I was building some forms a couple weeks ago and wanted the form to submit to different places based off the user's country selection. There are a few ways to do this, but I wanted the code to be maintainable by tech-savvy users who do not know PHP. This left me with a large, ulgy, chunk of code, but it is easily adaptable. To create such a thing, we need three things:
- A current list of all countries.
- Option values for countries.
- Some way of regionalizing the option values.
As Joomla developers, sometimes we have clients with special customization needs. I recently found myself in this situation when one client wanted a highly customized form to also register the user with Joomla at the same time as doing the form's main function. Since the usage requirements of this changes with every person, I'll just be providing a basic-level overview of the process.
It takes a lot to get me to write about poor customer service (typically blatant rudeness, coupled with ripping me off somehow is the only way for me to even mention something). In this case, I felt I needed to do more than just mention it, but dedicate an entire blog post to it. There is going to be a lot of content here, so go ahead and just skim. I wont hold it against you.