https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/function-call-and-field_values Gravity Support Forums Topic: Function call and $field_values en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:58:30 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/function-call-and-field_values#post-46712 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:33:28 +0000 sascha 46712@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi there,<br /> I do not understand the $field_values in the the above example. I could not find anything in the documentation yet either. Can the $field_values also be used when calling a form by shortcode? Would I use $field_values to pre-populate fields?</p> <p>How would I set a form up, so that it does not create a post, but uses the wp_update_post function instead? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/function-call-and-field_values#post-22647 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:47:40 +0000 David Smith 22647@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Conceptually, all you'd need to do is conditionally use the <a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Gform_disable_post_creation" rel="nofollow">gform_disable_post_creation</a> hook to disable post creation when the user is editing through the Gravity Form. This would be a condition that would need to be created and checked in your own custom code.</p> <p>If the user is in "edit" mode, you can then use a combination of the <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_update_post" rel="nofollow">wp_update_post</a> function (to update the post title, post body, etc) and <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/update_post_meta" rel="nofollow">update_post_meta</a> function (to update the post meta). </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/function-call-and-field_values#post-22645 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:06:07 +0000 Fredrik-s 22645@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>That worked fine.</p> <p>I have a following question due. </p> <p>The above code is suppose to be in a form where the visitors can write a review (post body of post) if there is none written (post body). I have a connection to a custom post type (through the available fix Gravity Forms + Custom Post Types). </p> <p>Example:<br /> Title: Toyota Supra<br /> Post body: Not-written-yet<br /> Field values: Type=Car, Color=Red, Speed=Fast</p> <p>As you can se above example should be able to be updated through a form. I do a check with a if-expression to se if the post body is empty (this works fine showing the form). In above example this is the case. </p> <p>So I show a form (Gravity form) and the visitor could write a review into the post body. I take all the other values and send with through hidden fields. </p> <p>But when I sign this form up it will not update the old one, instead showing up like a copy beside the other. </p> <p>How can I do to update the existing post with just the post body that the visitor have written? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/function-call-and-field_values#post-22634 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 12:25:46 +0000 David Smith 22634@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi there, the issue is that the $field_values parameter should be defined before the $ajax parameter. Let me know if that does the trick. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/function-call-and-field_values#post-22603 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 03:25:28 +0000 Fredrik-s 22603@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hello,</p> <p>I'm trying to use the function call -way to import a form into a Wordpress theme page. This works great with:</p> <pre><code>gravity_form( 3, $display_title=false, $display_description=true, $display_inactive=false, $ajax=true, $field_values = array( &#39;namn&#39;=&gt;$namn, &#39;url&#39;=&gt;$url, &#39;vanlig_url&#39;=&gt;$vanlig_url, &#39;typ&#39;=&gt;$typ, &#39;registrering&#39;=&gt;$registrering, &#39;kategori&#39;=&gt;$kategori) );</code></pre> <p>As you also can se I'm trying to add field values through the $field_values command. And here it's where I bump into problem. </p> <p>Nothing want show up in the hidden fields which I added when creating the form. The hidden fields are set to the following:</p> <p>"Allow field to be populated dynamically" is checked<br /> "Parameter Name:" is set to the six seen above in the code<br /> Label name is also set to the six seen above in the code</p> <p>The parameters $namn, $url, $vanlig_url, $typ, $registrering, $kategori are all checked and the output the information I want in my hidden fields.</p> <p>The source code which is being output looks like this:</p> <pre><code>&lt;li id=&#39;field_3_3&#39; class=&#39;gfield gform_hidden&#39; &gt; &lt;input name=&#39;input_3&#39; id=&#39;input_3_3&#39; type=&#39;hidden&#39; class=&#39;gform_hidden&#39; value=&#39;&#39; /&gt; &lt;li id=&#39;field_3_4&#39; class=&#39;gfield gform_hidden&#39; &gt; &lt;input name=&#39;input_4&#39; id=&#39;input_3_4&#39; type=&#39;hidden&#39; class=&#39;gform_hidden&#39; value=&#39;&#39; /&gt; &lt;li id=&#39;field_3_5&#39; class=&#39;gfield gform_hidden&#39; &gt; &lt;input name=&#39;input_5&#39; id=&#39;input_3_5&#39; type=&#39;hidden&#39; class=&#39;gform_hidden&#39; value=&#39;&#39; /&gt; &lt;li id=&#39;field_3_6&#39; class=&#39;gfield gform_hidden&#39; &gt; &lt;input name=&#39;input_6&#39; id=&#39;input_3_6&#39; type=&#39;hidden&#39; class=&#39;gform_hidden&#39; value=&#39;&#39; /&gt; &lt;li id=&#39;field_3_7&#39; class=&#39;gfield gform_hidden&#39; &gt; &lt;input name=&#39;input_7&#39; id=&#39;input_3_7&#39; type=&#39;hidden&#39; class=&#39;gform_hidden&#39; value=&#39;&#39; /&gt; &lt;li id=&#39;field_3_8&#39; class=&#39;gfield gform_hidden&#39; &gt; &lt;input name=&#39;input_8&#39; id=&#39;input_3_8&#39; type=&#39;hidden&#39; class=&#39;gform_hidden&#39; value=&#39;&#39; /&gt;</code></pre> <p>What am I doing wrong? And how to solve it? </p>