https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/reade-form-values-in-custom-validation Gravity Support Forums Topic: Reade form values in custom validation en-US Sat, 04 Apr 2026 16:18:28 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/reade-form-values-in-custom-validation#post-22770 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 07:23:08 +0000 David Smith 22770@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi Gbotica,</p> <p>For checkbox values it would be $_POST['input_{field_id}_{choice_index}']. Given your example it would be: $_POST['input_16_1'].</p> <p>Also, just a handy little tip... you can use php's print_rr function to output all of the values (and their corresponding keys) like so: print_rr($_POST). </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/reade-form-values-in-custom-validation#post-22752 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 21:34:52 +0000 gbotica 22752@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Thanks for your help.</p> <p>I've got it now, except can't seem to get chckbox values (I know they only pass when checked), but even so, I can't get the value.</p> <p>$_POST['input_16.1'], or should it be: $_POST['input_16.1'][0] </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/reade-form-values-in-custom-validation#post-22747 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 18:54:01 +0000 David Smith 22747@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>In addition, we've written a walk through for using this the gform_validation hook: </p> <p><a href="http://bit.ly/foLW6t" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/foLW6t</a> </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/reade-form-values-in-custom-validation#post-22713 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 14:47:00 +0000 David Smith 22713@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi Gbotica,</p> <p>Here is an in-depth usage of the <strong>gform_validation</strong> hook that covers retrieving the submitted value for the field. </p> <p><a href="http://pastie.org/1768573" rel="nofollow">http://pastie.org/1768573</a></p> <p>The value is available in the $_POST and can be access using the following key format: "input_{field_id}". </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/reade-form-values-in-custom-validation#post-22676 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 02:56:01 +0000 gbotica 22676@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>hi, I'm referring to this custom validation sample:</p> <pre><code>add_filter(&#39;gform_validation&#39;, &#39;custom_validation&#39;); function custom_validation($validation_result){ // set the form validation to false $validation_result[&quot;is_valid&quot;] = false; $form = $validation_result[&quot;form&quot;]; // specify the first field to be invalid and provide custom validation message $form[&quot;fields&quot;][0][&quot;failed_validation&quot;] = true; $form[&quot;fields&quot;][0][&quot;validation_message&quot;] = &quot;This field is invalid!&quot;; // update the form in the validation result with the form object you modified $validation_result[&quot;form&quot;] = $form; return $validation_result; }</code></pre> <p>How do I access the fields actual value to validate it?</p> <p>$form["fields"][0]["value"] doesn't seem to work?</p> <p>where in the docs do I find the list of possibilities for this $form["fields"] array?</p> <p>thanks </p>