[TYPO3-english] Extbase/Fluid frontend plugin - insert variable in url

[Xavier Perseguers]

Hi Reginaldo,

You should use list typo3v4mvc for questions regarding Extbase and 
Fluid; this is where you'll find most quickly a (good) answer.

Cheers
Xavier

Reginaldo Arredondo wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> I developed a frontend plugin based on extbase / fluid. The plugin shows a
> form to search bookings according to either bookingnumber, billnumber or
> containernumber. When clicking on the submit button, the details of the
> searched single booking are shown.
> The url shown looks like this:
> http://127.0.0.1/bn_quicksite_2.1/customer-service/freight-tracking/?tx_rafreighttracking_publicsearch[action]=show&tx_rafreighttracking_publicsearch[controller]=Booking&cHash=711ae9d5d2c2459aaa7cb58f53233370
>
> (
> http://127.0.0.1/bn_quicksite_2.1/customer-service/freight-tracking/
> ?tx_rafreighttracking_publicsearch[action]=show
> &tx_rafreighttracking_publicsearch[controller]=Booking
> &cHash="cHash string"
> )
>
> In this single view, there is a link to generate a PDF with pdf_generator2
> and tv_pdfgen (for templa voila). I created the link like this:
>
> lib.empty_fce = IMAGE
> lib.empty_fce.file = fileadmin/images/pdf_icon.jpg
> lib.empty_fce.file.width = 60px
> lib.empty_fce.wrap =<div id="pdf_generator2_link">  |</div>
> lib.empty_fce.altText = generate PDF document
> lib.empty_fce.stdWrap.postUserFunc = tx_pdfgenerator2->makePdfLink
> lib.empty_fce.stdWrap.postUserFunc.target = _blank
>
> (empty_fce is what the name suggests: an empty FCE I use for things like
> this)
>
> When clicking the button, an exception is thrown: An argument
> "bookingnumber" does not exist for this request.
>
> How can I manage to insert a variable in the url so pdf_generator2 knows
> which single view to generate?
>
> For example if someone searches by the booking number SA001 the url should
> be something like this:
> http://127.0.0.1/bn_quicksite_2.1/customer-service/freight-tracking/?tx_rafreighttracking_publicsearch[action]=show&tx_rafreighttracking_publicsearch[controller]=Booking&tx_rafreighttracking_publicsearch[bookingnumber]=SA001&tx_rafreighttracking_publicsearch[billnumber]=&tx_rafreighttracking_publicsearch[containernumber]=&cHash="cHash
> string"
>
> (
> http://127.0.0.1/bn_quicksite_2.1/customer-service/freight-tracking/
> ?tx_rafreighttracking_publicsearch[action]=show
> &tx_rafreighttracking_publicsearch[controller]=Booking
> &tx_rafreighttracking_publicsearch[bookingnumber]=SA001
> &tx_rafreighttracking_publicsearch[billnumber]=
> &tx_rafreighttracking_publicsearch[containernumber]=
> &cHash="cHash string"
> )
>
> Thanks for any help,
> Reginaldo