[Resolved] Hide/Lock/Disable field?

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[Boris]

Hello

I have a radio field with three options:

- pending
- approved
- rejected

I have created a Cred form. when sent I want the default value to be "pending" and I don't want users to be able to change the value.

I know it is possible to add it this way :
[cred_field field='report-status' post='report' value='pending' urlparam='']
Then use css to hide it ....

But I want something more advanced that would give users no way to change the field value.

Any advice how to do that?

Thanks

[Shane Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: America/Jamaica (GMT-05:00)]

Hi Boris,

Thank you for contacting our support forum.

You can do this with some jQuery. Please have a look at the link below and let me know if it helps.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1362153/how-can-i-use-jquery-to-make-an-input-readonly

Thanks,
Shane

[Boris]

But anyone disable Javascript at his browser will be able to bypass that. isn't it?

A good solution for me could be to add a default custom field for every post published through my cred form. Is it possible?

Thanks

[Shane Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: America/Jamaica (GMT-05:00)]

Hi Boris,

This would be possible but it would need to be done using a CRED hook to populate the field when the post is created.

So create a custom field in Types and don't add that field to the CRED form.

Then you can set the field value using the CRED hook when the form is submitted.

Please let me know if this helps.
Thanks,
Shane

[Boris]

Please can you explain more how to implement that?

[Shane Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: America/Jamaica (GMT-05:00)]

Hi Boris,

What we will be using are these two functions.
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/cred-api/#csd

https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/update_post_meta

So once you create the custom field in Types then you just write the hook like this

add_action('cred_save_data', 'my_save_data_action',10,2);
function my_save_data_action($post_id, $form_data)
{
    // if a specific form
    if ($form_data['id']==12)
    {
   update_post_meta($post_id, "wpcf-custom-field", "value to add");
        }
    }
}

Add the above your functions.php file change the 12 to the ID of your CRED form. Also you will need to change the wpcf-custom-field to the slug of your custom field keeping the wpcf- prefix and finally setting the value to add.

Please let me know if this helps.
Thanks,
Shane