Submitting form data

At the moment our code does not submit the record to the database, because we have not yet implemented the get_submission method in our class. This simply takes a list of the form’s values and needs to return a submission - remember there are handy helper methods for converting our form’s values into a submission for sending to the warehouse. So, there is just one line of code required here and the method should look like

<?php
  public static function get_submission($values, $args) {
    return data_entry_helper::build_sample_occurrence_submission($values);
  }
?>

Tip

If we were using the species_checklist control to capture a list of records in a single form, then the build_sample_occurrences_list_submission method can be used instead.

Update your tutorial.php file and save it, then try inputting a record. You will hopefully find that the form is accepted but no response is displayed on the page, so check in your local warehouse to see if the occurrence record has been added to the database. You can easily enable the default response message after saving a record, by editing the form in Drupal. Find and expand the Other IForm Parameters section of the edit view and tick the box titled Display notification after save. Now, save your form and try adding another record; this time the “Thank you for submitting your data” message should appear at the top of the form.