Appropriate time to use <submit>

[jallard]

I wanted to know if i have to submit a web service call after each user input that I want captured, or if it was possible for me to wait until all data has been collected before I use the <submit> tag? If so, how do I insure all the correct data is collected? Is this done in the background?

[support]

Hi jallard,

No, it is possible to collect all of the information before you submit it to your backend. We recommend using a root document that contains all of the variables you would like to submit. As you collect the data from the users, you can store the final values into those variables. Once you have collected all of the information, you then send the data.

root.php

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<?php
header("Content-type: text/xml");
echo "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>";
?>

<vxml version="2.0">
  <!-- Variables  -->
  <var name="seq"/>
  <var name="date"/>
  <var name="routing"/>
</vxml>

main.php

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<?php
header("Content-type: text/xml");
echo("<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n");
?>

<vxml version="2.0" application="root.php">
  <form id="Sequence">
    <field name="chkseq" type="digits?length=6">
      <prompt>
	Please enter the check sequence number located on the check.
      </prompt>
      <filled>
	<assign name="seq" expr="chkseq"/>
	<goto next="#get_date"/>
      </filled>
    </field>
  </form>

After you've collected all of the information necessary and stored this information into the variables declared in your root document, you would submit these values.

main.php

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  <form id="submit_data">
    <block>
      <submit next="http://www.example.com/ivr/submit.php" namelist="seq date routing"/>
    </block>
  </form>
</vxml>

Regards,
Plum Support

[jallard]

Thank you so much for your help. Troy was right, you guys are great.