Question

I’m using Joomla to create websites, but am learning php and css as I go along.
I’ve learned more in CSS, and I am still struggling with PHP.
Within Joomla (a CMS), I have added a component called foxcontact which is a contact form. I’m using this for a “Request a Quote” form. Within the contact form are many PHP files, but I have located what I need to change. (This is not my coding.)

[....]  
$external_label .
    '<input ' .
        'class="' . $this->TextStyleByValidation($field) . '" ' .
     'type="text" ' .
     'value="' . $value . '" ' .
     'title="' . $field['Name'] . '" ' .
     'style="' .
        'width:' . $field['Width'] . $field['Unit'] . ' !important;' .
        '" ' .
     'name="' . $field['PostName'] . '" ' .
        $js .
     '/>' .
[....]

There are 4 fields called quantity. I need the title to state Quantity1, Quantity2, etc., for the 4 different quantity fields.
Is there a way to incorporate an if statement like:

[....]  
if ($field['Name'] == "Quantity")   
    $result .= $external_label .
    '<input ' .
        'class="' . $this->TextStyleByValidation($field) . '" ' .
     'type="text" ' .
     'value="' . $value . '" ' .
     **'title=""' .**
     'style="' ;
else
     $result .= $external_label .
     '<input ' .
        'class="' . $this->TextStyleByValidation($field) . '" ' .
     'type="text" ' .
     'value="' . $value . '" ' .
     'title="' . $field['Name'] . '" ' .
     'style="' ;    
[.....]

but changing the title= to the relevant quantity1, quantity2 etc.

I have been looking at an array, but cannot get it to work.

Answer 1

You need to add a counter someplace above in the script, like $i=1 and increment it for each Quantity field. And this is how you should call it:

[.....]
'title="' . $field['Name'] . $i . '" ' .
[.....]

Let me know if this wasn’t clear enough and you need the whole part written in code.

Edit, the whole thing:

lines 21 and 184: $i = 1;

remove this since we don’t need it anymore, we’ll put it in as the function parameter:

line182: private function BuildTextField($key, &$field, $i=1)

notice the $i=1 added as a last parameter with a predefined value.

The rest remains the same (don’t forget the curly brackets and the increment line):

if ($field['Name'] == "Quantity"){   
    $result .= $external_label .
    '<input ' .
    'class="' . $this->TextStyleByValidation($field) . '" ' .
    'type="text" ' .
    'value="' . $value . '" ' .
    'title="' . $field['Name'] . $i . '" ' .
    'style="' ;
    ++$i;
}
else
[.....]