Get current URL arguments inside ajax callback?

Question

I have created custom module called 'mymodule'.

In this URL localhost/es/mymodule/name/1/2/3, I have this field:

$form['name'] = array(
  '#title' => t('Enter name'),
  ...
  '#ajax' => array(
    'event' => 'blur',
    'callback' => 'mymodule_ajax_callback',
    'wrapper' => 'my-wrapper',
    'method' => 'replace',
  ),
  ...
);

My ajax callback is successfully called:

function mymodule_ajax_callback($form, &$form_state) {
  ...
  return ...
}

However, inside 'mymodule_ajax_callback', I need to get the current URL arguments of the page such that arg(1) = 'name', arg(2) = 1, arg(3) = 2, and so on.

By nature, Drupal uses the URL system/ajax so calling arg(N) does not work as I need it to be.

How to get the current URL arguments using arg() inside the ajax callback?

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EDIT 1:

I thought of using $_SESSION[...] = arg(1); $_SESSION[...] = arg(2); ... on my form and calling the session variables on my ajax callback. But I am looking for a better way without using session but only using drupal methods if available.

Answer 1

The arguments passed to the page callback are saved in $form_state['build_info']['args'], with the exception of the form ID.

If you use the following definition for the menu item, you would get them there. (Replace 'form ID' with the form builder ID.)

$item['name/%/%/%'] = array(
  // …

  'page callback' => 'drupal_get_form',
  'page arguments' => array('form ID', 1, 2, 3),

  // …
);

References

• drupal_get_form()
• drupal_build_form()

Answer 2

Create the hidden field in the form & store the current url as below:

$current_url = arg(1);
$form['current_url'] = array('#type' => 'hidden', '#value' => $current_url);

And that than you can access the above hidden field in the ajax callback as $form_state['values']['current_url']

The above method worked for me.

Answer 3

This is the trick I use for the OpenLayers module:

function openlayers_ui_admin_settings($form, &$form_state) { $form['openlayers_default_map'] = array( '#type' => 'select', '#title' => t('OpenLayers Default Map'), '#description' => t('This is the default map that will be used in cases where one is not defined. It will also be used as the default when creating new maps.'), '#options' => $options, '#default_value' => variable_get('openlayers_default_map', 'map1'), '#ajax' => array( 'callback' => '_ajax_reload_default_map', 'method' => 'replace', 'wrapper' => 'default_map_ajax', 'effect' => 'fade' ); $form['current_path'] = array('#type' => 'value', '#value' => current_path()); return system_settings_form($form); } function _ajax_reload_default_map($form, &$form_state) { $_SESSION['current_path'] = $form_state['input']['current_path']; $map = openlayers_object_load('map', $form_state['values']['openlayers_default_map']); $form['default_map']['map'] = array( '#markup' => openlayers_render_map($map) );; return $form['default_map']; }

Instead of using $form_state['values'], I use $form_state['input'], it doesn't get updated through the AJAX calls and the current path remains correct.