find text in mail an save it to custom fields

  • Resolved net97de

    (@net97de)


    9 months, 4 weeks ago

    I always receive text mails with the same pattern.
    The emails always contain the following information

    Name: Max Mustermann
    Address: 11 Kings Road, London
    Birtday: 11.12.1988

    How can I save this information in custom fields after the colon? Are there any instructions on how to do this?

    I have already found the following page by searching:
    https://postieplugin.com/postie_post_before/
    But unfortunately there is nothing there.

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  • Plugin Author Wayne Allen

    (@wayneallen-1)

    There isn’t much specified to Postie other than the filter which you’ve already found. After that it is standard PHP to find strings and WordPress functions to save the values.

    I will mention that this can get tricky if you have html emails.

    For example the email could look like:

    <div><p>Name: Max Mustermann</p><p>Address: 11 Kings Road, London</p></div>

    With all text on one line. Or there could be line breaks.

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