Parse email contents

[agvg]

I am trying to add a new save button besides the forward button in email, to parse the mail contents and store them in database. Since i am too new to sugarcrm and php, i am not able to do so,. can anyone plz help me out how to solve this problem.Thanx in advance.

[Morkeleb]

Did you ever receive assistance with this?

[sugarchris]

To create separate functionality, you're best off creating a new destination file, a la, Save.php.

The button click should submit the form to that destination exactly like the Save button, but with a different action (let's call it Foo.php).

The button would look like:

<input type='submit' name='fooButton' class='button'
  onclick="this.form.action.value='Foo';
  this.form.module.value='{RETURN_MODULE}';   
  this.form.record.value='{RETURN_ID}';"
..etc.>

The Foo.php page should be based on something familiar. In most cases, I would recommend dissecting Save.php, but Emails' Save.php is rather complicated and messy.

The basic premise is:
1. take the values submitted via the form ($_REQUEST superglobal) and do some stuff with it.

 $name = myCustomFunctionThatReturnsAString($_REQUEST['name']);
$desc = myEmailBodyProcessor($_REQUEST['description']); 
  

2. save the stuff and redirect to the DetailView page (typical flow).

 // instantiate new Email object
$email = new Email();
// popuplate necessary fields after processing
$email->name = $name; // processed above
$email->description = $desc; // also processed above
// save them
$email->save();
// redirect to the final destination page;
header("index.php?module=Emails&action=DetailView&id={$email->id}");
die(); 
  

HTH.

[Morkeleb]

agvg, do you have the code worked out for parsing the contents of the email body itself? That's what I'm currently seeking.

[guz843]

agvg, do you have the code worked out for parsing the contents of the email body itself? That's what I'm currently seeking.

i am willing to pay for this!