I've been trying to figure out how to populate input fields in contact forms on my Wordpress website. I've tried using a plugin called Contact Form 7 dynamic text extension, and tried a pretty simple IF statement with PHP. But i just can't seem to get this to work.
With the plugin, i can only get half of the arguments to work in the shortcode, even then the form doesn't properly validate.
Using PHP as a placeholder="" outputs the code instead of the contents of the variable. for example "$current_user->user_firstname"
Any help on the matter would be much appreciated.
Turns out, i wasn't using the shortcode correctly.
These are the shortcodes i've used in with Contact Form 7 Dynamic text extension:
Naam* <br />
[dynamictext* your-name 'CF7_get_current_user']
Email*
[dynamictext* your-email "CF7_get_current_user key='user_email' "]
You can install this plugin
Contact Form 7 Dynamic Text Extension
Dynamic text and dynamic hidden fields are available using it.
And you can use the following code to grab the current user info into your field.
[dynamictext dynamicname "CF7_get_current_user"]
Or as mentioned in the answer above:
[dynamictext your-email "CF7_get_current_user key='user_email' "]
Note also that you can use dynamichidden
for hidden fields like the following
[dynamichidden your-email "CF7_get_current_user key='user_email' "]
PS: I faced an issue with required hidden fields when I tried to use this dynamichidden*
, the shortcode appears on my website as a plain text.
I have done this before. Instead of using the PHP code as a placeholder. Use jQuery, for example:
$firstname = $current_user->user_firstname;
<script>
$("input").val("<?php echo $firstname; ?>")
</script>