If No “Parent Affiliate” Then… Do this. Possible?

Hey @luxman007,

Thank you for reaching out! The following code should help with this:

function slicewp_custom_affiliate_account_tab_dashboard_top_message() {
	
	$affiliate = slicewp_get_affiliate( slicewp_get_current_affiliate_id() );
	
	if ( ! empty( $affiliate->get( 'parent_id' ) ) ) {
		return;
	}
	
	?>
		
		<div>
		“Hey, thanks for joining us but quick question – Did anyone refer you?

		If so, what is their ID/name? ______________________”
		</div>
		
	<?php
	
}
add_action( 'slicewp_affiliate_account_tab_dashboard_top', 'slicewp_custom_affiliate_account_tab_dashboard_top_message' );

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The code will output the content of the <div> element at the top of the Dashboard tab of the affiliate area if the affiliate does not have a parent.

Please adapt the code to your needs.

Thank you and best wishes,

Mihai

This works!

But now, how can I make it so they place the affiliate ID/slug into an input field which then automatically adds the user under that specific affiliate?

Could do this with gravityforms or regular html.

Hey @luxman007,

If you can use a form from Gravity Forms, this code should help:

function slicewp_custom_assign_affiliate_parent( $entry, $form ) {
	
	if ( $form['id'] !== 123 ) {
		return;
	}
	
	$submitted_affiliate_id = $entry[1];
	
	$parent_affiliate = ( function_exists( 'slicewp_get_affiliate_by_custom_slug' ) ? slicewp_get_affiliate_by_custom_slug( $submitted_affiliate_id ) : null );
	$parent_affiliate = ( ! is_null( $parent_affiliate ) ? $parent_affiliate : slicewp_get_affiliate( $submitted_affiliate_id ) );
	
	if ( is_null( $parent_affiliate ) ) {
		return;
	}

	$affiliate = slicewp_get_affiliate_by_user_id( get_current_user_id() );
	
	if ( ! empty( $affiliate->get( 'parent_id' ) ) ) {
		return;
	}
	
	slicewp_update_affiliate( $affiliate->get('id'), array( 'parent_id' => $parent_affiliate->get( 'id' ) ) );

}
add_action( 'gform_entry_created', 'slicewp_custom_assign_affiliate_parent', 10, 2 );

Please make sure to:

1. Change the form ID to the correct one.

2. I’ve added just one input field to the form when testing. Because of this, in this line ($submitted_affiliate_id = $entry[1];) there’s $entry[1]. If the field where the user inputs the affiliate’s ID or slug isn’t the first one, you would need to change the number from the entry, to 2, 3, etc, based on the order the field is in the form.

Please try it out and let me know how it goes.

Also, please note that, even though we love to help our users as much as possible, these kind of customizations are out of the scope of the support that we can offer.

We’re happy to help our users with code snippets if they’re quick to implement, however, as small team, we can only do so much.

I hope that you can understand our position on this.

Thank you and best wishes,

Mihai

Works perfect!

IMO this should be an addon to remind new sign ups especially due to the mlm component.

Hey @luxman007,

I’m happy to hear that it’s working nicely! As far as the feature goes, I have added your thoughts to our development log for more research.

At this time I can’t say if the feature will be developed in the foreseeable future, but we have our eyes on it.

Wishing you a lovely day ahead!

Mihai