https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/gform_pre_submission-hook-not-saving-data Gravity Support Forums Topic: gform_pre_submission hook not saving data en-US Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:32:43 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/gform_pre_submission-hook-not-saving-data#post-347840 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 09:00:11 +0000 glasgoweb 347840@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Ahh ok cheers David - got it working! </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/gform_pre_submission-hook-not-saving-data#post-345924 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 11:12:02 +0000 David Peralty 345924@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>It won't save because that field is set-up for a specific data type. If you tried to save your new date value in a hidden text field, it would work because that field would accept any values. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/gform_pre_submission-hook-not-saving-data#post-345689 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 07:54:52 +0000 glasgoweb 345689@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>HI there,</p> <p>I'm trying to use the gform_pre_submission hook to convert a date field into a different format.</p> <p>I'm using the following:</p> <pre><code>add_action(&quot;gform_pre_submission&quot;, &quot;pre_submission_handler&quot;, 10, 2); function pre_submission_handler($form){ date_default_timezone_set(&#39;UTC&#39;); $date = $_POST[&quot;input_4&quot;]; $date = date(&#39;l jS M&#39;, strtotime($date)); $_POST[&quot;input_4&quot;] = $date; die(var_dump($_POST)); }</code></pre> <p>When I perform a vardump of the $_POST variable it gives the right info:</p> <pre><code>[&quot;input_4&quot;]=&gt; string(17) &quot;Saturday 29th Jun&quot;</code></pre> <p>but it doesn't seem to save it. In the entries page the Date column is left blank. </p> <p>Any thoughts? </p>