Im trying to pass an email through the query string so that another form can dynamically populate the value into its email field. The issue is that the form is passing the email like this:
email=nameyourdomain.com.
It seems as if the @ symbol, or the URL encoded version of that, is not being passed. This populates my email field incorrectly without the @ symbol. How would I fix this?
I was able to send an email in a query string. It was encoded like this:
http://gravity.chrishajer.com/?email=chris%40rocketgenius.com
That link doesn't do anything, but the @ symbol was properly URL encoded as %40. Do you have an example of where this is happening to you?
Yes, I have an example.
http://nsdstudio.com/small-business-web-design
Submit the form on the right side and you will see.
Thanks for looking at this for me.
I see it:
http://nsdstudio.com/evaluation-form?fname=Chris&lname=Hajer&email=chrisrocketgenius.com
Very odd. I wonder if it has something to do with the server configuration or mod_security or something?
I noticed this happen on another site I happened to be submitting a Gravity Form on, earlier today, and it caught me off guard. It looks like the issue is the same, but I'm unable to duplicate the problem on any of the servers I have.
I saw the initial form get sent through to my email but as you can see, the email doesn't get populated correctly into the email text box on the next page. Would you suggest another method of doing the same thing without using the query string?
I did see that the email field was not populated correctly. What you're trying to do should be possible so I'd like to figure out why it's not working. It works in some cases.
Can you post everything from the textarea where your query string was built? The whole thing? Wrap it in backticks (just above the tab key, below the ESC key on most keyboards) so the formatting does not get messed up.
How about if you add a slash after the URL? So this:
http://nsdstudio.com/evaluation-form/
Instead of this:
http://nsdstudio.com/evaluation-form
for your URL. Does that change anything?
fname={First Name:1}&lname={Last Name:3}&email={Email:2}
The query string looks fine. Can you try the slash at the end of the URL and see if that changes anything?
tried the slash
This is what I have now:
http://www.nsdstudio.com/Evaluation-Form/
fname={First Name:1}&lname={Last Name:3}&email={Email:2}
didnt work :(
No, in the box above. The URL before the query string. Try adding a slash to the end of the URL. I don't think it will work but I am curious if it makes a difference.
Also, what are your permalink settings? My permalink settings:
/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/Notice the difference between this and this on my server:
http://gravity.chrishajer.com/contact-us/
http://gravity.chrishajer.com/contact-us
The one without a slash will redirect to the one with a trailing slash.
Check the URL on your server:
http://nsdstudio.com/evaluation-form/
http://nsdstudio.com/evaluation-form
The opposite happens. The one with a slash redirects to the one without. Interesting.
PermaLink setting is /%postname%
There was another post here recently about the @ being stripped from the query string. I am going to try to find it and see if there was a difference with the permalink settings there too. At least to check for differences.
I read that one too but it seems he figured it out on his apache server but he didnt share what the solution was.
Do you have a link to that one? It sounds different than the one I was referring to.
Thanks for that URL. That is not the one I recall but it is the same problem and probably related.
Do you have access to Apache logs to see if the URL is being redirected for these requests? I suspect it's got something to do with permalinks and mod_rewrite and the URL with/without the trailing slash. It's as the poster mentioned in the thread you linked to: the initial query string was OK but after rewriting, something (the @) was lost.
I do not have access to the apache logs. Drats....
OK, hang tight. We'll come up with something.
Thank you, appreciate the support :)
It looks like you changed the permalink settings? I am seeing a trailing slash now ...
Also, if you manually populate the query string with the email address with an @ in it, it fills in the form fine.
http://nsdstudio.com/evaluation-form/?fname=Chris2&lname=Hajer2&email=Chris@rocketgenius.com
In the entry from the first (sidebar) form, is the email address stored correctly? If so, we know the entry is correct in the first form. We know the second form can process the query string with the @ when it's sent. So something in between is stripping out the @ on your server.
Its being stored correctly. I put a notification on the initial form (First, last , and email form) and it emails me the correct email with all proper characters.
Do you have the URL in the redirect capitalized like this:
http://www.nsdstudio.com/Evaluation-Form/
It should be lower case, like this:
http://www.nsdstudio.com/evaluation-form/
That will cause a 301 redirect and I think that's when you lose the @.
Hmmmm.....That worked....but.....so......angry.....now......3.......days......spent.. .....stupid......capitial......letters!!!!!
Thanks bud!
I'm glad that's resolved. Enjoy the holiday weekend!
You too bud! Thanks for the help!
You're welcome.