https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/problem-while-setting-a-field-as-required-not-required-using-gform_pre_render Gravity Support Forums Topic: Problem while setting a field as required / not-required using gform_pre_render en-US Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:21:24 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/problem-while-setting-a-field-as-required-not-required-using-gform_pre_render#post-36373 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:35:19 +0000 Chris Hajer 36373@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>If it works, I don't think you're hurting anything doing it like this. What has your experience been so far? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/problem-while-setting-a-field-as-required-not-required-using-gform_pre_render#post-36193 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 02:18:20 +0000 remotecontroldesign 36193@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi Chris,<br /> Thanks for the response!<br /> Yes, it worked !<br /> Just tell me if this is the right way:<br /> I made an array with the inputNames of only those fields which are required when the current user is admin. Then in the 'gform_validation' filter, I looped through the fields, checked whether the current user is admin and if the field's inputName is in the above array, just set its 'failed_validation' property to false, and 'is_valid' property to true.<br /> Is this okay? Do I need to set 'isRequired' to false again, as I'm doing it already in pre_render?<br /> I just don't want anything to go wrong with the form meta or something, hence being sure!</p> <p>- Rutwick </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/problem-while-setting-a-field-as-required-not-required-using-gform_pre_render#post-36136 Sat, 24 Sep 2011 13:40:48 +0000 Chris Hajer 36136@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>In addition to the gform_pre_render, you need to take care of validation.</p> <p>This was talking about something different, but the process is the same. There are two parts to it: the pre_render and the validation:<br /> <a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/forums/topic/ensure-required-box-is-ticked-by-default#post-35416" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/forums/topic/ensure-required-box-is-ticked-by-default#post-35416</a></p> <p>Please see if that helps get you going in the correct direction. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/problem-while-setting-a-field-as-required-not-required-using-gform_pre_render#post-36111 Sat, 24 Sep 2011 03:15:48 +0000 remotecontroldesign 36111@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi,<br /> I'm using 'gform_pre_render' to do a lot of stuff on my forms. This is what I'm trying to achieve:</p> <p>I have 20 fields (all set as required from back-end). I want to set only the first 5 fields as 'required' when the current user is administrator, and keep all of them required if the current user has some other custom role that I defined. Using the filter, I check the current_user_can('role') and set the 'isRequired' property as 1 or blank according to the role.</p> <p>In the front end, when the form is rendered, I can see the asterisks disappeared for the fields I set as not-required through my code ( by setting 'isRequired' as blank ), but when I submit the form with them as empty, they still fail the validation and my form doesn't get submitted!<br /> Is there any other parameter from the field object I need to disable? Please help me with this.</p> <p>Thanks in advance! </p>