Custom contact form variables not being shown in email template if input marked as disabled

Question

I have a custom contact form on the product view, so a customer can ask a question for a specific product. In the form I have a hidden text field with the current URL, so we know which product the question is for.

I've given the field the name producturl ...

$currentUrl     = Mage::helper('core/url')->getCurrentUrl();

<input name="producturl" id="producturl" title="<?php echo $this->__('Product URL') ?>" value="<?php echo $currentUrl; ?>" class="input-text disabled" type="text" disabled />

I would expect the Email Template to output this field using

{{var data.producturl}} 

since all other fields seem to work this way. Here is the Email Template:

Name: {{var data.name}} E-Mail-Adresse: {{var data.email}} Telefon: {{var data.telephone}} Bemerkungen: {{var data.comment}}  Produkt: {{var data.producturl}}

Everything seems to be working, the email is sent and all the info is given out in the template apart from the producturl field. Can anyone give me a reason as to why this is?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Ok, this is weird, but I have found out that a form field that is marked as 'disabled' will not be output in the $data.

Changing the input field from

<input name="producturl" id="producturl" title="<?php echo $this->__('Product URL') ?>" value="<?php echo $currentUrl; ?>" class="input-text disabled" type="text" disabled />

to

<input name="producturl" id="producturl" title="<?php echo $this->__('Product URL') ?>" value="<?php echo $currentUrl; ?>" class="input-text disabled" type="text" />

made the value appear in the email template.

Maybe this will be helpful for others.