[Resolved] Notification to specific e-mail address with custom field value in Message Body

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[jiriK-2]

Hello,

I've build Toolset User Form following your documentation.

Now I need to send a Notification e-mail message to a specific e-mail address (not any user's email address) with custom fields.

So for instance in Content User Form I have my Custom field e. g.:

<div class="form-group">
<label>Město, obec</label>
[cred_field field='mesto-obec' value='' urlparam='' class='form-control' output='bootstrap']
</div>

and now I need send sent a value of this field in Notification mail body to a specific email address.

I was trying to use:

[wpv-post-field name='mesto-obec'] - not working

[types usermeta='mesto-obec'][/types] - not working

[types usermeta='mesto-obec' user_is_author='true'][/types] - not working

Please let me know how to display the field's content properly.

Thanks, best,

Jiri.

[Christian Cox]

Hi, try adding the new User ID to the Types field shortcode like this:

[types usermeta='mesto-obec' user_id='%%USER_USERID%%'][/types]

That should give you access to the custom field value in a notification.
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/cred-user-forms-email-notifications/#inserting-the-user-login-information-fields

[jiriK-2]

Dear Christian,

perfect, it is working now, thank you very much!

The last issue:

I also use these 2 default user fields:

<label>Jméno</label>
[cred_field field='first_name' post='user' value='' urlparam='' class='form-control' output='bootstrap']
</div>

<div class="form-group">
<label>Příjmení</label>
[cred_field field='last_name' post='user' value='' urlparam='' class='form-control' output='bootstrap']
</div>

and theis value's displaying is not working in your suggested way:

[types usermeta='first_name' user_id='%%USER_USERID%%'][/types]
[types usermeta='last_name' user_id='%%USER_USERID%%'][/types]

Please how to display them properly in Notification mail body to a specific email address?

Many thanks!

Jiri

[Christian Cox]

There aren't built-in placeholders for first and last name, but you can add this custom code to your child theme's functions.php file to activate custom placeholders:

add_filter('cred_body_notification_codes', 'custom_generic_field_notification');
add_filter('cred_subject_notification_codes', 'custom_generic_field_notification');

function custom_generic_field_notification( $defaultPlaceHolders ) {
  $newPlaceHolders = array(
    '%%FORCED_FIRST%%' => $_REQUEST['first_name'],
    '%%FORCED_LAST%%' => $_REQUEST['last_name'],
  );

  return array_merge($defaultPlaceHolders, $newPlaceHolders );
}

Then in the notification you can use the placeholders %%FORCED_FIRST%% and %%FORCED_LAST%% to display the first and last name.

[jiriK-2]

Dear Christian,

great, everything is working fine now, thanks for your help! 🙂

Jiri