[#47819] - [5.4] POST com_contact form with webservices and custom reply enabled
- Fixed in Code Base
- 11 Jun 2026
- Medium
- Build: 5.4-dev
- # 47819
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- alikon:patch-7
User tests: Successful: Unsuccessful:
Pull Request resolves #44927 alternative to #45136
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Summary of Changes
Refactor email sending logic in ContactController when no custom reply enabled
Testing Instructions
Set custom_reply parameter to true in com_contact
Try to send a message using webservices
POST https://yoursite/api/index.php/v1/contacts/form/{contact_id} with this example payload
{
"contact_email": "email@example.org",
"contact_message": "some text",
"contact_name": "name",
"contact_subject": "subject"
}Actual result BEFORE applying this Pull Request
Exception
Expected result AFTER applying this Pull Request
no Exception
Link to documentations
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Documentation link for guide.joomla.org:
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Pull Request link for manual.joomla.org:
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| Status | New | ⇒ | Pending |
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I have tested this item ✅ successfully on 555e138
The test were made by a PHP script calling curl function similar to manual.joomla.org doc.
I debugged with phpstorm and found following
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Parameter show_email_form
@alikon: On first tests i got an exception on ContactController.php line 122. Which did not change with the patch.
Surprisingly when i changed parameter 'contact->form->Contact Form' from 'Use Global (Show)' to 'show' this -
Patch results
I do know i changed a lot of the settings before the above find. This is my actual result:
Without patch: "Error sending message"
With patch: ""
:
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I have tested this item ✅ successfully on 555e138
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I have tested this item ✅ successfully on 555e138
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✅ Final test before merge with JBT. In a new nightly build installation:
- First see frontend to understand the functionality
- Set Contacts > Form > Custom Reply: No
- Created one contact, linked to user to ci-admin
⚠️ set 'Contact Form: Show' for this contact, see 47942
- Created menu item 'Single contact' with this contact
- Was able to send email from site contact form
- Was able to send email from API
- See the issue error
- Set Contacts > Form > Custom Reply: Yes
- Sending email from site contact form is no more possible
- Silent, w/o any notice, the formular is reopened with empty fields, no email sent from Joomla 👉 email have to be send by 3rd party plugin (not tested!)
- Sending email with API fails with 400 'Error sending message'
- Applied the PR with Patch Tester
- ✅ Trying to send email with API is 200 OK, no email sent from Joomla 👉 email have to be send by 3rd party plugin (not tested!)
| Status | Ready to Commit | ⇒ | Fixed in Code Base |
| Closed_Date | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | ⇒ | 2026-06-11 16:37:56 |
| Closed_By | ⇒ | muhme |
Thank you very much @alikon for your contribution. Thanks to @QuyTon and @richard67 for review and support. Thanks to @exlemor, @ThomasFinnern and @QuyTon for testing.
I have tested this item ✅ successfully on 555e138
The test were made by a PHP script calling curl function similar to manual.joomla.org doc.
I debugged with phpstorm and found following
Parameter show_email_form
@alikon: On first tests i got an exception on ContactController.php line 122. Which did not change with the patch.
Surprisingly when i changed parameter 'contact->form->Contact Form' from 'Use Global (Show)' to 'show' this
Patch results
I do know i changed a lot of the settings before the above find. This is my actual result:
Without patch: "Error sending message"
With patch: ""
:
This comment was created with the J!Tracker Application at issues.joomla.org/tracker/joomla-cms/47819.