Hi there,
I wish to inquire if there's a way for us to re-format a field if a data enter is invalid or in a different format.
A data being passed to the custom field using Gravity Forms and Gravity Forms + CPT plugin. Whenever a user submit a form, all data being submitted correctly except the date format. After looking at the postmeta, it seems that the data is in a UNIX format. How do I make sure that correct data is displayed?
Initially, I have submitted a support ticket to the plugin developer and they suggested me to contact Gravity Forms, and I realized that maybe Types could do something about it.
wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-value-did-not-passed-to-the-custom-field-created?replies=1
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Dear Antony,
Does the date format in WordPress -> Settings -> General match the date settings in the form field? d/m/Y
Please let me know if you are satisfied with my answer and if I can help you with any other questions you might have.
Regards,
Caridad
Yes, I actually make sure it is match. Both for both dmY and mdY. I realized that the data is stored in UNIX format? Any particular reason for this?
Dear Antony,
The timestamp is only an internal format. You can format the timestamp for display with the date functions:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/date_i18n
Please let me know if you are satisfied with my answer and if I can help you with any other questions you might have.
Regards,
Caridad
I have tried troubleshooting this issue with two plugin developers and it seems that the value passed by Gravity Forms is in the d/m/Y format, this has been confirmed by the Gravity Forms support team - kindly read the thread here: hidden link
If you looked at the first screencast, the <b>Start Date</b> custom fields created with Types is the one that causing the issue. Instead of accepting standard format, it change it to unix format.
I'm interested how the data being stored and not display.
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Instead of passing a correct date, the custom field use 1/1/1970 which is weird.
Dear Antony,
The solution that they suggest is a good one, using filters. But this should be part of the 'bridge' plugin:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/gravity-forms-custom-post-types/
By looking at the source code, this sort of code should work, but I havent been able to test it. Add it to your functions.php, but replace wpcf-date-field with whatever you find in the $post_data array:
add_filter("gform_post_data", 'set_my_date'), 10, 2);
function set_my_date($post_data, $form ) {
//check if the form saves a post
if ( $this->is_form_a_post_form($form) ) {
// Here you can inspect $post_data to see the name and format of the value
// var_dump($post_data)
// if its coming as mdY and you want a timestamp, do this
$post_data['wpcf-date-field'] = str_to_time($post_data['wpcf-date-field']);
}
return $post_data;
}
Please let me know if you are satisfied with my answer and if I can help you with any other questions you might have.
Regards,
Caridad
The above didn't work for me. It just killed the site until I took it out of my functions file.
Hi there,
I have added the code as requested and fix the code error on the first line:
<b>add_filter('gform_post_data', 'set_my_date', 10, 2);</b>
However, after testing it. It seems like having an error soon after I submit the form:
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Dear Antony,
I’ll send you a private email right now asking you for some private information that will help me debug this issue for you. Please check your email in a couple of minutes, and if you don’t get it, let me know so I can send it again. Thanks.
Please let me know if you are satisfied with my answer and if I can help you with any other questions you might have.
Regards,
Caridad
Dear Antony,
I dont have permission to change the file and test this, but there are two errors in the code above.
You caught one, the other one is to change str_to_time to strtotime.
Can you try replacing it?
add_filter("gform_post_data", 'set_my_date', 10, 2);
function set_my_date($post_data, $form ) {
//check if the form saves a post
if ( $this->is_form_a_post_form($form) ) {
// Here you can inspect $post_data to see the name and format of the value
// var_dump($post_data)
// if its coming as mdY and you want a timestamp, do this
$post_data['wpcf-date-field'] = strtotime($post_data['wpcf-date-field']);
}
return $post_data;
}
Please let me know if you are satisfied with my answer and if I can help you with any other questions you might have.
Regards,
Caridad
Hi, I have the same issue. I pasted the above code into the functions.php but when i submit my form i get an error.. Any more thoughts?
Dear Andrew,
Can you open a new thread and paste the error message? You can also post a reference to this thread.
Thanks,
Caridad
Dear Antony,
I replied to your email, please check.
Regards,
Caridad
