https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/update-a-custom-field-based-on-a-form-response Gravity Support Forums Topic: Update a custom field based on a form response en-US Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:46:02 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/update-a-custom-field-based-on-a-form-response#post-78423 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 22:45:06 +0000 Chris Hajer 78423@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I think you are going to have to split that string on the pipe and save the first part, the value, if that's what you want. If you are doing this:</p> <pre><code>[php] $sponsor_level = $entry[&quot;3&quot;] ;</code></pre> <p>try this instead:</p> <pre><code>[php] $sponsor_level_array = preg_split(&quot;/\|/&quot;, $entry[&#39;3&#39;]); $sponsor_level = $sponsor_level_array[0];</code></pre> <p>That will return the first part of the entry, before the pipe, the value. </p> <p>There is probably a shorter way to do that but I can't put my finger on it right now. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/update-a-custom-field-based-on-a-form-response#post-78338 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 13:00:46 +0000 byjc 78338@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Thanks. I've almost got it worked out, except for one last issue with an Entry Object. Field 3 is a Product Drop-Down, so using $sponsor_level = $entry["3"] is returning both the Value and the Price with a pipe between them. I've tried "3,1" but that doesn't work. Is it possible to return only the value field from that dropdown? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/update-a-custom-field-based-on-a-form-response#post-78308 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 11:32:06 +0000 Chris Hajer 78308@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Can you echo the variables after you set each one to see if they are all populated as expected?</p> <p>However, I think the problem is in line 8. $post is an array. You need the post ID for update_post_meta. Something like this instead:</p> <pre><code>[php] update_post_meta($post-&gt;ID, &#39;sponsors&#39;, $new_count);</code></pre> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/update-a-custom-field-based-on-a-form-response#post-78290 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 10:21:40 +0000 byjc 78290@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Not working quite yet. Here's what I have:</p> <pre><code>&lt;?php add_action(&quot;gform_after_submission_9&quot;, &quot;update_sponsor_count&quot;, 10, 2); function update_sponsor_count($entry, $form){ //getting post and entry data $post = get_post($entry[&quot;post_id&quot;]); $sponsor_level = get_post($entry[&quot;3&quot;]); //updating sponsor count if ($sponsor_level == &#39;sponsor1&#39;) { $new_count = $sponsor_count + 1;} update_post_meta($post, &#39;sponsors&#39;, $new_count); } ?&gt;</code></pre> <p>I'm trying to update the 'sponsor' post meta. The $sponsor_count is previously defined in the post loop as the value of 'sponsor' prior to form submission. Not showing any php errors in the error log. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/update-a-custom-field-based-on-a-form-response#post-78244 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 01:13:01 +0000 Chris Hajer 78244@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Did you get it working or did you need additional assistance? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/update-a-custom-field-based-on-a-form-response#post-78220 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 22:04:40 +0000 byjc 78220@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Thanks Chris </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/update-a-custom-field-based-on-a-form-response#post-78206 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 20:39:27 +0000 Chris Hajer 78206@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>If you want to update an existing post (the post where the form is embedded) you can use the gform_after_submission hook and call update_post_meta to add or update the custom field value.</p> <p><a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Gform_after_submission" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Gform_after_submission</a><br /> <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/update_post_meta" rel="nofollow">http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/update_post_meta</a> </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/update-a-custom-field-based-on-a-form-response#post-77953 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 15:22:37 +0000 byjc 77953@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I think I've worked out a solution for part what is described here, but still haven't resolved one key feature. When I form is submitted, I'd also like it to update a custom field for the current post that the form is displayed within. Is this doable? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/update-a-custom-field-based-on-a-form-response#post-77535 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:13:40 +0000 byjc 77535@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I'm including a form within the template for an existing custom post type on a non-profit site. The custom post type will have a custom field for sponsors with a value of 0-5, and I want to both get that value for display in the form, as well as update the field when the form is submitted.</p> <p>For instance, a visitor to the site might see that there is 1 sponsor slot already taken, and they want to offer two more. I'd like the form to:</p> <p>1) Query the field to properly display how many sponsorships are available. (In this case, only 4, so it would display a drop down with 1-4.)<br /> 2) Assuming the user selects the number 2, for two sponsorships, the form would the update the custom field to add 2 to it, so that it would now display that 3 sponsorships have been taken for the next user.<br /> 3) To possibly confuse the issue, the number of sponsorships should be taken from a product quantity as it will also be processing their payment.</p> <p>Is this doable? And if so, any pointers on the proper code? </p>