https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/set-value-of-user-meta-field-with-uploaded-filename Gravity Support Forums Topic: set value of user meta field with uploaded filename en-US Sun, 19 Apr 2026 20:25:51 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/set-value-of-user-meta-field-with-uploaded-filename#post-131305 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:57:26 +0000 Chris Hajer 131305@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Thank you for the update.</p> <p>The User Registration Add-on I am using is the beta version. I won't show up as an available update until it is released in final version. That should not affect the functionality you need though: just the appearance of the screen where you map the form fields. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/set-value-of-user-meta-field-with-uploaded-filename#post-131095 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 05:21:36 +0000 lwrkrol 131095@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I used another plugin in combination with the file rename hook i found in the support forum. Thanks for your help. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/set-value-of-user-meta-field-with-uploaded-filename#post-131018 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:08:26 +0000 lwrkrol 131018@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Well I seem to have a different version user registration than you. I don't have the tabs like Edit Feed, User Registration Feeds or Pending Registrations or the Action field at the top of your screen. When I check updates then my Gravity Forms is up to date.</p> <p>I found out that when I deactivate the author image plugin, it does create the author_image record in the user meta. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/set-value-of-user-meta-field-with-uploaded-filename#post-130694 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:40:37 +0000 Chris Hajer 130694@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>But I did exactly what you wanted to do, as I showed. So what are we doing differently? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/set-value-of-user-meta-field-with-uploaded-filename#post-130432 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:54:41 +0000 lwrkrol 130432@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I thought of that myself and tried it, but it won't create a record author_image in the wp_usermeta table. When I manually add the image, it creates the author_image record without problems. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/set-value-of-user-meta-field-with-uploaded-filename#post-130347 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 10:03:01 +0000 Chris Hajer 130347@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>After you created the form, you had to go to Forms &gt; User Registration and add a new feed. That is where you would "map" the fields you captured in the form with field in the profile. This screen: <a href="http://minus.com/lIAZuOv1RIs9o" rel="nofollow">http://minus.com/lIAZuOv1RIs9o</a> - See the User Meta section where I added a meta_key of "author_image" and selected the field "Your author image" (the title of the image field in my form) from the drop down. That is what accomplished everything I wrote about in my previous reply.</p> <p>I'm ignoring the rest about the gform_user_registered hook for now since I don't think you need it. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/set-value-of-user-meta-field-with-uploaded-filename#post-130061 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 03:07:02 +0000 lwrkrol 130061@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Sorry but I do not quite understand what you mean by 'map the feed' in relation to the code from gform_user_registered. Does this code execute when a user is registered and if so what do the variables $user_id, $config, $entry, $user_pass do in relation to the filename, in other words how do I use the code to get (only) the name of the uploaded file in the user meta field author_image. I hope you get my drift.... </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/set-value-of-user-meta-field-with-uploaded-filename#post-129471 Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:20:41 +0000 Chris Hajer 129471@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I just tested this and you can get the final location of the author image from the file upload field, when you map the feed.</p> <p>I added a file upload to my form, then updated the feed to add the custom meta of "author_image" with the value of my file upload field. It's the full path to the image in its final location in the wp-content/uploads/gravity_forms/{form-id-string}/ folder. Screenshot: <a href="http://minus.com/ltUL7AoYbIjU2" rel="nofollow">http://minus.com/ltUL7AoYbIjU2</a></p> <p>Here is the value of file I uploaded (take from the usermeta table): <a href="http://gravity.chrishajer.com/wp-content/uploads/gravity_forms/4-677511f74d6823d023e8a1b225314928/2013/01/Screen-Shot-2013-01-10-at-11.57.20-AM.png" rel="nofollow">http://gravity.chrishajer.com/wp-content/uploads/gravity_forms/4-677511f74d6823d023e8a1b225314928/2013/01/Screen-Shot-2013-01-10-at-11.57.20-AM.png</a></p> <p>You said you tried that and it was a temporary location? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/set-value-of-user-meta-field-with-uploaded-filename#post-129429 Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:35:43 +0000 lwrkrol 129429@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>ok, but how to grab the filename from the entry ? An example on how to write this function would be appreciated if I wanted the uploaded file-name to be written in user meta author_image. Thanks </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/set-value-of-user-meta-field-with-uploaded-filename#post-129398 Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:06:16 +0000 Chris Hajer 129398@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>You would have to retrieve the filename after the file is uploaded and moved, from the entry. Then update the usermeta for the user which was just created.</p> <p>The gform_user_registered hook has all the information you need (the user ID and the $entry, which will have the filename):</p> <p><a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Gform_user_registered" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Gform_user_registered</a></p> <p>The function you write will grab the filename from the entry, and update the user meta for that user ID. </p>