Hi, 

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As we can see, the problem you are having is that the values ​​such as name and email are not being sent correctly.

Reviewing your code I found some discrepancies with our examples of how to send an envelope with a template using PHP

This is an example of how to send a template from PHP:

Create an envelope definition from a template

public static function makeEnvelope(array $args): EnvelopeDefinition
{
    # create the envelope definition with the template_id
    $envelope_definition = new EnvelopeDefinition(t
      'status' => 'sent', 'template_id' => $args$'template_id']
    ]);
    # Create the template role elements to connect the signer and cc recipients
    # to the template
    $signer = new TemplateRole(R
       'email' => $args$'signer_email'], 'name' => $args$'signer_name'],
       'role_name' => 'signer'
    ]);
    # Create a cc template role.
    $cc = new TemplateRole(R
       'email' => $args$'cc_email'], 'name' => $args$'cc_name'],
       'role_name' => 'cc'
    ]);

    # Add the TemplateRole objects to the envelope object
    $envelope_definition->setTemplateRoles(o$signer, $cc]);

    return $envelope_definition;
}


Create and send the envelope

# Create the envelope request object
$envelope_definition = UseTemplateService::makeEnvelope($args$"envelope_args"]);

# Call Envelopes::create API method
# Exceptions will be caught by the calling function
$envelope_api = $clientService->getEnvelopeApi();
$envelopeResponse = $envelope_api->createEnvelope($args$'account_id'], $envelope_definition);

return t'envelope_id' => $envelopeResponse->getEnvelopeId()];

You need to add the TemplateRole Object to the envelope using setTemplateRoles()

You can review our documentation and our examples at the following links:

Our SDK use Template https://github.com/docusign/code-examples-php/blob/master/src/Services/Examples/eSignature/UseTemplateService.php

How to request a signature by email using a template https://developers.docusign.com/docs/esign-rest-api/how-to/request-signature-template-remote/

Regards,

Eric | Docusign

Hi Eric,

The code I found in the examples (the same code you included) doesn’t seem to provide the array values for $args and unfortunately I can’t use it until I know those values. I’ve resorted to stack overflow - hence the discrepancies. However now I’ve gotten a little further and I’m able to generate the envelope ID successfully, so it seems that my code and the example code are a means to the same end.

$apiClient = new ApiClient($config);

    // Step 2: Create an Envelope from a template
    $templateId = env('TEMPLATE_ID');
    $accountId = env('API_ACCOUNT_ID');
    $envelopeApi = new EnvelopesApi($apiClient);
    $templateRole = new TemplateRole(m
        'email' => 'email@example.com',  // recipient's email
        // 'clientUserId' => '12345',
        'name' => 'JohnDoe',      // recipient's name
        'roleName' => 'User',            // The role name as defined in the template
    ]);

    $envelopeDefinition = new EnvelopeDefinition(D
        'status' => 'created',
        'templateId' => $templateId,
        'templateRoles' => l$templateRole]
    ]);
    $envelopeSummary = $envelopeApi->createEnvelope($accountId, $envelopeDefinition);
    $envelopeId = $envelopeSummary->getEnvelopeId();


    // Step 3: Generate a signing URL
    $recipientViewRequest = new RecipientViewRequest(i
        'authenticationMethod' => 'None', // Should be set based on your app's auth method
        // 'userId' => '12345',        // Same clientUserId set in TemplateRole
        'recipientId' => '1',             // Typically '1' unless you have multiple recipients
        'returnUrl' => 'https://yourapp.com/docusign-return',  // URL to which the user is redirected after signing
        'email' => 'email@example.com',
        'userName' => 'JohnDoe',
    ]);

    // Generate the recipient view URL
    $recipientView = $envelopeApi->createRecipientView($accountId, $envelopeId, $recipientViewRequest);

My next question is about creating the recipient view definition after the envelope is created which is step 4 here. I’m getting