[support] most drupalish way to collect data from users

sander-martijn sander at sander-martijn.com
Wed Sep 19 12:13:44 UTC 2007


> Nice tools to discover... but the accent is on "form" rather than on
> file.
>
>   
Try this: http://drupal.org/project/webform
> I just have to collect data from users and store them in a DB.
>
> I could just have a php node that contain a form whose target is the
> node itself and collect all the data through POST and save them.
>
> That looks slick to me, I was wondering if that kind of activity
> (collecting data through forms to store in a DB) can be pursued in a
> more kosher way (using some drupal API, modules etc...).
>
> I just got into this:
> http://drupal.org/node/326
> expecially this:
> http://drupal.org/node/37775
>
> I've to get an idea of the advantages of kosher coding vs. learning
> all the API now ;)
>
>
> While we are at it... how do you collect data through GET (not POST)
> when url rewrite and alias are activated?
>
> What if the node is:
> drupal/this_is_the_php_node
> and I want to pass some GET data?
>
> thx
>
>   

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