hey ,
I was wondering if I can use some sort of code or condition to sent out certain email content (pdf link) based on the chosen checkbox... so for instance
1- belt guard
2- safety guard
3 - catalogue
the user checks a box and then recieves the pdf associated with that box
Thanks in advance
Gravity Forms does not email attachments. A good explanation of why:
http://www.gravityhelp.com/forums/topic/emails-with-attachments#post-30297
Normally you would put a link to the PDF in the user notification email. Sounds like you want different PDFs though based on a choice made in the form. You can use something like this to change the body of the notification based on a user's choice in the form:
http://www.gravityhelp.com/forums/topic/dynamically-send-email-with-different-contents#post-16503
That code will go in your functions.php and will need to be modified to handle all your conditions, change the form ID and field etc, etc.
Instructions on where to put that code:
http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Where_Do_I_Put_This_Code%3F
Please let us know if you need help.
Ok so do I create my conditional function in the theme-functions.php, and then where do I use the function itself? Little confused , im a bit new to wordpress so. I know how to code just the structure is different Im used to MVC
Sorry about the delay. Here's what I did in functions.php (you may need to use theme-functions.php based on how your theme does it):
You will need to change the 19 on line 2 to your form ID.
You will need to change 3 on line 6 to your field ID. I used a multiple choice field (radio buttons) to accept just one request for PDF.
[There is nothing to add anywhere else. This function is a filter which just modifies values submitted with this form. There is no function to be added anywhere else.]
When I set up my multiple choice field, I chose to use values to avoid issues with the values having capital letters and spaces. So, my values are beltguard, safetyguard and catalogue. You could use numbers there, or the actual names of your PDF to use later as variable replacements.
So, based on the value of input_3, I append to the email notification the link to the PDF I want to send. I set up the user email notification the same as always, but just left a blank line and the end and then this function adds a link to the end of the email body. I disabled auto-formatting for the notification and added my HTML manually (which is why there is a closing < /p> after the link in functions.php) Then, return the modified form object with the PDF link inserted into it.
Hopefully that will get you pointed in the right direction. If you need more help please let us know. Thanks.
I found an easier way while looking through some older posts tonight:
http://www.gravityhelp.com/forums/topic/automate-a-file-send-with-form-submit#post-29223
Maybe that will work in your case.
I'm confident you will get it to work. Please post if you need additional help.
hmmm looked easier than I thought , I had to use checkboxes instead or a dropdown to allow for multiple values, so because of this , it ruled out your last suggestion. Heres what I added :
add_filter('gform_pre_submission_filter_2', 'conditional_message');
function conditional_message($form){
// update the "3" following "input_" to the ID of your field
$choice1 = RGForms::post('input_7_1');
$choice2 = RGForms::post('input_7_2');
$choice3 = RGForms::post('input_7_3');
// append a different PDF link based on the interest
// I used values to avoid capitalization and spaces in my values
if($choice1 || $choice2 || $choice3)
$form['autoResponder']['message'] .= "Thank You";
if($choice1)
$form['autoResponder']['message'] .= "<a href='http://kreatorsafety.com/uploads/belt_guard.pdf' title='Download your free Belt Guard Data Sheet' rel="nofollow">BELT GUARD DATA SHEET DOWNLOAD</a></p>";
if($choice2)
$form['autoResponder']['message'] .= "<a href='http://kreatorsafety.com/uploads/coupling.pdf' title='Download your free Safety Guard Data Sheet' rel="nofollow">COUPLING GUARD DATA SHEET DOWNLOAD</a></p>";
if($choice3)
$form['autoResponder']['message'] .= "<a href='http://kreatorsafety.com/uploads/K.S.Catalogue.pdf' title='Download your free Catalogue here' rel="nofollow">SAFETY GUARD CATALOGUE DOWNLOAD</a></p>";
// return modified form
return $form;
}ID of the form is "2" and the input names are listed accordingly . still not working though :(
Does your theme use a theme-functions.php for custom functions, or should it be using functions.php? Normally themes just use functions.php. Your theme could be including that file, but I just want to make sure it is. Was there already a theme-functions.php file, and you just added to it? Or do you have a functions.php file present?
What is the URL for the page with this form on it?
Is it form 2? And is it field 7?
I think the inputs should be named like this:
[php]
$choice1 = RGForms::post('input_7.1');
$choice2 = RGForms::post('input_7.2');
$choice3 = RGForms::post('input_7.3');A dot rather than an underscore after the input_7. That's based on the input names from your form. You switched to checkboxes there from radio (due to the need to allow multiple selections) and I didn't catch that.
hmm I did fix the "." for the inputs, still not working though :S..... so just to recap what I have done
1. Add the following to the "theme-functions.php" located in the "/includes" which is in the child directory.
[php]
add_filter('gform_pre_submission_filter_2', 'conditional_message');
function conditional_message($form){
// update the "3" following "input_" to the ID of your field
$choice1 = RGForms::post('input_7.1');
$choice2 = RGForms::post('input_7.2');
$choice3 = RGForms::post('input_7.3');
// append a different PDF link based on the interest
// I used values to avoid capitalization and spaces in my values
if($choice1 || $choice2 || $choice3)
$form['autoResponder']['message'] .= "Thank You";
if($choice1)
$form['autoResponder']['message'] .= "<a href='http://kreatorsafety.com/uploads/belt_guard.pdf' title='Download your free Belt Guard Data Sheet' rel="nofollow">BELT GUARD DATA SHEET DOWNLOAD</a></p>";
if($choice2)
$form['autoResponder']['message'] .= "<a href='http://kreatorsafety.com/uploads/coupling.pdf' title='Download your free Safety Guard Data Sheet' rel="nofollow">COUPLING GUARD DATA SHEET DOWNLOAD</a></p>";
if($choice3)
$form['autoResponder']['message'] .= "<a href='http://kreatorsafety.com/uploads/K.S.Catalogue.pdf' title='Download your free Catalogue here' rel="nofollow">SAFETY GUARD CATALOGUE DOWNLOAD</a></p>";
// return modified form
return $form;
}I also if you noticed changed your case to a simple if statment.
2. I have the "Notification to User" enabled in the back end under the form editor
Im not sure what else to do
Hi Dave. Can you export the form and attach it to an email sent to chris@rocketgenius.com ? It doesn't make sense. If you have the opportunity, attach your functions.php. I will install it locally and see if I can find the problem. Thanks.
Wow, not sure how I got the information wrong in the comment above. The inputs are correct as:
I did. Here's the code:
http://pastebin.com/Sb8PSPyX
Here's a test page with your form (I changed the notification emails to come from me):
http://gravity.chrishajer.com/request-a-brochure/
If you use your email address when submitting, you will get the conditional autoresponder email with links to the PDFs based on your check box selections.
I did email you as well (Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 4:30 PM), in response to the XML form you sent me. I forwarded that original email to you again just now. Please check for the new copy.
Thanks for the update Dave. Glad you got it worked out.
To add to what was referenced here, if you want to physically attach a file to an email notification that is possible with Gravity Forms v1.6.3 which is currently a beta test release here on the support site downloads page.
There are new hooks available that let's you use custom PHP to attach files to the email notifications. You can find documentation for these new hooks and how to use them below.
gform_user_notification_attachments
http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Gform_user_notification_attachments
gform_admin_notification_attachments
http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Gform_admin_notification_attachments
Both include examples of how to automatically include all file uploads associated with that form as attachments to the email notification. But you can customize it to suit your needs if you simply want to attach a specific file.
