loadcontact

I know we can loadcontact with

{loadcontact id=|55|}

it would be really cool if we could do

{loadcontact country=|"Germany"|}

where it loads any contacts located in Germany. Is that possible, and if not, an easy thing to do myself?

Dear garek007,

This would require some customization, which you can do yourself in case you have PHP knowledge;

This is the first time I get this request, so I'll probably not include this feature in my to do list; I hope you understand;

All the best,

I can customize, I know PHP, Which file(s) would need modification? I could send to you when done.

Dear Garek007,

You will have to edit this file:
/plugins/content/contactenhanced/contactenhanced.php
Perform an SQL query to find out a contact id and then set the $contactId variable in the processContacts method;

Please feel free to send it to me, however I'd appreciate if you could add the attribute like this:
{loadcontact search=|country=Germany&city=blahblah| }

This way you can make it search by any contact field; You can take a look how I've done with the "fields" attribute in that same file;

All the best,

doug, I think I can do this. But it will take some time to figure out. If and when I get around to it, I will email to you. I may post questions here along the way, but I think it would be a cool feature to have.

Doug,
Ok I've successfully queried the database and made a simple function for getting any field I want by passing the parameters into the function.

What I need your help on is where to find this "fields" attribute you mentioned. I see several variables called fields, but am not sure which line of code you are referencing.

Dear garek007,

Can you wait a couple of weeks? If so, I'll create a this feature for you.

All the best,

Sure I can wait, but I like to learn and I'm happy to help so if you just point me in the right direction I can probably get you 80% of the way there.

Doug,

So I've written this function and it works

function getContact($searchAttr,$searchWord){

$db =& JFactory::getDBO();//this gets the database and stores it in the variable $db



$query = "SELECT `id` FROM `jos_contact_details` WHERE ".$searchAttr."='".$searchWord."'";
$db->setQuery($query);//this runs the query
$theID = $db->loadResult();//this loads the result of the query


$result = "Contact ".$searchAttr." is ".$searchWord." and ID is ".$theID;



return $result;



}//function

I found the fields bit of code you mentioned

$field_matches = array();
preg_match( "#fields=\|(.*?)\|#s", $inline_params, $field_matches );
if (isset($field_matches[1])){

$field_matches[1] = str_replace( '&', '&', $field_matches[1] );

// Get all Fields
$custom_fields = array();
parse_str($field_matches[1], $custom_fields);

//Encode email field
if(isset($custom_fields) AND $custom_fields){
$custom_fields = ceHelper::encode($custom_fields);

}
if($pluginParams->get('plg_display_type') == 'modal'){
$pluginParams->set('plg_modal_fields', http_build_query($custom_fields));
}else{
foreach ($custom_fields as $key => $value) {
$jinput->set($key, $value);
}
}
}



I'm just not sure how I modify the code here to call the function. Which lines in YOUR function do I need to edit to get the information from MY function? Do I have everything or is there more code somewhere that I need?

PS, I know you said you'd do this, but I really want to help with it, since it's my custom need.

Dear Garek,

I have implemented this feature for you. It took me about two hours to implement and test it;

I have sent the file to you;

Contact Enhanced plugin syntax:
search=|field=value&field2=value2|
search_operator=|value| where value might be =, <>, >, <, LIKE
searchphrase=|value| where value might be all (all search terms are required) OR any;

Kind regards,