Change text in error message

Question

I did a modification of one component for a contact, where the name of the file being sent as attachment is compared to the names in the database. Only if the name matches it is allowed to send. If it does not match, an error message should be displayed. The code I added is last 15 lines:

public function exec($upload_directory, $item)
    {
        if (!is_writable($upload_directory))
        {
            return array('error' => JText::_('COM_FOXCONTACT_ERR_DIR_NOT_WRITABLE'));
        }

        $size = $this->getFileSize();
        if ($size == 0)
        {
            return array('error' => JText::_('COM_FOXCONTACT_ERR_FILE_EMPTY'));
        }

        if ($size > constant($item->get('file.size', 'MB100')))
        {
            return array('error' => JText::_('COM_FOXCONTACT_ERR_FILE_TOO_LARGE'));
        }

        $realname = $this->getFileName();

        // My code
        $realname = Normalizer::normalize($realname);
        setlocale(LC_ALL,'bs_BA.UTF-8'); 
        $onlyname = pathinfo($realname, PATHINFO_FILENAME); 

        $db = JFactory::getDbo();
        $query = $db->getQuery(true);
        $query->select('eio3k_peaks.peak_name');
        $query->from($db->quoteName('#__peaks'));
        $db->setQuery($query);
        $peaks_list = $db->loadColumn();

        if (!in_array($onlyname, $peaks_list))
        {
            return array('error' => JText::_('Name of file <strong>' .$onlyname. ' <strong> is not correct. Pay attention to uppercase/lowercase, spaces, and special characters. More info at this link: https://planinarenje.ba'));
        }
        // End of my code
        ...

I'm trying to make variable $onlyname bold, and link clickable. I tried to make the message as a language constant and as a code, but it does not work.

This is updated code from @Robbie Jackson but with this code get empty message:

// My code
        $realname = Normalizer::normalize($realname);
        setlocale(LC_ALL,'bs_BA.UTF-8'); 
        $onlyname = pathinfo($realname, PATHINFO_FILENAME); 

        $db = JFactory::getDbo();
        $query = $db->getQuery(true);
        $query->select('eio3k_peaks.peak_name');
        $query->from($db->quoteName('#__peaks'));
        $db->setQuery($query);
        $peaks_list = $db->loadColumn();

        if (!in_array($onlyname, $peaks_list))
    {
        JFactory::getApplication()->enqueueMessage(JText::_('Name of file <strong>' .$onlyname. ' </strong> is not correct', 'error')); return array('error' => ' ');
    }
        // End of my code
        ...

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Answer 1

Joomla language overrides seem to accept html ok, so just add the markup into your override.

Language overrides are described at https://docs.joomla.org/J3.x:Language_Overrides_in_Joomla

Putting text like

Your file is <strong>too large</strong>.  
Please see <a href="https://docs.joomla.org/J3.x:Language_Overrides_in_Joomla">here</a>

worked for me.

Answer 2

Is that what you need?

return array('error' => "Name of file <strong><a href='your_link'>" .$onlyname. "</a> </strong> is not correct. Pay attention to uppercase/lowercase, spaces, and special characters. More info at this link: https://planinarenje.ba");

And if you want to use language constant:

return array('error' => "Name of file ".JText::_('NAMEONLY')." is not correct. Pay attention to uppercase/lowercase, spaces, and special characters. More info at this link: https://planinarenje.ba");

Your contant language:

NAMEONLY="<strong><a href='your_link'>name </a></strong>"

or

array('error' => JText::_("Name of file <strong><a href='your_link'>".$onlyname."</a></strong> is not correct. Pay attention to uppercase/lowercase, spaces, and special characters. More info at this link: https://planinarenje.ba") );

You can't display links on Javascript alerts, instead you can show the results on a div.

You can do in your server:

echo  "<div id='result'>Name of file <strong><a href='your_link'>" .$onlyname. "</a> </strong> is not correct. Pay attention to uppercase/lowercase, spaces, and special characters. More info at this link: https://planinarenje.ba')<div>";

And the page you are trying to show the response on:

success ajax function:

 success: function (data){
            var result= $(data).find("#result").text();
            $("#error").empty().append(result);

         }

Insert this where you want the error to be displayed.

 <div id="error"></div>