https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/capture-http-referrer-url-in-hidden-field Gravity Support Forums Topic: Capture http referrer url in hidden field en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 03:17:03 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/capture-http-referrer-url-in-hidden-field#post-62385 Wed, 13 Jun 2012 07:17:20 +0000 David Peralty 62385@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>vmanepete - If you set the default value to be the HTTP Ref URL, then you shouldn't need to do what I listed above. Though double check that it gets picked up properly and sent along. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/capture-http-referrer-url-in-hidden-field#post-62363 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 23:48:33 +0000 vmanepete 62363@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>David,</p> <p>I tried implementing this with ZOHO CRM. Looks like, when adding the HIdden Field to your form you may have to also select "HTTP Refererl URL" under Insert Merge Tag dropdown. </p> <p>Is this correct? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/capture-http-referrer-url-in-hidden-field#post-59158 Wed, 16 May 2012 12:09:50 +0000 silverscape 59158@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Thanks so much for the quick reply! I will give this go and revert back to you.....I appreciate the step-by-step approach! </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/capture-http-referrer-url-in-hidden-field#post-59157 Wed, 16 May 2012 11:51:51 +0000 David Peralty 59157@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi J,</p> <p>So there are a few simple steps that I can help you with. </p> <p>FORM SET-UP<br /> You will need a field to put in the referrer URL so that it gets saved to the entries table in Gravity Forms. </p> <ol> <li>Create a Hidden Field in your Form. (Hidden FIelds are in the Standard Fields set)</li> <li> Give it a label (Ref URL) - The label isn't important but helpful</li> <li> Under the Advanced Tab, click the check box for Allow Field to be Populated Dynamically</li> <li>Give it a Parameter Name (refurl)</li> </ol> <p>FUNCTIONS.PHP Changes<br /> You will need to create a function to grab the referrer URL and pass it to the hidden field.</p> <p>#1 - In your theme's function.php file you will need to create a filter using the gform_field_value_$parameter_name hook: <a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Gform_field_value_$parameter_name" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Gform_field_value_$parameter_name</a></p> <p>It will look like the following:<br /> <pre><code>add_filter(&quot;gform_field_value_refurl&quot;, &quot;referral_url&quot;);</code></pre> <p>As you can see, I used the parameter name that I put in above (refurl). </p> <p>#2 - Next we will need to code the referral_url function to grab the URL and then put it into the hidden field.</p> <pre><code>function referral_url($form){ //Grab URL from HTTP Server Var and put it into a variable $refurl = $_SERVER[&#39;HTTP_REFERER&#39;]; //Return that value to the form return esc_url_raw($refurl); }</code></pre> <p>FINAL NOTES<br /> Now, if everything has been done correctly, when the form is loaded, the function will be called to grab the referral page and put the value into a hidden field. Then when you look at your entries, you should see which page lead them to your form. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/capture-http-referrer-url-in-hidden-field#post-59155 Wed, 16 May 2012 11:13:21 +0000 silverscape 59155@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I wish to capture the url of the referring url prior to landing on the form page.</p> <p>I note that there is a merge field called 'embed url' but oddly no 'referral url' which I would think would be a standard, powerful feature of Gravity forms?</p> <p>This suggests there is some additional coding / jquery to do in the headers etc which I am reluctant to do :)</p> <p>Can anyone provide a step-by-step dummy proof mechanism to capture the referral url in my existing form without jumping through too many hoops?</p> <p>Thanks so much<br /> J </p>