function saveNomination()
{
// Grab candidate ID from the URL
$CandidateID = $this->request->param("ID");
$NominationStatus = $this->validateNomation($CandidateID);
// Check to see if this is a valid nomination
if ($NominationStatus == 'VALID') {
// Grab the currently logged in member
$currentMember = Member::currentUser();
$CurrentElection = $this->CurrentElection();
// Record the nomination
$CandidateNomination = new CandidateNomination();
$CandidateNomination->MemberID = Member::currentUserID();
$CandidateNomination->CandidateID = $CandidateID;
$CandidateNomination->ElectionID = $CurrentElection->ID;
$CandidateNomination->write();
// Create a candidate record for the nominations page if one does not exist
$Candidate = Candidate::get()->filter(array('MemberID' => $CandidateID, 'ElectionID' => $CurrentElection->ID))->first();
if (!$Candidate) {
// Create a new candidate entry
$Candidate = new Candidate();
$Candidate->MemberID = $CandidateID;
$Candidate->ElectionID = $CurrentElection->ID;
$Candidate->write();
}
// Log this new candidate
$logLine = $currentMember->FirstName . " " . $currentMember->Surname . " nominated " . $Candidate->Member()->FirstName . " " . $Candidate->Member()->Surname . " (ID " . $Candidate->Member()->ID . ") on " . $CandidateNomination->Created . " \n";
$file = fopen(ASSETS_PATH . '/candidate-nomination-log.txt', 'a');
fwrite($file, $logLine);
fclose($file);
// Email the member
// In dev and testing, send the nomination emails to the person who did the nomination
$To = $currentMember->Email;
// In live mode, send the email to the candidate
if (Director::isLive()) {
$To = $Candidate->Member()->Email;
}
$Subject = "You have been nominated in the " . $CurrentElection->Title;
$email = EmailFactory::getInstance()->buildEmail(CANDIDATE_NOMINATION_FROM_EMAIL, $To, $Subject);
$email->setTemplate('NominationEmail');
// Gather Data to send to template
$data["Candidate"] = $Candidate;
$data["Election"] = $CurrentElection;
$email->populateTemplate($data);
$email->send();
$this->setMessage('Success', "You've just nominated " . $Candidate->Member()->FirstName . ' for the OpenStack Board.');
$this->redirect($this->Link('candidateStats/' . $Candidate->Member()->ID));
} elseif ($NominationStatus = 'ALREADY NOMINATED') {
$this->setMessage('Error', "Oops, you have already nominated this person.");
$this->redirect($this->Link());
} elseif ($NominationStatus = 'INVALID CANDIDATE') {
$this->setMessage('Error', "Oops, no candidate was selected.");
$this->redirect($this->Link());
} else {
$this->setMessage('Error', "There was an error logging your nomination.");
$this->redirect($this->Link());
}
}
