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Formatting the "Other" choice field

  1. I've built a form for making donations, with radio buttons for various amounts, and 'Enable "other" choice' selected so that there is a text input where the donor can enter a different value. (Form is here: http://mnds.the-graphics.net/fundraising/donations/)

    The problem is that some donors type the £ sign in this field as well as the amount, which causes problems when the payment is processed. I would like to simply add the £ sign before the text input, but I can't see any way of doing this, as there's no place to add a label to that field.

    Any suggestions would be appreciated!

    Posted 12 years ago on Thursday May 31, 2012 | Permalink
  2. David Peralty

    As far as I know, there isn't any way to format the field. You can using the pre_submission filter check to see if the field has the £ and strip it if it does using PHP before the form is submitted and processed.

    http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Gform_pre_submission_filter

    Posted 12 years ago on Thursday May 31, 2012 | Permalink
  3. Thanks for that suggestion David!

    In the end, I added a custom validation on that field so it throws an error message if the £ sign is there, or if anything else weird is input. (See http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Using_the_Gravity_Forms_%22gform_validation%22_Hook )

    Posted 12 years ago on Friday June 1, 2012 | Permalink
  4. David Peralty

    That works as well. :) Great stuff. Glad you figured out a workable solution.

    Posted 12 years ago on Friday June 1, 2012 | Permalink

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