https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/create-a-form-that-enters-information-into-the-usermeta-table Gravity Support Forums Topic: Create a form that enters information into the usermeta table en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 06:52:44 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/create-a-form-that-enters-information-into-the-usermeta-table#post-3755 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:52:46 +0000 mkrapf 3755@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I would like to create a multi-step registration process.</p> <p>After registering the user would be redirected to the Gravity Form. They would be asked a series of questions (eg. address).</p> <p>The function below can handle adding the data into the usermeta table.</p> <pre><code>&lt;?php } add_action( &#39;personal_options_update&#39;, &#39;save_extra_user_profile_fields&#39; ); add_action( &#39;edit_user_profile_update&#39;, &#39;save_extra_user_profile_fields&#39; ); function save_extra_user_profile_fields( $user_id ) { if ( !current_user_can( &#39;edit_user&#39;, $user_id ) ) { return false; } update_usermeta( $user_id, &#39;address&#39;, $_POST[&#39;address&#39;] ); update_usermeta( $user_id, &#39;city&#39;, $_POST[&#39;city&#39;] ); update_usermeta( $user_id, &#39;state&#39;, $_POST[&#39;state&#39;] ); update_usermeta( $user_id, &#39;postalcode&#39;, $_POST[&#39;postalcode&#39;] ); } ?&gt;</code></pre> <p>My question is: <strong>How can I tie this function in with the Gravity Forms pre or post submission hook to get data from the field to the usermeta table?</strong></p> <p>I've been successful at adding new fields to the profile page which allows the user to add/edit usermeta, but I'm not wanting to rely on the profile page because I would like to make some of the fields required.</p> <p>The code I used to do that is below.</p> <pre><code>&lt;?php add_action( &#39;show_user_profile&#39;, &#39;extra_user_profile_fields&#39; ); add_action( &#39;edit_user_profile&#39;, &#39;extra_user_profile_fields&#39; ); function extra_user_profile_fields( $user ) { ?&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;?php _e(&quot;Extra profile information&quot;, &quot;blank&quot;); ?&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;table class=&quot;form-table&quot;&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;label for=&quot;address&quot;&gt;&lt;?php _e(&quot;Address&quot;); ?&gt;&lt;/label&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;input type=&quot;text&quot; name=&quot;address&quot; id=&quot;address&quot; value=&quot;&lt;?php echo esc_attr( get_the_author_meta( &#39;address&#39;, $user-&gt;ID ) ); ?&gt;&quot; class=&quot;regular-text&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;description&quot;&gt;&lt;?php _e(&quot;Please enter your address.&quot;); ?&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;label for=&quot;city&quot;&gt;&lt;?php _e(&quot;City&quot;); ?&gt;&lt;/label&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;input type=&quot;text&quot; name=&quot;city&quot; id=&quot;city&quot; value=&quot;&lt;?php echo esc_attr( get_the_author_meta( &#39;city&#39;, $user-&gt;ID ) ); ?&gt;&quot; class=&quot;regular-text&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;description&quot;&gt;&lt;?php _e(&quot;Please enter your city.&quot;); ?&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;label for=&quot;state&quot;&gt;&lt;?php _e(&quot;State&quot;); ?&gt;&lt;/label&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;input type=&quot;text&quot; name=&quot;state&quot; id=&quot;state&quot; value=&quot;&lt;?php echo esc_attr( get_the_author_meta( &#39;state&#39;, $user-&gt;ID ) ); ?&gt;&quot; class=&quot;regular-text&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;description&quot;&gt;&lt;?php _e(&quot;Please enter your state.&quot;); ?&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;label for=&quot;postalcode&quot;&gt;&lt;?php _e(&quot;Postal Code&quot;); ?&gt;&lt;/label&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;input type=&quot;text&quot; name=&quot;postalcode&quot; id=&quot;postalcode&quot; value=&quot;&lt;?php echo esc_attr( get_the_author_meta( &#39;postalcode&#39;, $user-&gt;ID ) ); ?&gt;&quot; class=&quot;regular-text&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;description&quot;&gt;&lt;?php _e(&quot;Please enter your postal code.&quot;); ?&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/table&gt; &lt;?php } add_action( &#39;personal_options_update&#39;, &#39;save_extra_user_profile_fields&#39; ); add_action( &#39;edit_user_profile_update&#39;, &#39;save_extra_user_profile_fields&#39; ); function save_extra_user_profile_fields( $user_id ) { if ( !current_user_can( &#39;edit_user&#39;, $user_id ) ) { return false; } update_usermeta( $user_id, &#39;address&#39;, $_POST[&#39;address&#39;] ); update_usermeta( $user_id, &#39;city&#39;, $_POST[&#39;city&#39;] ); update_usermeta( $user_id, &#39;state&#39;, $_POST[&#39;state&#39;] ); update_usermeta( $user_id, &#39;postalcode&#39;, $_POST[&#39;postalcode&#39;] ); } ?&gt;</code></pre> <p>Thank you </p>