Contact Form 7 custom validation hook not working

I have looked for hours now for proper documentation and forum posts on this(including https://contactform7.com/2015/03/28/custom-validation/#more-13626), and I am coming up empty. The following doesn’t work:

function spam_handling($result, $tag) {
    // $spam = array('google', 'McDonalds');

    // if($tag->name == 'Company'):
        
    //     if(in_array($_POST['Company'], $spam)):
            
            $result->invalidate( $tag, "Spam" );
            
        // endif;
        
        // endif;
    
    return $result;
}

add_filter("wpcf7_validate_text", "spam_handling", 5, 2);

What is the correct hook to use to validate text fields or specific fields in contact form 7? I am using the most up to date version. Also WordPress is updated.

• This topic was modified 4 years, 1 month ago by lfbender.

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