how to add a hidden field with custom user meta

Hi @mukape

I hope you are doing well today.

It will possible only to get a user ID from a hidden field. as this one already has “User ID” option. The last name is only available in Name field set up Multiple.

As for biographical info etc, I pinged our SLS Team to review that. We will post an update here as soon as more information is available.

Kind Regards,
Kris

I think there should be get an option to get user meta like I mentioned, maybe it’ll be dynamic or by field_name. I’m not sure
Waiting for your reply.

Hi @mukape

I hope you are doing well.

If you are using a hidden field you can do something like:

<?php
add_filter('forminator_field_hidden_field_value', function ($value)
{

    if (!is_user_logged_in())
    {
        return $value;
    }

    $user = wp_get_current_user();

    $user_data = get_userdata($user->ID);

    // To show all possible values
    //print_r($user_data);
    if (strpos($value, 'user_bio') !== false)
    {

        $value = $user_data->description;
        return $value;

    }
    elseif (strpos($value, 'user_website') !== false)
    {

        $value = $user_data->user_url;
        return $value;

    }

    return $value;

}
, 20, 1);

Add the code as mu-plugin https://wpmudev.com/docs/using-wordpress/installing-wordpress-plugins/#installing-mu-plugins then in the Hidden field you will select custom value and set the default value user_bio to get the Bio and user_website to get the website, but this is only an example you can extend to any other field.

Best Regards
Patrick Freitas

this code will not be affected by Forminator plugin update ?

Hi @mukape,

A plugin update will not affect the code unless we deprecate the filter “forminator_field_hidden_field_value”, which we will mention in the plugin change log.

Please feel free to contact us if you find the code not working so we can help you.

Kind Regards,
Nebu John

Thank you so much for replying.
the code is working very well

Regards

what if fields i need to recieve is created with acf? like mobile number?
so, let’s say we have created and acf filed for the user fields called mobile_number, now i need to get this field in the hidden field.
what should i do?

Hi @mukape

If the field doesn’t use any ACF-specific data format, it doesn’t really matter if it was created with ACF or not. You would just need to add additional code3 block.

For example, right below this

elseif (strpos($value, 'user_website') !== false)
    {

        $value = $user_data->user_url;
        return $value;

    }

add

elseif (strpos($value, 'mobile_numer') !== false)
    {

        $value = $user_data->mobile_number;
        return $value;

    }

and then use “mobile_number” as custom value of hidden field (just like you did so far with other fields).

Best regards,
Adam