How can I put attribute errors into a javascript popup?

[rkarta]

Hi

I would like all errors to display in a javascript popup rather than in a yellow box on the page.

The create_account page does this by default by showing a popup like this:


but in the product_info page it displays this ugly yellow box like this:


does anyone have an idea how to do this?

[rkarta]

Hi,

does anyone know if it's possible to display messagestack messages in a javascript alert?

for example if a customer adds a product to the cart but forgets to select a required attribute it is displayed on top of the product info page. but i'd like it to show up in a popup w/out reloading the page...

for some reason zen-cart does this automatically if one would forget to enter required data on the create account page...

any ideas?

[hem]

Hi,

does anyone know if it's possible to display messagestack messages in a javascript alert?

for example if a customer adds a product to the cart but forgets to select a required attribute it is displayed on top of the product info page. but i'd like it to show up in a popup w/out reloading the page...

for some reason zen-cart does this automatically if one would forget to enter required data on the create account page...

any ideas?

It could be done. Problem is that it's not likely to be easy. The messagestack is PHP (server side) while alerts tend to be Javascript (client side).

Hopefully it would just be a case of replacing the message stack display code with something like:

echo '<script>alert("'.$message.'");</script>'; 

[rkarta]

echo '<script>alert("'.$message.'");</script>'; 

Hmmm this did not seem to work for me... but maybe it's my lack of knowledge...

I tried adding it to tpl_message_stack_default.php and I got as far as the popup displaying ' .. ' but it won't show the message

Do you have an idea how to merge it into this file (show below)

<?php
?>
<?php for ($i=0, $n=sizeof($output); $i<$n; $i++) { ?>
  <div <?php echo $output[$i]['params']; ?>><?php echo $output[$i]['text']; ?></div>

<?php } ?>

Your help is highly appreciated!

[hem]

echo '<script>alert("'.$message.'");</script>'; 

Hmmm this did not seem to work for me... but maybe it's my lack of knowledge...

I tried adding it to tpl_message_stack_default.php and I got as far as the popup displaying ' .. ' but it won't show the message

Do you have an idea how to merge it into this file (show below)

<?php
?>
<?php for ($i=0, $n=sizeof($output); $i<$n; $i++) { ?>
  <div <?php echo $output[$i]['params']; ?>><?php echo $output[$i]['text']; ?></div>

<?php } ?>

Your help is highly appreciated!

Sorry '$message' in my previous message was just pseudo-code. Try this:

$message="";
foreach($output as $thisoutput)
 $message.=$thisoutput['text'].'\n';

echo '<script>alert("'.$message.'");</script>'; 

[rkarta]

Hmm this didn't work either. The popup message just doesn't show up. I think the problem is in the message. If I echo $output it displays "Array". if I echo <?php echo $output[$i]['text']; ?> it displays this (copied from result source):

<div class="messageStackCaution larger"><img src="includes/templates/template_default/images/icons/warning.gif" alt="Warning" title=" Warning ">  Please correct the following: <br> On the option  <span class="alertBlack">Color</span> please <span class="alertBlack">...</span><br> On the option  <span class="alertBlack">Size</span> please <span class="alertBlack">...</span><br>Array </div> 

I think alert() can't handle this...

[hem]

We can strip out the tags. Try this:

$message="";
foreach($output as $thisoutput)
 $message.=strip_tags($thisoutput['text']).'\n';

echo '<script>alert("'.$message.'");</script>'; 

[rkarta]

Sweet! it works! thanks a lot! it's so much nicer than the default messagestack. i've added the lightalert.js script to it and it looks way better

just one thing: now the breaks are removed too so the text shows in one line like this:

Please correct the following: On the option for size please select On the option for color please select

rather than

Please correct the following:
On the option for size please select
On the option for color please select

do you know how to fix this???

[hem]

Sweet! it works! thanks a lot! it's so much nicer than the default messagestack. i've added the lightalert.js script to it and it looks way better

just one thing: now the breaks are removed too so the text shows in one line like this:

Please correct the following: On the option for size please select On the option for color please select

rather than

Please correct the following:
On the option for size please select
On the option for color please select

do you know how to fix this???

Strange- the part that says '\n' is a line break.

[rkarta]

I changed $message.=strip_tags($thisoutput['text']).'\n';
to $message=strip_tags($thisoutput['text'],'<br>');
and now it works!

for some reason the \n didn't work but now it's fine. I just have to change all \n to <br>.

Thanks a lot for your help!!!!!!!!