Upload File - Email

SimpleCart
#1

Hey,

I’m trying to upload a file on the checkout form page and email it with a successful order. At the moment I have in the Formit call ($scCheckoutForm):

[[!FormItRetriever? &redirectToOnNotFound=`[[*parent]]`]]

[[!FormIt?
    &store=`1`
    &storeTime=`1200`
    &hooks=`spam,scCreateOrder,redirect`
    &submitVar=`doOrder`
    &redirectTo=`[[*id:scFirstChild]]`
    &validate=`nospam:blank,
        firstname:required,
        lastname:required,
        street:required,
        number:required,
        zip:required,
        city:required,
        country:required,
        email:email:required`
    &orderAddress=`address1:street,address2:number`
]]

<form action="[[~[[*id]]]]" method="post" id="simplecartCheckout" enctype="multipart/form-data">
    <input type="hidden" name="nospam" value="" />
    <input type="hidden" name="doOrder" value="true" />
    <input type="hidden" name="deliveryMethod" value="[[+fi.deliveryMethod]]" />

    <div>
        <label for="checkout_firstname">[[%simplecart.orderdetails.address.firstname? &namespace=`simplecart`]]: <span>*</span></label>
        <input type="text" name="firstname" id="checkout_firstname" value="[[+fi.firstname]]" />
        <label class="error">[[+fi.error.firstname]]</label>
    </div>

    <div>
        <label for="checkout_lastname">[[%simplecart.orderdetails.address.lastname]]: <span>*</span></label>
        <input type="text" name="lastname" id="checkout_lastname" value="[[+fi.lastname]]" />
        <label class="error">[[+fi.error.lastname]]</label>
    </div>

    <div>
        <label for="checkout_street">[[%simplecart.orderdetails.address.street]]: <span>*</span></label>
        <input type="text" name="street" id="checkout_street" value="[[+fi.street]]" />
        <label class="error">[[+fi.error.street]]</label>
    </div>

    <div>
        <label for="checkout_number">[[%simplecart.orderdetails.address.number]]: <span>*</span></label>
        <input type="number" name="number" id="checkout_number" value="[[+fi.number]]" />
        <label class="error">[[+fi.error.number]]</label>
    </div>

    <div>
        <label for="checkout_zip">[[%simplecart.orderdetails.address.zip]]: <span>*</span></label>
        <input type="text" name="zip" id="checkout_zip" value="[[+fi.zip]]" />
        <label class="error">[[+fi.error.zip]]</label>
    </div>

    <div>
        <label for="checkout_city">[[%simplecart.orderdetails.address.city]]: <span>*</span></label>
        <input type="text" name="city" id="checkout_city" value="[[+fi.city]]" />
        <label class="error">[[+fi.error.city]]</label>
    </div>

    <div>
        <label for="checkout_country">[[%simplecart.orderdetails.address.country]]: <span>*</span></label>
        <input type="text" name="country" id="checkout_country" value="[[+fi.country]]" />
        <label class="error">[[+fi.error.country]]</label>
    </div>

    <div>
        <label for="checkout_email">[[%simplecart.orderdetails.address.email]]: <span>*</span></label>
        <input type="email" name="email" id="checkout_email" value="[[+fi.email]]" />
        <label class="error">[[+fi.error.email]]</label>
    </div>

    <div>
        <label for="contact_attachment">Attach a File </label><em>(optional)</em><br />
        <input type="file" name="contact_attachment" value="[[!+fi.contact_attachment]]" />
        <span class="error">[[!+fi.error.contact_attachment]]</span>
    </div>

    [[!scPaymentMethods? &delivery=`[[+fi.deliveryMethod]]`]]

    <div class="submit">
        <input type="submit" value="[[%simplecart.cart.checkout? &namespace=`simplecart` &topic=`cart`]]" />
    </div>

</form>

and in the emailTpl chunk I have added:

Attachment: [[+contact_attachment]]

However it just seems to email the file name, type, and size but not actually attach the file (this works with other formit installs). Would you be able to point us on how about achieving this?

Thanks

#2

Hi Barney,

While SimpleCart uses FormIt, the actual emails are not being sent through formit but by SimpleCart itself. I’ll need to look into what it would take to get SimpleCart to also send attachments uploaded by the user, but as users might be redirected to an off-site payment gateway in between the upload and the emails being sent I can see some challenges arising there…

A simple workaround might be to add an email hook before scCreateOrder that sends the attachment separately from the order confirmation emails.

#3

Thanks for the info Mark, we managed to get around this by adding FileUpload addon above the Checkout and passing that to a hidden field added to the Checkout form. It’s not attached, but the file is stored on the server and included in the email template.

Heopfuly this might helps someone else