Get value of element on custom form

[leighshayne]

Hi

I would like to be able to return the value of an element so that I can use it to show or hide a certain div on a custom form. I've currently got

$this->element =& $this->elements['Records'];[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=3][FONT=arial]$records= $this->element->element;[/FONT][/SIZE]
           
[SIZE=3][FONT=arial]echo $records;

but this gives me the element wrapped in a div

<div id="horse_info___Records_ro">Here's the content I want</div>

How do I just return the element content? If I use the plugin {fabrik view=element list=1 rowid=[rowid] element=horse_info___Name} I cannot use this in the php code I want to execute on the page as it is rendered after the page has loaded.

Any suggestions?

 

[cyberholic]

Hi there,
though it is not very clear to me what exactly your problem is, i am using this solution:

      <?php
      $this->element =& $this->elements['your_elements_name'];
      echo $this->loadTemplate('element');
      ?>

Why do you set the font-size like that? Why dont you style it via CSS?

 

[leighshayne]

That's weird, not sure where that Font stuff has come from. Its not in my code so must have happened when i put the code in the post. If i use the method you suggest I still get the element wrapped within a div sadly.

 

[rodfarrell]

I'm trying to do something similar. I have a calculated value in an element and I want to access that value as a session variable in another application. Any suggestions would be very appreciated.

 

[leighshayne]

it isn't the most elegant solution, but I used php substr(); to extract the value, so

$this->element =&$this->elements['Name'];
$divname=$this->element->element;
$name=substr ($divname, 31, -6);