Hi,

i'm creating some tables through php input files. This file needs to access some data of the current logged in user to create the corresponding output.

(We tried to work to read from session but that didn't work)

But then we read that it would also be possible to use placeholders in the url ("it is allowed to use placeholders (variables) in URLs. Read about placeholders here.") with would be a great solution to this problem.

So we tried this: http://sdtevents.be/wp-content/mu-plugins/includes/SDTTeamPromoTracker.php?user_id=%CURRENT_USER_ID%

but %CURRENT_USER_ID% is just treated as a string and sent as is (so not translated to the user id).

Are we doing something wrong here? Also were would it be possible to set the %VAR% placeholders for the php input file?

thanks a lot!

best regards

wouter

Hi

thanks for your reply. Anyway we need to find a temporary workaround then as this functionality is very important for our application..

I tried it this way: when user clicks a button on a page, an ajax call is triggered. A timestamp coupled on the userid is stored in the database, then a new generated datatable is send back to the page through this: echo do_shortcode( '[wpdatatable id=25]' ); The php file that renders the serialized data for the table recovers the user login through the timestamp in the database so that the table can be generated with user specific data. So far, so good,

BUT while the echo do_shortcode sends a bunch of the datatable html back to the page (after the ajax request), the table doesn't render at all (same shortcode 'hardcoded' in the page does render the table perfectly when page loads).

We really need to get this dynamically generated datatable to work, why does the table does not render correctly after being received through ajax request?

If you have other ideas to make this work, of course this would be welcome as well!

thanks in advance for your input!!

best regards

wouter

Hi, as addition to the question below:

The ajax request does render the table, but not the table_wrapper, which basically makes the table useless. Additionally, the css display property of the table is automatically set to none..

We also tried through a jquery load (as described in previous reply, to dynamically (re)generate the table through php file). It loads the table from another page. When user selects some parameters and clicks button, the jquery reloads this other 'hidden' page and 'imports' the div where the table is in the current page. But same problem here, only the table renders without the wrapper. So only <table id="table_1" class="scroll display etc..

So please can you help us to create a workaround for this problem. Maybe we can adapt some code in the plugin file so the php file table generating does accept parameters? I would think that this should be possible without too much hassle and only a slight code change?

Anyway, your help here is much appreciated!

thanks

best regards wouter

Hi,

ok I understand.

How much would this custom solution cost (so that table generation from php file accepts parameters)?

And how long would it take?

thanks

Uhm Wouter and Bogdan If you still havent solved your issue

we actual solved the issue you just have to apply

$url = self::applyPlaceholders($url);

on line 60 in the function  curlGetData

so that the function applyPlaceholders gets activated and then the strings get turned into the actual var or function you want to have.

Best regards.