https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/updating-hidden-fields-using-gform_after_submission-hook-geocoding Gravity Support Forums Topic: updating hidden fields using gform_after_submission hook - geocoding en-US Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:18:57 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/updating-hidden-fields-using-gform_after_submission-hook-geocoding#post-63207 Thu, 21 Jun 2012 14:52:01 +0000 studioleland 63207@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hey guys,</p> <p>I have been reading this:</p> <p><a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/forums/topic/editing-updating-field-value-after-submission" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/forums/topic/editing-updating-field-value-after-submission</a></p> <p>and want to use for the following geocoding on the fly after submission:<br /> <pre><code>// gforms hook for form_# add_action(&quot;gform_after_submission_2&quot;, &quot;pre_submission_handler&quot;); function pre_submission_handler($entry){ // pass the entries relating to the address parts from form $query_string = $entry[&#39;21&#39;] . &quot;+&quot; . $entry[&#39;22&#39;] . &quot;+&quot; . $entry[&#39;23&#39;]; $coords = getLatLong($query_string); update_post_meta($entry[&#39;post_id&#39;], &#39;lat&#39;, $coords[&#39;_wp_geo_latitude&#39;]); update_post_meta($entry[&#39;post_id&#39;], &#39;lng&#39;, $coords[&#39;_wp_geo_longitude&#39;]); } // function to take address and turn it into coordinates lat and lng function getLatLong($code){ $mapsApiKey = &#39;(REMOVED FROM POST ONLY)&#39;; $query = &quot;http://maps.google.com/maps/geo?q=&quot;.urlencode($code).&quot;&amp;output=json&amp;key=&quot;.$mapsApiKey; // This takes your full street address to create the lat/long $data = file_get_contents($query); // if data returned if($data){ // convert into readable format $data = json_decode($data); $long = $data-&gt;Placemark[0]-&gt;Point-&gt;coordinates[0]; $lat = $data-&gt;Placemark[0]-&gt;Point-&gt;coordinates[1]; return array(&#39;Latitude&#39;=&gt;$lat,&#39;Longitude&#39;=&gt;$long); } else { return false; } }</code></pre> <p>Except all I need to do is save the geocoded coordinates in 2 hidden gform fields in same form for output later. I believe this example is for saving to post meta instead of the form entry. Any help appreciated thanks. </p>