Regex problem

[skartknet]

I am trying to create a new route and I am not sure why it is not working.

I want to pass variables to an action:

/courses/list-courses?filter1=asd&filter2=fgh

It seems that CMSMS cleans the parameters so I can;t get this on my action. So I decided to create a new route like:

/courses/list-courses/filter1=asd&filter2=ghj

To do so I created a bit complicate expresion:

courses\/find-a-course\/((filter1+=(?P<filter1>\w+\-*)+(,\w+\-*)*)?)(&(?=\w))?((filter2+=(?P<filter2>\w+\-*)+(,\w+\-*)*)?)$


This way I could just assign the value of every filter to a $param.

When I try it I only get the first value but not the second. I have try the expresion in the following page http://pythex.org/ and it works ok.

Any ideas?

Thank you.

[Jo Morg]

I want to pass variables to an action:

/courses/list-courses?filter1=asd&filter2=fgh

It seems that CMSMS cleans the parameters so I can;t get this on my action

That's not enough info on your part....

CMSMS clears the parameters passed to a module action if the module's RestrictUnknownParams() method is called on InitializeFrontend() method. In this case you'll need to call SetParameterType() method to register which parameters the module will accept. This doesn't have anything to do with module routes which are used to prettify the URL.
Look in the core modules, particularly in news source to see examples of use of those methods.

[skartknet]

OMG. I am so stupid. I thought that CMSMS removes all variables from URL as I wanted them to apear on $params, what I didn't realise is that I can get them from $_GET.

This is good enough for me but, is there anyway to have them on $params? I don't have RestrictUnknownParams() active.

Thanks.

[Jo Morg]

I thought that CMSMS removes all variables from URL as I wanted them to apear on $params, what I didn't realise is that I can get them from $_GET.

This is good enough for me but, is there anyway to have them on $params? I don't have RestrictUnknownParams() active.

You should have RestrictUnknownParams() active, as this improves security.

For a parameter to appear in the $params array of a particular module action it has to be directed at that particular module. Every module has an ID attributed by the CMSMS core and which is used for that particular purpose. The best way to create valid links for module actions with the appropriate parameters included is through the module API.
Ref:

• - API Documentation;
• - CreateFrontendLink method;
• - CreateLink method;

Additionally you can (as I said previously) look at the News module source, particularly at the default action file, for samples of it's use, and install and inspect the Skeleton module which is very well documented on its source files.