As usual I'm styling gforms to the max. On this occasion I've got a email field with with confirm email field.
I've removed the input labels, and am using variables as my labels.
My problem is I can only get a variable in the first email field - is there a way using the functions.php to a manually add the confirm email variable?
#input_6_6 ...this has variable set using gf admin panel
#input_6_6_2 ...this confirm email field I need a variable on
Any direction would be great thanks.
Hi Provdes,
This input does not provide a dynamic population parameter; however, if you know the field ID you can populate via the gform_pre_render hook.
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add_filter('gform_pre_render', 'add_confirm_value');
function add_confirm_value($form){
$_POST['input_3_2'] = 'david@rocketgenius.com';
return $form;
}So, I'm curious, if you're pre-populating both the of the fields, then you're not really asking the user to confirm the email address by re-typing it themselves. Why not just pass the value to a normal email field with no confirmation? The confirmation field is providing no real benefit at this point.
Thanks David but I'm not getting a result though from the hook.
I've inserted the code below
add_filter('gform_pre_render', 'add_confirm_value');
function add_confirm_value($form){
$_POST['input_6_6_2'] = 'Confirm Your E-mail';
return $form;
}And added this into the functions.php, inside the PHP tags, and is still not adding a variable.
I used firebug to get the ID of the of the input which is #input_6_6_2
Am I missing something?
@Kevin - this is purely for a design purpose, I'm using jQuery to clear the value when the input is clicked, and I am just using these variables for label purposes.
You should remove the form ID from the input. It should look more like this:
input_6_2If you var_dump the $_POST with your function, you will see the actual input IDs you need to target.
Hi Chris, I don't want to sound stupid, but I don't understand the "var_dump the $_POST"
If you roll over the fields in a CSS edit or firebug it reveals the the input ID
My input ID's for the confirmation email field is:
#input_6_6 - this is the 'your email' input ID
#input_6_6_2 - this is the 'confirmation email' input ID
Can't figure it out!
Sorry, you were getting pretty technical so I didn't think to explain it.
You can use the PHP function var_dump to view what's in the $_POST array. That way, you know exactly the right name to use in your functions. You can insert var_dump("$_POST"); into your code, and the contents of the $_POST variable will be dumped. Where it gets dumped depends on where you insert the code.
I sometimes write to a file on the server, or instead I email the contents of the array. Since we know $_POST is an array, it's safe to use the "print_r" function, instead of var_dump, like this:
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// format: email address, subject line, body
// the "true" parameter for print_r tells it to return the array, not echo it
wp_mail("chris@rocketgenius.com", "Subject line var_dump of post variable", print_r("$_POST", true));That will email you nice looking output from the $_POST array, and you can see the names of your inputs there.
Is this form 6? If so, you should remove the first 6, after #input_ and I think it will be fine.
Glad to have helped.