Passing a parameter to a modal window

Depending on the situation this is best done using a custom shortcode. In the shortcodes function you can access all global values and wordpress functions giving you unlimited flexibility.

Thanks, but I’m a bit lost….
I trigger the modal using a CSS class, where are those shortcodes coming from?

Is there a documentation about it?
This page doesn’t load anything:
https://easy-modal.com/documentation

Wait a second, I have to create my own shortcode and place it in the modal window, right?

Is there a way to pass a parameter from the link used to trigger the modal window?

I have a list of events with a “BOOK NOW” button, and I need to pass the event ID to the modal window.

Thanks!

This would be a customized opening script. This link uses that concept but will need to be customized for your needs. You can then read the parameter needed and manipulate the form fields in the modal as necessary. Change the room ID field etc.

https://easy-modal.com/frequently-asked-questions/open-links-modal-using-iframe

Thanks, I’m looking into that.
But can you elaborate on the other option, using shortcodes?

Which shortcodes are you referring to and where should they be places, in the page or in the modal?
An example would be great to have.

Thanks!

Sorry for the delay. Had my first child over the weekend. I wouldn’t worry about shortcodes for your needs. Your best bet is to create your form with say 2 fields called roomID and price. Then in the custom opening script you would read maybe some HTML5 data attributes for each link that contained price and roomID and then set the forms values equal to the links data attributes before opening the modal.

This is exactly how the pricing/checkout modals work on https://easy-modal.com/pricing-purchase. There is one modal with a form contains a field called “price”. Each button has an attribute like this.

‘<button data-price=”29″>Try Me</button>’

Then my custom opening script takes the value of the data-price using jquery and inserts it as the value of the price field in my form.

Hope this helps a bit more.

First the important things: congrats for becoming a father!!!

Second, I got it working yesterday, exactly with the technique you explain.

Thanks!

Thank you. I’m very excited.

Glad you got it working. I am trying to develop the entire plugin in a way that you can have full control and easily override the default functionality to create quick and easy solutions for many problems.

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Hi Dan,

There’s still one question unanswered: how can I run PHP code in the modal?

Thanks!

Sorry, I knew the answer already: shortcodes!

But I hope you can help me with this problem.

I’m opening a modal window that loads an iframe.
I have to pass a parameter to the page loaded by the iframe!

What’s the best way to do that?
Would make sense to pass the parameter in the IFRAME SRC attribute, appending it to the URL?
If this is a viable solution, what’s the jQuery code to add something to an iframe “src” attr?

Thanks!

Try this. https://easy-modal.com/frequently-asked-questions/open-links-modal-using-iframe

Hi Dan,

I really hope you can help me.
I did good progresses but now I’m facing a strange issue.

In my page I have links like this:
BOOK
BOOK
BOOK

And I apply this jquery:

jQuery(document).on('click', '.eModal-2', function(e){
        e.preventDefault();
	jQuery('#eModal-2 iframe').attr('src', jQuery('#eModal-2 iframe').attr('src')+ '?eventid=' + jQuery(this).attr('data-eventid'));
        jQuery('#eModal-2 a').attr('data-eventid', jQuery(this).attr('data-eventid'));
        jQuery('#eModal-2').emodal('open');
    });

The problem is that the resulting IFRAME SRC parameter becomes:

src=”/index.php?eventid=10?eventid=11?eventid=12″

Basically all the “data-eventid” are selected and not only the one from the element that has been clicked.
I checked your pricing/checkout page that should work in the same way but I can’t figure out the jquery code.

What’s missing?

Thanks!

Try this

jQuery(document).on('click', '.eModal-2', function(e){
        e.preventDefault();
        var URL = "your_iframe_base_url";
	jQuery('#eModal-2 iframe').attr('src', URL + '?eventid=' + jQuery(this).data('eventid'));
        jQuery('#eModal-2 a').data('eventid', jQuery(this).data('eventid'));
        jQuery('#eModal-2').emodal('open');
    });