitro.com</p> <p>I'll help you with the customization </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/displaying-entry-number-in-success-message#post-7898 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:44:45 +0000 firstarsbrnwhite 7898@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>anything on this? still having trouble. I would like it so the customer receives a confirmation # and the confirmation # also appears in the email notification title. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/displaying-entry-number-in-success-message#post-7857 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:09:35 +0000 firstarsbrnwhite 7857@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Using iframe embed in the page... adding the line of code didn't help</p> <p>Here are the two codes I edited. Around the lines suggested in this thread.</p> <p><a href="http://tiny.cc/I65no" rel="nofollow">http://tiny.cc/I65no</a> </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/displaying-entry-number-in-success-message#post-7855 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:48:05 +0000 redityo 7855@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>have you add this code </p> <pre><code>&lt;?php session_start(); ?&gt;</code></pre> <p>in the first line of your success page ? </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/displaying-entry-number-in-success-message#post-7854 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:40:13 +0000 firstarsbrnwhite 7854@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>I don't know what I am doing wrong here. Simply trying to get DATA ID for confirmation number on form for users. I have added the line of code to line 1013. Now the chunk looks like this.</p> <p>//start insert query ----------------------------------------<br /> $field_list = substr($field_list,0,-1);<br /> $field_values = substr($field_values,0,-1);</p> <p> if(empty($form_review)){<br /> $query = "INSERT INTO <code>ap_form_{$form_id}</code> ($field_list) VALUES ($field_values);";<br /> }else{ //insert to temporary table, if form review is enabled<br /> $query = "INSERT INTO <code>ap_form_{$form_id}_review</code> ($field_list) VALUES ($field_values);";<br /> //retrieve the id from last inserted data<br /> if ($form_id == '1') {<br /> $_SESSION['form_element_data'] = $record_insert_id;<br /> }<br /> }</p> <p> do_query($query);</p> <p> $record_insert_id = mysql_insert_id();<br /> //end insert query ------------------------------------------</p> <p>and I have made success message </p> <p>&lt;h2&gt;{$form-&gt;success_message}&lt;hr /&gt;YOUR CONFIRMATION # {$_SESSION['form_element_data']}&lt;/h2&gt;</p> <p>The form success page just says "YOUR CONFIRMATION #" with no number after it. I am not a PHP guru </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/displaying-entry-number-in-success-message#post-4894 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:43:56 +0000 yuniar 4894@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Hmm..if you need to show all form submission info, I suggest to just enable "form review".</p> <p>That would display all the entry prior submitting. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/displaying-entry-number-in-success-message#post-4879 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 07:08:34 +0000 frungimi 4879@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>how can we show all of the form submission info? </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/displaying-entry-number-in-success-message#post-3006 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:14:41 +0000 bsimpson 3006@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>thanks that worked, you guys have great support. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/displaying-entry-number-in-success-message#post-3000 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:02:04 +0000 yuniar 3000@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>ahh.. so you are using php embed code?</p> <p>if so, on the page where you embed the php code, insert this line:</p> <pre><code>&lt;?php session_start(); ?&gt;</code></pre> <p>It should be placed at the very top of your page (line 1). </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/displaying-entry-number-in-success-message#post-2989 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:18:02 +0000 bsimpson 2989@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>after some more experimenting, it works fine if i use the link<br /> /view.php?id=1<br /> to view the form, but if i use the php embed method it does not work on IE 6/7 </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/displaying-entry-number-in-success-message#post-2988 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:09:22 +0000 bsimpson 2988@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>the link displays (as it is manually added to the view functions file) but the id does not display<br /> the link reads "a href="/view_entry.php?form_id=1&#38;id="&gt;bookmark form results&lt;/a "</p> <p>where it is just blank or it will print<br /> id=&#38;PHPSESSID=b6dc60fc986d4e0c00498bc732dfd8f6 </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/displaying-entry-number-in-success-message#post-2971 Sat, 13 Sep 2008 13:57:01 +0000 yuniar 2971@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>bsimpson -- what didn't work?</p> <p>displaying the link itself or clicking the "bookmark form result" link? </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/displaying-entry-number-in-success-message#post-2962 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:20:21 +0000 bsimpson 2962@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>i did the above and and it works in firefox, it does not work on IE7, even when the site is added to trusted sites and forced to take all cookies.</p> <p>I am using this to allow a link to bookmark your form details </p> <p>added to view-functions 2065-<br /> a href="/view_entry.php?form_id=1&#38;id={$_SESSION['form_element_data']}"&gt;bookmark form results&lt;/a </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/displaying-entry-number-in-success-message#post-2656 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:56:32 +0000 redityo 2656@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>I see, you want to get id number of your data in database. So you can ignore the first modification (post_functions.php line 948) and insert this following code below line 1013 in post_functions.php</p> <pre><code>//retrieve the id from last inserted data if ($form_id == &#39;1&#39;) { $_SESSION[&#39;form_element_data&#39;] = $record_insert_id; }</code></pre> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/displaying-entry-number-in-success-message#post-2655 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:12:24 +0000 thewebmaven 2655@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Well almost the solution.. :) But i want to display the entry number of the form ...not element or input details.... which is the form data.....can u help me out with that...</p> <p>the entry number is the form entry number that is recorded in the backend entries ... when a form is submitted. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/displaying-entry-number-in-success-message#post-2645 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:36:41 +0000 redityo 2645@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Hi..</p> <p>You have to edit view-functions.php and post_functions.php to do that. I assume you will display element_1 input on form 1 success message.</p> <p>1. post_functions.php add to line 948</p> <pre><code>//retrieve the data from element if ($key == &#39;element_1&#39; &#38;&#38; $form_id == &#39;1&#39;) { $_SESSION[&#39;form_element_data&#39;] = $value; }</code></pre> <p>2. view_functions.php edit line 2243</p> <p>from </p> <pre><code>&lt;h2&gt;{$form-&gt;success_message}&lt;/h2&gt;</code></pre> <p>to</p> <pre><code>&lt;h2&gt;{$form-&gt;success_message}&lt;hr /&gt;YOUR INPUT {$_SESSION[&#39;form_element_data&#39;]}&lt;/h2&gt;</code></pre> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/displaying-entry-number-in-success-message#post-2631 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:26:54 +0000 thewebmaven 2631@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>i want to display the entry number of a form along with the success message ..how do i do that? </p>