https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/populate-field-value-on-every-page-load Gravity Support Forums Topic: Populate field value on every page load en-US Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:45:43 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/populate-field-value-on-every-page-load#post-168196 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 21:24:55 +0000 Chris Hajer 168196@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>This topic is pretty old. Can you explain what it is you're trying to do at this point? Maybe we can come up with another approach. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/populate-field-value-on-every-page-load#post-162116 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:18:00 +0000 Miramedia 162116@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>So the only way to get a server side value in there is write some AJAX to fetch the data, and paste that whole jquery code block into an HTML form field?</p> <p>Seems like that's really going around the houses? Or did I miss something? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/populate-field-value-on-every-page-load#post-79604 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:00:34 +0000 Chris Hajer 79604@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Sounds like you can use the gform_post_render jQuery hook to update the value after the form fails validation:<br /> <a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Gform_post_render" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Gform_post_render</a></p> <blockquote><p> This jQuery hook is fired every time the form is rendered to allow custom jQuery to be executed. This includes initial form load, going to the next/previous page on multi-page forms, <strong>form rendered with validation errors</strong>, confirmation message displayed, etc. </p></blockquote> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/populate-field-value-on-every-page-load#post-79578 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 10:16:37 +0000 Miramedia 79578@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>The former. Say I populate it with date('YmdHis'). A visitor filing in the form at 12pm exactly (20121008120000) will keep resubmitting with that datetime on every subsequent resubmit. I want it to keep updating with whatever the datetime is at the point of resubmission. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/populate-field-value-on-every-page-load#post-78505 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 11:30:53 +0000 Chris Hajer 78505@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Do you have an example of this form online now?</p> <p>When you say "update that field value on every reload", do you mean the value provided by your function will change, or do you want the same value you started with to be in that form field after a validation error, for example? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/populate-field-value-on-every-page-load#post-78466 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 05:08:13 +0000 Miramedia 78466@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I'm using <code>gform_field_value_</code> to populate a form field value when the form is first rendered. I want to update that field value on every re-render/re-load. This might happen if the visitor fails to fill in required fields when they submit. </p>