Setting up filter question
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Ok, here is the setup I want to reach.
I have a contact page. I am using Contact Form 7. The subject field is a drop-down menu. We have 4 options.
Selection_A means the email goes to email_1 and email_2
Selection_B means the email goes to email_3 and email_4
Selection_C means the email goes to email_5
Selection_D means the email goes to email_5 and email_6From what I have been able to figure out, this is going to take (3) plugins to make happen. I’m OK with that.
#1 – Contact Form 7 => That is the plugin for the form itself.
#2 – Conditional Fields for Contact Form 7 => That is the plugin that gives me the ability to set “what if” settings.
#3 – Hidden Field for Contact Form 7 => This lets me do hidden work to swap tags/fields aroundSo, what I have figured so far, is my code needs to start off here:
<label> [text* your-name placeholder 'Your Name *' ] </label> <label> [email* your-email placeholder 'Your Email *'] </label> <label> [select* subject "Becoming an athletic competitor" "Sponsoring the Highland Games" "Wanting to be a Vendor" "Clan Information" "Something not listed here"]</label> <label> [textarea* your-message placeholder 'Your Message *'] </label> [group mail-to-A] [text mail-to "[email protected]"] [/group] [group mail-to-B] [text mail-to "[email protected]"] [/group] [group mail-to-C] [text mail-to "[email protected]"] [/group] [group mail-to-D] [text mail-to "[email protected]"] [/group] [group mail-to-E] [text mail-to "[email protected]"] [/group] [submit "Send"]Not so worried about the (2) emails yet. Want to get them changing first.
Under the “Conditional Fields” tab, I have the rules set so that when the subject changes, the different groups get activated. Visually this works. I made the [mail-to-?] group a visible text entry spot and when I changed the subject, the display changed.
Now I believe I am at the point where I need to make a filter to change the value of [mail-to] depending on what group is called. There is where I am stuck, and I believe this plugin (#3 – Hidden Field for Contact Form 7) is the trick. I hope I am right.
I can see where I need to put the filter. But my question is, do I need a filter for each possible outcome like below?
add_filter('mail-to-A', 'mail_to_select_A', 10, 2); function mail_to_select_A($value, $args) { // set value and return $value = '[email protected]'; return $value; } add_filter('mail-to-B', 'mail_to_select_B', 10, 2); function mail_to_select_B($value, $args) { // set value and return $value = '[email protected]'; return $value; }And the next question, would the code be:
[group mail-to-A] [dynamichidden2 mail-to-A "mail_to_select_A"] [/group] [group mail-to-B] [dynamichidden2 mail-to-B "mail_to_select_B"] [/group]
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Trying to get this figured out, let me share what all I have right now.
1) I have the “Dynamic Recipient for Contact Form 7” plugin added. I also have the “Hidden Field” as well.
In /[root]/wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7-dynamic-mail-to I have these files:
cf7-dynamic-mail-to.php
cf7-dynamic-mail-to-examples.php
README.md
readme.txtI have gone into examples and copied the code into notepad and modified it to what I need. I then used the example code and replace the code in just “cf7-dynamic-mail-to.php”. This is what I have:
<?php /* Plugin Name: Dynamic Recipient for Contact Form 7 Plugin URI: https://github.com/Hube2/contact-form-7-dynamic-mail-to Description: Alter the to email address of mail in Contact Form 7 dynamically. Requires Contact Form 7 Version: 1.0.0 Author: John A. Huebner II Author URI: https://github.com/Hube2/ License: GPL */ // If this file is called directly, abort. if (!defined('WPINC')) { die; } //include(dirname(__FILE__).'/cf7-dynamic-mail-to-examples.php'); new wpcf7_dynamic_mail_to(); class wpcf7_dynamic_mail_to { // these are the email addresses to be used to for setting the recipient email address in cf7 private $email_address_1 = '[email protected]'; private $email_address_2 = '[email protected]'; private $email_address_3 = '[email protected]'; private $email_address_4 = '[email protected]'; private $email_address_5 = '[email protected]'; public function __construct() { add_filter('wpcf7-dynamic-mail-to-filter', array($this, 'filter'), 10, 2); } // end public function __construct public function filter($recipient, $args=array()) { //echo '(',$recipient,')'; //print_r($args); die; if (isset($args['subject'])) { if ($args['subject'] == 'Becoming an athletic competitor') { $recipient = $this->email_address_1; } elseif ($args['subject'] == 'Sponsoring the Highland Games') { $recipient = $this->email_address_2; } elseif ($args['subject'] == 'Wanting to be a Vendor') { $recipient = $this->email_address_3; } elseif ($args['subject'] == 'Clan Information') { $recipient = $this->email_address_4; } elseif ($args['subject'] == 'Something not listed here') { $recipient = $this->email_address_5; } } return $recipient; } // end public function filter } // end class wpcf7_dynamic_mail_to ?>In my Contact Form 7 form, I have this code:
<label> [text* your-name placeholder 'Your Name *' ] </label> <label> [email* your-email placeholder 'Your Email *'] </label> <label> [select* subject "Becoming an athletic competitor" "Sponsoring the Highland Games" "Wanting to be a Vendor" "Clan Information" "Something not listed here"]</label> <label> [textarea* your-message placeholder 'Your Message *'] </label> [simplehidden wpcf7-dynamic-mail-to-filter "mail-to"] [simplehidden wpcf7-dynamic-mail-to-filter "subject"] [submit "Send"]Then in my “Mail” settings, in the body of the email, I have a tag [mail-to] just to make sure it is changing.
Everything looks like it should work, but it isn’t. The PHP file that the code is in is called “cf7-dynamic-mail-to.php” while the filter being called is “wpcf7-dynamic-mail-to”. Could that be the issue? I am at a total loss of what I have wrong or what I have missing.
An update. In my CF7 Form tab, I have these 2 lines:
[simplehidden wpcf7-dynamic-mail-to-filter "subject"] [simplehidden wpcf7-dynamic-mail-to-filter "mail-to"]In my CF7 Mail tab, I have these 2 lines:
[mail-to] [wpcf7-dynamic-mail-to-filter]In the plugin folder (contact-form-7-dynamic-mail-to) I have a file named
cf7-dynamic-mail-to.php
that has the following code. This same code is also in my
function.php
file for the theme.
new wpcf7_dynamic_email_to(); class wpcf7_dynamic_email_to { // these are the email addresses to be used to for setting the recipient email address in cf7 private $email_address_1 = '[email protected]'; private $email_address_2 = '[email protected]'; private $email_address_3 = '[email protected]'; private $email_address_4 = '[email protected]'; private $email_address_5 = '[email protected]'; public function __construct() { add_filter('wpcf7-dynamic-email-to', array($this, 'filter'), 10, 2); } // end public function __construct public function filter($recipient, $args=array()) { //echo '(',$recipient,')'; //print_r($args); die; if (isset($args['subject'])) { if ($args['subject'] == 'Becoming an athletic competitor') { $recipient = $this->email_address_1; } elseif ($args['subject'] == 'Sponsoring the Highland Games') { $recipient = $this->email_address_2; } elseif ($args['subject'] == 'Wanting to be a Vendor') { $recipient = $this->email_address_3; } elseif ($args['subject'] == 'Clan Information') { $recipient = $this->email_address_4; } elseif ($args['subject'] == 'Something not listed here') { $recipient = $this->email_address_5; } } return $recipient; } // end public function filter } // end class wpcf7_dynamic_mail_toHere are my results.
When I send the email, this is what I get:
[mail-to]
mail-toSo the
[mail-to]tag is not getting filled and the form is just dumping the place holder as is. But the tag[wpcf7-dynamic-mail-to-filter]is getting filled with “mail-to”.So, here is where I am. I have made a little progress, but I am still at a loss. I cannot seem to find why the tags are not being filled properly.
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