AutoRelase / manuallyReleaseData

[Ahnungsloser]

Hi all, I´m new to Sisyphus and jQuery.
I have integrated it to my site. My Form is checked by PHP for mistake, the data is written to MYSQL and the user is redirected to a confirmation site. Now my question. I have added following code to my form site ...

$( function() {
$( "#formdata" ).sisyphus({
autoRelease: false
});
} );
</script>

Input is correct, checked by PHP and user is redirected. How can I clear the data now from the new site ...

I tried $('#formdata').sisyphus.manuallyReleaseData();
but seems not to be workin. Any help for a newbie is apreciated.

[simsalabim]

$("#formdata").sisyphus().manuallyReleaseData();

Also you don't need to use backslashes here, they're used to escape strings.
And if you tried to check in console the receiver of the function you were calling $("#formdata").sisyphus // function() you'd see that this is not an object.
Javascript console throws TypeError: $(...).sisyphus.manuallyReleaseData is not a function, please use chrome developer tools or firebug.

[Ahnungsloser]

Hello simsalbim,
thanks for your reply. I tried your code but it don't work. All data is still there. Instead localStorage.clear(); works. Why?
By the way ... the code is output of my PHP script, so I had to escape the "".

[simsalabim]

I can't say why it doesn't work as I didn't see full code. You can check the functionality:

• go to the demo site
• fill the first form with some values (change select and text input)
• reload the page to make sure the data were persisted
• run in js-console $('#basic_form').sisyphus().manuallyReleaseData()
• reload the page to make sure the form is cleared

Oh, I've just read the last sentence - I think I don't even want to see that code as having javascript (as well as mark-up, btw) in php is not a brilliant solution.
Instead, if you say that the solution I provided doesn't work, could you please paste the js-console output it generates?

[Ahnungsloser]

I think the problem is that, as I mentioned in the first post, the call to the manuallyReleaseData() function isn't done on the site where the form is located. I check the user input at input.php where I also call Sisyphus

$(function() {
$("#formdata").sisyphus({
autoRelease: false
});

then I redirect to input-ok.php where no form is availabe. On this site input-ok.php I will manuallyReleaseData().
Think thats the problem an the reason why localStorage.clear(); is working. Is there a problem if I use localStorage.clear(); instead of manuallyReleaseData()?

[simsalabim]

If you need to clear sisyphus' data on another page why do you run it with autoRelease: false then????

[SangeethaSiva]

Hi,
I want my form data need to be released once the form is submitted.
We have this line - autoRelease: true.
But data is not cleared after submit. Can you please guide?