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# YUI Library Examples: Rich Text Editor: Editor Data Post with Connection Manager

# Rich Text Editor: Editor Data Post with Connection Manager

This example demonstrates how to use Connection Manager to post data to the server, filter it and return it to the Editor.

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## Setting up the Editors HTML

Setting up the Editor's HTML is done by creating a `textarea` control on the page.

<form method="post" action="#" id="form1"> <textarea id="editor" name="editor" rows="20" cols="75"> This is some more test text.<br>This is some more test text.<br>This is some more test text.<br> This is some more test text.<br>This is some more test text.<br>This is some more test text. </textarea> </form>

## Setting up the Editors Javascript

Once the `textarea` is on the page, then initialize the Editor like this:

(function() { //Setup some private variables var Dom = YAHOO.util.Dom, Event = YAHOO.util.Event, status = null; //The Editor config var myConfig = { height: '300px', width: '600px', animate: true, dompath: true, focusAtStart: true }; //Now let's load the Editor.. var myEditor = new YAHOO.widget.Editor('editor', myConfig); myEditor.render(); })();

## Setup the Connection Manager Object

We need to setup the callback object for Connection Manager. In the `handleSuccess` function, we will `eval` the data returned from the server.

Then we will call `myEditor.setEditorHTML` with the new HTML.

var handleSuccess = function(o) { YAHOO.log('Post success', 'info', 'example'); var json = o.responseText.substring(o.responseText.indexOf('{'), o.responseText.lastIndexOf('}') + 1); var data = eval('(' + json + ')'); status.innerHTML = 'Status: ' + data.Results.status + '<br>Filter: ' + data.Results.filter + '<br>' + (new Date().toString()); myEditor.setEditorHTML(data.Results.data); } var handleFailure = function(o) { YAHOO.log('Post failed', 'info', 'example'); var json = o.responseText.substring(o.responseText.indexOf('{'), o.responseText.lastIndexOf('}') + 1); var data = eval('(' + json + ')'); status.innerHTML = 'Status: ' + data.Results.status + '<br>'; } var callback = { success: handleSuccess, failure: handleFailure };

## Setup the Button and the Checkbox

Using a Button control, we create the new Button and subscribe to the `click` event to begin the transaction.

Before making the request, we need to pull the HTML from the editor by calling the `myEditor.saveHTML` method. This will place the filtered HTML from the Editor back into the textarea.

Once we have that, we contruct our query string, and fire off the request.

Note: The request is wrapped in a short `setTimeout` to allow the browser to finish the cleanup calls that the Editor is making.

_button.on('click', function(ev) { YAHOO.log('Button clicked, initiate transaction', 'info', 'example'); Event.stopEvent(ev); myEditor.saveHTML(); window.setTimeout(function() { var sUrl = "assets/post.php"; var data = 'filter=' + ((Dom.get('filter').checked) ? 'yes' : 'no') + '&editor_data=' + encodeURIComponent(myEditor.get('textarea').value); var request = YAHOO.util.Connect.asyncRequest('POST', sUrl, callback, data); }, 200); });

## Snippet of server side PHP

On the server side, first we filter the HTML to remove harmful HTML elements. Then we are doing a simple text filter (in this case the Elmer Fudd filter) and adding a "tagline" to the bottom of the data.

Once our filtering is complete, we are returning the new data to the browser.

header('Content-type: application/json'); // Use Services_JSON require_once('JSON.php'); $json = new Services_JSON(); //Aggressive filtering... $allow_tags = array( 'b', 'strong', 'i', 'em', 'u', 'a', 'p', 'sup', 'sub', 'div', 'img', 'span', 'font', 'br', 'ul', 'ol', 'li' ); $filter = $_POST['filter']; $r_data = getRawEditorData('editor_data'); //Function defined in an include $e_data = strip_tags($r_data, '<'.implode('><', $allow_tags).'>'); if ($filter == 'yes') { // Replace the words: $EditorData = fudd($e_data); //See full example code in the downloaded files.. $EditorData .= '<br><br>--<br>Footer added on server side after filter'; } else { //Do some filtering here.. $EditorData = $e_data; } //Create the payload JSON object to deliver back to the browser.. $data = new stdclass(); $data->Results = new stdclass(); $data->Results->raw_data = $r_data; $data->Results->filter = $filter; $data->Results->status = 'OK'; $data->Results->data = $EditorData; echo($json->encode($data));

## Full Example Javascript Source

(function() { var Dom = YAHOO.util.Dom, Event = YAHOO.util.Event, status = null; var handleSuccess = function(o) { YAHOO.log('Post success', 'info', 'example'); var json = o.responseText.substring(o.responseText.indexOf('{'), o.responseText.lastIndexOf('}') + 1); var data = eval('(' + json + ')'); status.innerHTML = 'Status: ' + data.Results.status + '<br>Filter: ' + data.Results.filter + '<br>' + (new Date().toString()); myEditor.setEditorHTML(data.Results.data); } var handleFailure = function(o) { YAHOO.log('Post failed', 'info', 'example'); var json = o.responseText.substring(o.responseText.indexOf('{'), o.responseText.lastIndexOf('}') + 1); var data = eval('(' + json + ')'); status.innerHTML = 'Status: ' + data.Results.status + '<br>'; } var callback = { success: handleSuccess, failure: handleFailure }; YAHOO.log('Create Button Control (#toggleEditor)', 'info', 'example'); var _button = new YAHOO.widget.Button('submitEditor'); var myConfig = { height: '300px', width: '600px', animate: true, dompath: true }; YAHOO.log('Create the Editor..', 'info', 'example'); var myEditor = new YAHOO.widget.Editor('editor', myConfig); myEditor.render(); _button.on('click', function(ev) { YAHOO.log('Button clicked, initiate transaction', 'info', 'example'); Event.stopEvent(ev); myEditor.saveHTML(); window.setTimeout(function() { var sUrl = "assets/post.php"; var data = 'filter=' + ((Dom.get('filter').checked) ? 'yes' : 'no') + '&editor_data=' + encodeURIComponent(myEditor.get('textarea').value); var request = YAHOO.util.Connect.asyncRequest('POST', sUrl, callback, data); }, 200); }); Event.onDOMReady(function() { status = Dom.get('status'); }); })();

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### Rich Text Editor Examples:

- Flickr Image Search
- Calendar Plugin
- Icon Insertion
- Plain Text Switcher
- Editor Data Post with Connection Manager
- Skinning the Editor
- Default Toolbar Config
- Code Editor
- Editor inside a Tabview Control
- One Editor, Multiple Edit Areas
- Editor with Custom Image Browser
- Simple Editor — Basic Buttons
- Simple Editor — Advanced Buttons
- Editor — Basic Buttons
- Editor Auto Adjusting Height
- Custom resizing for the Rich Text Editor (included with examples for Resize Utility)
- Simple Application (included with examples for Layout Manager)
- Complex Application (included with examples for Layout Manager)

### More Rich Text Editor Resources:

- User's Guide (external)
- API Documentation
- Cheat Sheet PDF (external)

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