Gravity Support Forums Topic: Trouble with Gform field value $parameter name

Gravity Support Forums Topic: Trouble with Gform field value $parameter name https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/trouble-with-gform-field-value-parameter-name Gravity Support Forums Topic: Trouble with Gform field value $parameter name en-US Sun, 05 Apr 2026 22:29:59 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 <![CDATA[Search]]> q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php Perhaps on "Trouble with Gform field value $parameter name" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/trouble-with-gform-field-value-parameter-name#post-27161 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 04:37:31 +0000 Perhaps 27161@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ I found the problem. I don't know if you are familiar with the <a href="http://podscms.org/" rel="nofollow">Pods plugin</a>. Anyway, your lovely code worked fine on a normal Wordpress page template. But moving the same page template to the pods page caused the $client_email not to show. Its weird because if I put $client_email = "test@test.com"; in the functions file, it works fine. Its just if I try to declare $client_email = "test@test.com"; in the page template file that doesn't work. It must be to do with the way pods executes pages that isn't reading something. Anyway thanks for your help. I really appreciate it. David Smith on "Trouble with Gform field value $parameter name" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/trouble-with-gform-field-value-parameter-name#post-27112 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:02:07 +0000 David Smith 27112@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ Could you create a <a href="http://pastie.org" rel="nofollow">pastie</a> with your page template code? Perhaps on "Trouble with Gform field value $parameter name" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/trouble-with-gform-field-value-parameter-name#post-27077 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 06:57:39 +0000 Perhaps 27077@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ Hi David, I'm sorry it took so long to reply I was on holiday without a computer. Your code works if.. <pre><code>$client_email = "test@test.com";</code></pre> is placed in the functions.php file. But it stops working as soon as I place it in the page template. Its weird, because I can echo $client_email and it shows fine, its just not connecting with gravity forms. David Smith on "Trouble with Gform field value $parameter name" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/trouble-with-gform-field-value-parameter-name#post-26412 Thu, 26 May 2011 15:22:28 +0000 David Smith 26412@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ If you declare this variable anywhere above the form in your page template: <pre><code>[php] $client_email = "test@test.com";</code></pre> ...and then leave the following in your functions.php, it should do the trick. <pre><code>[php] add_filter("gform_field_value_email", "populate_email"); function populate_email($value){ global $client_email; return $client_email; }</code></pre> Since the gform_field_value_XX filter runs after we've declared our $client_email, the populate email filter should get the updated value based on the page. Let me know how it goes. Perhaps on "Trouble with Gform field value $parameter name" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/trouble-with-gform-field-value-parameter-name#post-26360 Thu, 26 May 2011 05:40:43 +0000 Perhaps 26360@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ Hello David. I appreciate the help. Your solution works. I am just having a little difficulty tying the funtions.php file with the page template file. I realise this falls out of the gravity forms scope and more into the general php help... but if you can help anyway it will be appriciated :) Placing the below in the function.php file works. <pre><code><?php $client_email = "lol"; $testyo = $client_email; add_filter("gform_field_value_email", "populate_email"); function populate_email($value){ global $testyo; return $testyo; }</code></pre> However $client_email is defined in the page template file (as this differs on a page by page basis). I tried the below in the functions.php file <pre><code><?php add_filter("gform_field_value_email", "populate_email"); function populate_email($value){ global $value; return $value; }</code></pre> and the below in the page template file <pre><code><php populate_email($client_email);</code></pre> But that didn't seem to work. I probably don't understand the correct usage. I'm just playing a guessing game at the moment. David Smith on "Trouble with Gform field value $parameter name" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/trouble-with-gform-field-value-parameter-name#post-26285 Wed, 25 May 2011 11:08:43 +0000 David Smith 26285@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ Try this: <pre><code><?php $testyo = $client_email; add_filter("gform_field_value_email", "populate_email"); function populate_email($value){ global $testyo; return $testyo; }</code></pre> Perhaps on "Trouble with Gform field value $parameter name" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/trouble-with-gform-field-value-parameter-name#post-26275 Wed, 25 May 2011 09:05:08 +0000 Perhaps 26275@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ Greetings, Unfortunately im not that great with PHP and my searching has yielded nothing. I am trying to "dynamically" fill in a field using the "Gform field value $parameter name". It works fine except I'd like to use a php variable (? i think it would be called that) e.g. <pre><code><?php add_filter("gform_field_value_email", "populate_email"); function populate_email($value){ $testyo = "blah"; return $testyo; }</code></pre> The above works. <pre><code><?php $testyo = $client_email; add_filter("gform_field_value_email", "populate_email"); function populate_email($value){ return $testyo; }</code></pre> But the above won't work. The $client_email is something that's defined further up. I'm sure the solution is simple and I'd appreciate any help. Forgive my ignorance.