https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/use-paypal-with-only-a-submit-button-no-e-mail-capture Gravity Support Forums Topic: Use Paypal with only a submit button? [no e-mail capture] en-US Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:52:57 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/use-paypal-with-only-a-submit-button-no-e-mail-capture#post-182027 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 14:13:27 +0000 Chris Hajer 182027@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I believe you can capture the payer's email address using the gform_paypal_post_ipn filter: <a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Gform_paypal_post_ipn" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Gform_paypal_post_ipn</a></p> <pre><code>[php] add_filter(&quot;gform_paypal_post_ipn&quot;, &quot;capture_email&quot;, 10, 4); function capture_email($ipn_post, $entry, $config, $cancel){ // if the IPN was canceled, don&#39;t process if($cancel) return; $email_address = $ipn_post[&quot;payer_email&quot;]; $wpdb-&gt;insert(&quot;{$wpdb-&gt;prefix}rg_lead_detail&quot;, array( &#39;value&#39; =&gt; $email_address, // update field number to the ID of // your hidden email address field &#39;field_number&#39; =&gt; $field_number, &#39;lead_id&#39; =&gt; $entry[&#39;id&#39;], &#39;form_id&#39; =&gt; $entry[&#39;form_id&#39;] )); return; }</code></pre> <p>You'll need a field in your form to hold the email after the fact. You can make it admin only or hidden, and then update the $field_number on line 14. You'll have to go direct to the database since the entry was already created when the IPN is received. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/use-paypal-with-only-a-submit-button-no-e-mail-capture#post-176791 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:16:26 +0000 robgranholm 176791@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Yep, that was the hope, although I'm guessing it's not possible?</p> <p>I thought the API and communication between Gravity Forms and PayPal would allow Gravity Forms to pull back the e-mail after it was entered at PayPal to be used.</p> <p>Perhaps using the PayPal Pro plugin offered a different flow, but then my client would need to upgrade to PayPal Pro to test</p> <p>-r </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/use-paypal-with-only-a-submit-button-no-e-mail-capture#post-176080 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:24:12 +0000 Chris Hajer 176080@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>So the visitor will enter their email address at PayPal, and you hope to capture that email address when the visitor returns to your site? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/use-paypal-with-only-a-submit-button-no-e-mail-capture#post-176047 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:12:11 +0000 robgranholm 176047@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Within the payment gateway, at PayPal </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/use-paypal-with-only-a-submit-button-no-e-mail-capture#post-176037 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:09:05 +0000 Chris Hajer 176037@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I don't know of any way to do this. If they are not entering the email on your site, where are they entering it, and how will you be notified of that address? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/use-paypal-with-only-a-submit-button-no-e-mail-capture#post-175377 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:34:29 +0000 robgranholm 175377@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi, </p> <p>I can't seem to configure this myself so I'm hitting the forums for support.</p> <p>I'd like to use Gravity Forms to enable a payment option, and sign up for Mailchimp, but pull the e-mail address after payment at PayPal, not before.</p> <p>I'm trying to avoid having the user enter their e-mail, and then hit submit [buy now] to go to PayPal, but instead hit the submit button [buy now] pays, and the e-mail is captured there and added for the notifications and Mailchimp integration...is this possible? </p>