Automatic/Programmatic Email Routing in functions.php?

Hi there, I was searching the forums to see if this discussion exists but when I click on a link it says I don't have access to view the thread, so hopefully this question gets answered.

Is there any way to automate the routing of email notifications according to a certain form field? For example, a user will select a name/email from a drop down menu, and that submission gets sent to the selected name/email.

From what I understand, you have to do routing manually, but is there a way to do this more quickly, similar to the filter used for adding predefined Bulk Add values in functions.php?

I plan to pull name and email values from a custom post type's custom fields (which I've done with a Bulk Add filter for one of the fields), so it would be way better if I didn't have to enter them manually in case I add or edit something.

Thanks for this (using a different account). I'll try modifying the code you suggested, but I was wondering how I can access a form field value for the populate_email filter (instead of $userdata->user_email).

Also, is this the better way to assign which email to send to, and not, say, by adding items to the routing logic list?

Well yeah, but say I wanted the drop down menu to be a list of names and not email addresses (so it's more readable), how do I apply an email address to a form field when a user selects a name?

"Setup routing rules for each name in your drop down (basically allows you to Send to john@doe.com if the name drop down = John Doe)"

See that's what I wanted to eliminate: manually entering those conditions so the client doesn't have to edit that every time he adds a new item to the list, especially if the list is large. I wanted to add all those conditions automatically.

Hi Splash,

I'm not 100% sure what you're looking for, but you can use the "gform_pre_submission_filter" filter to customize the form itself. This means you can update the notification properties of the form and write a conditional that will do all the manual labor for you.

To see what you have to work with, I'd recommend setting up a filter (instructions here) and just using php's print_r function to output the contents of the $form variable which is passed to the filter.

If you have any more specific questions, feel free to hit me on my email: david@ounceoftalent.com

Solved.

<?php
add_filter("gform_pre_submission_filter", "add_replyto");
function add_replyto($form){

    //Change numbers to your actual form id
    if($form["id"] != 2)
        return $form;

    //Change input_2 with your actual input names
    //Change mymail@example.com to your actual emailaddress
    $form["notification"]["to"] = $_POST["input_5"];
	//print_r($form["notification"]);
    return $form;
}
?>