SoundsGood
Member
Hi,
Currently the IP Address of a user is captured when they submit a form. Normally this is a good thing, but I've got a situation (with just one form) where it CANNOT be collected for legal reasons. So...
Is there any way to NOT capture the IP Address on just ONE form on a site? Again, this is not for all the forms on the site, just one in particular.
Thanks...
dnb
Member
Hi-
I asked what I think is a similar question a while back and gave a proposal for an answer in my posting that I haven't tried yet (was waiting to hear back from support). It may be helpful to you. Please let me know if it works out for you.
-- dNb
SoundsGood
Member
Thanks dNb, but I'm not a programmer so I'm really hoping someone from GravityForms can help with this.
Here's the thing: the site is for a police department. They need one form that DOES capture the ip address and one form that DOES NOT capture. Apparently it's illegal to capture ip addresses on anonymous forms, and since they're the police... well, you know.
Anyone ??
Thanks.
Not sure if there is a way to not have the IP come through, however it probably can be deleted using the after_submission hook:
http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Gform_after_submission
SoundsGood
Member
Thanks, but I don't have a clue how to do that. I'm bummed (and surprised, frankly) that we can't just shut off the IP collection if we want to.
Can someone recommend another easy to use form submission tool that does NOT send the IP address? I've gotta get this done.
Thanks!
The following code snippet should do the trick. Just make sure to replace the form ID with your actual value (see Note).
add_action('gform_after_submission', 'remove_ip', 10, 2);
function remove_ip($entry, $form) {
global $wpdb;
//NOTE: replace 79 below with your actual form ID. The form you don't want the IP's to be recorded
if($form["id"] == 79){
//removing IP from entry table
$wpdb->query($wpdb->prepare("UPDATE {$wpdb->prefix}rg_lead SET ip='' WHERE id=%d", $entry["id"]));
}
}