https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/confirm-e-mail-variable Gravity Support Forums Topic: Confirm E-mail Variable en-US Sat, 04 Apr 2026 10:41:42 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/confirm-e-mail-variable#post-38359 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:50:07 +0000 Chris Hajer 38359@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Glad to have helped. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/confirm-e-mail-variable#post-38356 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:33:26 +0000 provdes 38356@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Thanks Chris worked at beaut!!!</p> <p>You we're right was the first 6 from my input ID that was causing the issue.</p> <p>Big thanks for your time and help! </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/confirm-e-mail-variable#post-38320 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:56:37 +0000 Chris Hajer 38320@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Sorry, you were getting pretty technical so I didn't think to explain it.</p> <p>You can use the PHP function var_dump to view what's in the $_POST array. That way, you know exactly the right name to use in your functions. You can insert var_dump("$_POST"); into your code, and the contents of the $_POST variable will be dumped. <strong>Where</strong> it gets dumped depends on where you insert the code. </p> <p>I sometimes write to a file on the server, or instead I email the contents of the array. Since we know $_POST is an array, it's safe to use the "print_r" function, instead of var_dump, like this:</p> <pre><code>[php] // format: email address, subject line, body // the &quot;true&quot; parameter for print_r tells it to return the array, not echo it wp_mail(&quot;chris@rocketgenius.com&quot;, &quot;Subject line var_dump of post variable&quot;, print_r(&quot;$_POST&quot;, true));</code></pre> <p>That will email you nice looking output from the $_POST array, and you can see the names of your inputs there.</p> <p>Is this form 6? If so, you should remove the first 6, after #input_ and I think it will be fine. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/confirm-e-mail-variable#post-38317 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:49:25 +0000 provdes 38317@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi Chris, I don't want to sound stupid, but I don't understand the "var_dump the $_POST"</p> <p>If you roll over the fields in a CSS edit or firebug it reveals the the input ID</p> <p>My input ID's for the confirmation email field is:</p> <p>#input_6_6 - this is the 'your email' input ID<br /> #input_6_6_2 - this is the 'confirmation email' input ID</p> <p>Can't figure it out! </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/confirm-e-mail-variable#post-38124 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:17:13 +0000 Chris Hajer 38124@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>You should remove the form ID from the input. It should look more like this:</p> <pre><code>input_6_2</code></pre> <p>If you var_dump the $_POST with your function, you will see the actual input IDs you need to target. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/confirm-e-mail-variable#post-38056 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 09:05:40 +0000 provdes 38056@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Thanks David but I'm not getting a result though from the hook.</p> <p>I've inserted the code below</p> <pre><code>add_filter(&#39;gform_pre_render&#39;, &#39;add_confirm_value&#39;); function add_confirm_value($form){ $_POST[&#39;input_6_6_2&#39;] = &#39;Confirm Your E-mail&#39;; return $form; }</code></pre> <p>And added this into the functions.php, inside the PHP tags, and is still not adding a variable.</p> <p>I used firebug to get the ID of the of the input which is #input_6_6_2</p> <p>Am I missing something?</p> <p>@Kevin - this is purely for a design purpose, I'm using jQuery to clear the value when the input is clicked, and I am just using these variables for label purposes. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/confirm-e-mail-variable#post-37952 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:04:43 +0000 Kevin Flahaut 37952@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>So, I'm curious, if you're pre-populating both the of the fields, then you're not really asking the user to confirm the email address by re-typing it themselves. Why not just pass the value to a normal email field with no confirmation? The confirmation field is providing no real benefit at this point. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/confirm-e-mail-variable#post-37950 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:49:25 +0000 David Smith 37950@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi Provdes,</p> <p>This input does not provide a dynamic population parameter; however, if you know the field ID you can populate via the <a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Gform_pre_render" rel="nofollow">gform_pre_render</a> hook.</p> <pre><code>[php] add_filter(&#39;gform_pre_render&#39;, &#39;add_confirm_value&#39;); function add_confirm_value($form){ $_POST[&#39;input_3_2&#39;] = &#39;david@rocketgenius.com&#39;; return $form; }</code></pre> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/confirm-e-mail-variable#post-37905 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 06:50:25 +0000 provdes 37905@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>As usual I'm styling gforms to the max. On this occasion I've got a email field with with confirm email field. </p> <p>I've removed the input labels, and am using variables as my labels.</p> <p>My problem is I can only get a variable in the first email field - is there a way using the functions.php to a manually add the confirm email variable?</p> <p>#input_6_6 ...this has variable set using gf admin panel<br /> #input_6_6_2 ...this confirm email field I need a variable on</p> <p>Any direction would be great thanks. </p>