Form declines if user email already exist

Hi @stralim,

Could you please provide us a bit more information about the setup that you currently have and how it should work.

Is CME Courses a plugin or a service that is connected to your site?
How is the form supposed to work, when it’s submitted then a new user is being created on your site, is that correct?

And the problem that you have is that if the user exists the form doesn’t allow registration to happen?

Are you looking to have this form register a user and add him to course if the email is already used, but for existing users you only want to register them for a course?

Cheers,
Predrag

Hello Predrag,
Thank you for your message.
I am trying to use Forminator as a registration form for courses. Not a registration form for users. So the conflict is that if there is a pre-existing user, the form sends an error message that either that email address has already been used or you are already registered.

The website has a membership plan with existing doctors & a directory of those doctors. So I am looking for a form app that I can use as. registration form for classes/courses. CME courses is not a plugin.It’s the name of a class/course.

But you’re right, if the user exist, the registration is not allowed to happen.
I am looking to have the user register for a course via Forminator even is they already exist as a user.

Do you know if this is possible?

Hi @stralim

Thank you for the information.

I am afraid it isn’t possible as Forminator uses the native WordPress user registration, so if any user is registered the plugin won’t let you use that email.

Some alternatives are using regular forms and some Forminator Hooks, for example:

/**
 * Action called before setting fields to database
 *
 * @since 1.0.2
 *
 * @param Forminator_Form_Entry_Model $entry - the entry model
 * @param int $form_id - the form id
 * @param array $field_data_array - the entry data
 *
 */
do_action( 'forminator_custom_form_submit_before_set_fields', $entry, $form_id, $field_data_array );

Forminator also has API documentation on
https://wpmudev.com/docs/api-plugin-development/forminator-api-docs/

And an example of how to use it on
https://wpmudev.com/blog/how-to-build-custom-forminator-add-ons-using-the-developer-api/

Those are some examples of codes that could be used for custom integration.

Best Regards
Patrick Freitas

Hi @stralim

I hope you are doing well and safe!

We haven’t heard from you in a while, I’ll mark this thread as resolved.

Feel free to let us know if you have any additional questions or problems.

Best Regards
Patrick Freitas