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How to change/create new field variable?

  1. Hi GF team,

    I want to migrate my WPCF7 forms to GF but I need some help with the tracking. On WPCF7 I have a function that when someone lands on the website with this parameter on the URL "myweb.com/?promo=mypromo", the it saves the "mypromo" as cookie for a 6 months period and if anyone contacts me, the "mypromo" comes attached.

    Question is, how to do this with GF. I am using GF integration with salesforce, all working smoothly btw, just this promocode thing not at all. I just don't know how to set a new variable in GF fields with the dynamic promocode call I need.

    This is the function I am using with WPCF7:

    <?php
    function tracking_cookie(){
    if (!isset($_COOKIE['RD7cViG1mO6y'])) {
    setcookie('RD7cViG1mO6y',base64_encode($_GET['promo']), strtotime('+6 month'), '/', 'myweb.com'); //Tracks Promo code
    if (!isset($_COOKIE['qsJKX2zx3Le1'])) {
    setcookie('qsJKX2zx3Le1',base64_encode($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']),strtotime('+6 month'), '/', 'myweb.com');
    } //Tracks First Referrer to the website
    }
    }
    add_action('init','tracking_cookie',0);
    wpcf7_add_shortcode( 'tracker', 'wpcf7_tracker_shortcode', true );

    function wpcf7_tracker_shortcode( $tag ) {
    global $wpcf7_contact_form;
    if ( ! is_array( $tag ) )
    return '';
    $name = $tag['name'];
    if (!isset($_COOKIE['RD7cViG1mO6y'])) {
    $tracker_code=$_GET['promo'];
    } else {
    $tracker_code=base64_decode($_COOKIE['RD7cViG1mO6y']);
    }
    $html = $html.'<input type="hidden" name="'.$name.'" value="'.$tracker_code.'" />';
    return $html;
    }

    wpcf7_add_shortcode( 'referrer', 'wpcf7_referrer_shortcode', true );
    function wpcf7_referrer_shortcode( $tag ) {
    global $wpcf7_contact_form;
    if ( ! is_array( $tag ) )
    return '';
    $name = $tag['name'];
    if (!isset($_COOKIE['qsJKX2zx3Le1'])) {
    $referrer=$_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
    } else {
    $referrer=base64_decode($_COOKIE['qsJKX2zx3Le1']);
    }
    $html = $html.'<input type="hidden" name="'.$name.'" value="'.$referrer.'" />';
    return $html;
    }

    ?>

    than I set [promo_code] and [referrer_link] in WPCF7 mail and this is how I have been using.

    Can someone help me making this work on a GF hidden promocode field? (btw my salesforce promocode parameter is "Promo_Code__c").

    Appreciate.
    Hugo

    Posted 12 years ago on Tuesday April 10, 2012 | Permalink
  2. Hi Hugo,

    I do something similar. Did you get this resolved?

    Thanks,
    John

    Posted 11 years ago on Tuesday April 23, 2013 | Permalink
  3. David Peralty

    You would create a hidden field that would have the Allow this field to be populated dynamically checked off. Then you would use gform_pre_render to check for the cookie, grab the value and stuff it into your hidden field.

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

    Posted 11 years ago on Wednesday April 24, 2013 | Permalink
  4. Thanks David...

    Posted 11 years ago on Wednesday April 24, 2013 | Permalink