https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/gform_get_meta-not-working Gravity Support Forums Topic: gform_get_meta not working? en-US Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:07:11 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/gform_get_meta-not-working#post-74618 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 07:59:10 +0000 Brad Trivers 74618@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Did you get a chance to confirm that the gform_get_meta function is indeed working? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/gform_get_meta-not-working#post-72145 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:49:48 +0000 Brad Trivers 72145@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>[test_gform_get_meta] if I want to use the default 146 that I know exists or </p> <p>[test_gform_get_meta entry_id=###] to specify the entry to use (e.g. [test_gform_get_meta entry_id=141] )</p> <p>My suggestion is that you install this and try it with an existing entry id from your Gravity Forms installation to see if it works for you. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/gform_get_meta-not-working#post-72133 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:06:50 +0000 Chris Hajer 72133@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>What does the shortcode you're using look like? The one which utilizes this function? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/gform_get_meta-not-working#post-72099 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 11:58:05 +0000 Brad Trivers 72099@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>@Chris thanks for your reponse. Here is code that fails for me (whether I place it in a plugin or in a theme's functions.php file).</p> <pre><code>function mf_test_gform_get_meta() { extract(shortcode_atts(array( &#39;entry_id&#39; =&gt; &#39;146&#39; ), $atts)); $entry_id = intval($entry_id); //get id of entry for most recent order form submitted $create_date = gform_get_meta($entry_id, &#39;date_created&#39;); $result .= &quot;&lt;p&gt;Your $entry_id create date is $create_date.&lt;/p&gt;&quot;; return $result; } add_shortcode(&#39;test_gform_get_meta&#39;, &#39;mf_test_gform_get_meta&#39;);</code></pre> <p>Can you verify that it works for you? Also would love to hear a suggestion as the best way to validate an entry_id. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/gform_get_meta-not-working#post-72058 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 07:50:03 +0000 Chris Hajer 72058@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>@Brad, how are you trying to get this information? What plugin shortcode are you using?</p> <p>If $create_date is empty, can you verify the value of $entry_id before trying gform_get_meta? I'm not sure how all your pieces fit together just yet. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/gform_get_meta-not-working#post-71864 Tue, 21 Aug 2012 10:11:16 +0000 Brad Trivers 71864@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>When I try to use gform_get_meta within a plugin shortcode function it is returning empty.</p> <p>For example: </p> <pre><code>$entry_id = intval($userinfo[&#39;last_order_id&#39;][0]); $create_date = gform_get_meta($entry_id, &#39;date_created&#39;); $result .= &quot;&lt;p&gt;Your $entry_id create date is $create_date.&lt;/p&gt;&quot;;</code></pre> <p>$create_date is empty. Any ideas what I could be doing wrong here? The entry_id does output properly in the result. </p> <p>I have verified that the form entry id is valid by viewing the entry - e.g. here is the entry Info for 146:</p> <p>Entry Id: 146<br /> Submitted on: 2012/08/21 at 9:46 am<br /> User IP: 142.177.17.120<br /> User: <a href="mailto:testmommy29@sunriseweb.ca">testmommy29@sunriseweb.ca</a><br /> Embed Url: .../checkout<br /> Subscription Status: Active<br /> Start Date: 2012/08/21<br /> Subscriber Id: I-7CV0D31TRTLH<br /> Subscription Amount: $25.00 </p>