https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/saving-custom-complex-fields-rgformsmodelprepare_value Gravity Support Forums Topic: saving custom complex fields, RGFormsModel::prepare_value... en-US Sat, 04 Apr 2026 17:36:33 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/saving-custom-complex-fields-rgformsmodelprepare_value#post-76483 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 07:47:32 +0000 Chris Hajer 76483@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Thanks for the update Ross. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/saving-custom-complex-fields-rgformsmodelprepare_value#post-76425 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 22:09:12 +0000 webaware 76425@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Beauty, all working now, thanks.</p> <p>cheers,<br /> Ross </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/saving-custom-complex-fields-rgformsmodelprepare_value#post-76392 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:32:41 +0000 webaware 76392@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>G'day Dana,</p> <p>So for my complex field, I should:</p> <p>* rename all my fields to use non-GF names<br /> * add a hidden field to my complex field that uses GF naming convention and pre-populate it on submission</p> <p>OK, I can do that. Will give it a shot. Of course, it would be easier if RGFormsModel::prepare_value() had a filter hook allowing plugins to add custom field types :)</p> <p>cheers,<br /> Ross </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/saving-custom-complex-fields-rgformsmodelprepare_value#post-76323 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:49:14 +0000 Dana Cobb 76323@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi, webaware,</p> <p>The easiest way to do what you want is to have a hidden field on your form and populate that with the values you want to save. You need to:</p> <p>1. Do NOT name the input tags in your custom field using the Gravity Forms naming convention of input_FIELD_ID since you do not want this data saved.<br /> 2. Name your hidden field using the Gravity Forms naming convention of input_FIELD_ID. Naming your field this way will ensure that Gravity Forms will use that field's value when saving your custom field.<br /> 3. Populate the hidden field using the "gform_pre_submission" hook (<a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Gform_pre_submission)" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Gform_pre_submission)</a>. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/saving-custom-complex-fields-rgformsmodelprepare_value#post-76285 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 07:22:03 +0000 webaware 76285@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>G'day, I'm adding a custom complex field to my plugin (for recurring donations) and can't seem to work out how to save a concatenated value for the field. The custom field has multiple parts and I want to concatenate them and save as a formatted string.</p> <p>RGFormsModel::save_input() only saves fields with a value, sensibly, but how do I give it a value to save? I figured that RGFormsModel::prepare_value() would be the place to hook into for that, but there's no filter hook called from it.</p> <p>Can you please advise what I need to do here? </p>