$formModel->_formData, $_REQUEST

[1fh]

$formModel->_formData works, $_REQUEST not working

Hello,

in all my Scripts that are processed after Data is stored I used $_REQUEST['tablename___id'] to get the ID and do some calculations.

Until today it worked fine (for about 5 Month) - but today alle Scripts of one table stopped working. After I changed $_REQUEST to $formModel->_formData['tablename___id'] the scripts worked again.

In another table the Scripts still use $_REQUEST and still work fine.

The problem could be seen in the Live-System and in the Test-System at the same time on two different servers.

In the Test-System no updates were installed, on the Live-System an update to Joomla! 2.5.9 was installed.

Any idea what is wrong there?

Thanks,
Florian

 

[cheesegrits]

I would recommend using ....

$foo = $formModel->getElementData('tablename___foo', true);

... to access 'raw' data (leave out the 'true' arg if you want the formatted value), rather that either the $_REQUEST[] or $formModel->_formData[] arrays directly.

-- hugh

 

[jfquestiaux]

Hello Hugh. Is it better to use this method instead of JFactory::getApplication()->input? In terms of security? Of performance?

 

[1fh]

either the $_REQUEST[] or $formModel->_formData[] arrays directly.

Thanks, in future I'll use getElementData
Have you any Idea, why $_REQUEST[] doesn't work anymore for one form?

Florian