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x2gravity
Member
I have tried to use this example (http://www.gravityhelp.com/forums/topic/mathematics-to-gravity-forms) and create a form that basically does a small calculation but cannot get it to work.

Here is my code
```
[php]
add_action("gform_post_submission_8", "calculate_savings", 10, 2);
function calculate_savings($entry, $form){
	$savings = $entry['1'] - 100;

	$_POST['input_2'] = $savings;

        return $form;
}
```
POST['input_2'] is a hidden field in the form which I then insert in the confirmation message for the user to see.

$entry['1'] is basically a numeric field which I then use to calculate.

Any help would be appreciated
Thanks
Posted 12 years ago on Friday August 26, 2011 | Permalink
Chris Hajer
Key Master

What happens now when this runs? Does any value come back or is it always -100 or something?

Also, I think you are going to run into problems because you are running this "post_submission" which is after the entry is created. So, you will not be able to insert this into input_2 since the entry is already created.

Are you just trying to take a number they submit, and show them a savings of 100 in the confirmation text (not an email, just the displayed confirmation message)?

Posted 12 years ago on Saturday August 27, 2011 | Permalink
x2gravity
Member

At the moment no value is returned. Thanks for the heads up regarding the use of "post_submission". What do you recommend I use?

Yes I just want to use the number that the user submits, do some simple calculations based on that number and return the result to the user via the displayed confirmation message. I might not even save in the database as well.

Posted 12 years ago on Monday August 29, 2011 | Permalink
David Smith
Member

Hi x2gravity,

Give this a shot:

http://pastie.org/2447989

The issue was you were updating the $_POST after Gravity Forms has already processed the entry and retrieved all the values from the $_POST. By using the gform_pre_submission hook, we can add the $savings value to the "Savings" field $_POST before Gravity Forms processes the entry so the new value will be processed.

You can access the saved value using the token; something like {Field Name:field_id} ~ {Savings:2}. You can get the actual token from the drop down on the confirmation message and add it anywhere in the message.

Posted 12 years ago on Monday August 29, 2011 | Permalink
x2gravity
Member

Worked perfectly
Thanks

Can you tell me what rgpost does?
Thanks again

Posted 12 years ago on Monday August 29, 2011 | Permalink
David Smith
Member

rgpost() is a "safe" way to retrieve values from the $_POST global. It automatically checks to see if the requested index/key exists in the $_POST global before attempting to access that index/key to prevent undefined index notices.

Posted 12 years ago on Monday August 29, 2011 | Permalink