Include custom generic fields in notification email

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Problem: I would like to include generic field values in an email notification sent by a CRED form, but the API code produces a 500 server error.

Solution: Do not add the callback function multiple times to add multiple placeholders. Instead, add all the placeholders at once in a single function.

add_filter('cred_subject_notification_codes', 'custom_generic_field_notification', 10, 1);
 
add_filter('cred_body_notification_codes', 'custom_generic_field_notification', 10, 1);
 
function custom_generic_field_notification( $defaultPlaceHolders ) {
 
$newPlaceHolders = array(
'%%Name%%' => $_REQUEST['Name'],
'%%Email%%' => $_REQUEST['Email']
);
 
return array_merge($defaultPlaceHolders, $newPlaceHolders );
}

Relevant Documentation:
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/how-to-use-custom-placeholders-in-cred-notifications/

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This topic contains 2 replies, has 2 voices.

Last updated by leilaG 6 years, 7 months ago.

Assisted by: Christian Cox.

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April 12, 2018 at 11:25 am #652304

leilaG

1. How to include custom generic fields that were added to the form in the notification email
You can use custom placeholders in a notification email to access generic field contents. We have more information about that with some examples here: https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/how-to-use-custom-placeholders-in-cred-notifications/
If you have specific questions about this process, feel free to open new tickets so we can discuss in detail.

I have followed the instructions in the documentation and added the below code, but getting an 500 error page -

add_filter('cred_subject_notification_codes', 'custom_generic_field_notification', 10, 1);

add_filter('cred_body_notification_codes', 'custom_generic_field_notification', 10, 1);

function custom_generic_field_notification( $defaultPlaceHolders ) {

$newPlaceHolders = array(
'%%Name%%' => $_REQUEST['Name']
);

return array_merge($defaultPlaceHolders, $newPlaceHolders );
}

add_filter('cred_subject_notification_codes', 'custom_generic_field_notification', 10, 1);

add_filter('cred_body_notification_codes', 'custom_generic_field_notification', 10, 1);

function custom_generic_field_notification( $defaultPlaceHolders ) {

$newPlaceHolders = array(
'%%Email%%' => $_REQUEST['Email']
);

return array_merge($defaultPlaceHolders, $newPlaceHolders );
}

April 12, 2018 at 2:23 pm #652809

Christian Cox

Hi, rather than including multiple custom_generic_field_notification functions, please merge your new placeholders into the same array and function like this:

add_filter('cred_subject_notification_codes', 'custom_generic_field_notification', 10, 1);

add_filter('cred_body_notification_codes', 'custom_generic_field_notification', 10, 1);

function custom_generic_field_notification( $defaultPlaceHolders ) {

$newPlaceHolders = array(
'%%Name%%' => $_REQUEST['Name'],
'%%Email%%' => $_REQUEST['Email']
);

return array_merge($defaultPlaceHolders, $newPlaceHolders );
}

Any new placeholders can be added to the $newPlaceHolders array like this.

April 13, 2018 at 10:22 am #656062

leilaG

That worked!! Thank you so much.