/**
* It is used to save form data
*
* It fetches the form data from application parameters
* It saves the form data to database
*
* @return $is_saved boolean indicates if the data was successfully saved
*/
private function SaveFormData()
{
/** The application parameters are fetched */
$parameters = $this->GetConfig("general", "parameters");
/** The data to be saved to database */
$form_data = array();
/** The submited form data is fetched */
foreach ($parameters['form'] as $key => $value) {
/** If the form mode is add and the field */
if ($parameters['mode'] == 'add' && strpos($key, "_id") !== false) {
continue;
}
/** Only textarea and input fields are saved */
if (strpos($key, "textarea") === false && strpos($key, "input") === false) {
continue;
} else {
$database_field_name = str_replace("textarea_", "", $key);
$database_field_name = str_replace("input_", "", $database_field_name);
$form_data[$database_field_name] = $value;
}
}
/** The data to be saved is filtered */
$form_data = $this->FilterSaveData($form_data);
/** The application configuration is fetched */
$configuration = $this->GetConfigurationObject();
/** The parameters for the data object */
$meta_information = array("configuration" => $configuration, "key_field" => "id", "data_type" => $this->data['data_type']);
/** Mysqldataobject is created */
$data_object = new MysqlDataObject($meta_information);
/** The data is set to the mysqldataobject */
$data_object->SetData($form_data);
/** If the form is in add mode, then the database is checked for existing record */
if ($parameters['mode'] == 'add') {
/** If the record already exists in database, then the function returns -1 */
if ($data_object->RecordExists()) {
$is_saved = -1;
return $is_saved;
}
}
/** The Mysqldataobject is set to read/write */
$data_object->SetReadonly(false);
/** The form data is saved to database */
$is_saved = $data_object->Save() ? true : false;
return $is_saved;
}
