Alnatroz75018

Thanks guys for your prompt and valuable responses
I indeed updated the plugin and this is now working fine
Cheers

Thank you RavanaH for your quyick response,
however I checked the shortcode and it shows [ and ] and not the & #091; and & #093; (without the spaces).
Do you think it is due to the plugin I use which somehow changes it to & #091; and & #093; ? Do you know if there is a way to force it to keep [ and ]?
I am using css3 web pricing tables grids plugin with the following code:

<a href="#contact_form_pop"> Let's chat </a>
<div class="fancybox-hidden" style="display: none">
<div id="contact_form_pop">[contact-form-7 id="220" title="Contact form 1"]</div>
 </div>

Thank you Tobias for your quick response

I will do without:)

thank you Takayuki, I used the following code if this can help someone and it works

add_filter('wpcf7_validate_text','postcode_custom_filter', 10, 2); // postcode field
add_filter('wpcf7_validate_text*', 'postcode_custom_filter', 10, 2); // Req. postcode field
// Add custom validation for CF7 form fields on postcode

function postcode_in_area($postcode){ // check if the postcode is in our area
	$areaArray = array('75001', '75002', '75003', '75004');

    if (!in_array($postcode, $areaArray)) {
            return true; // It's an area we operate in
	}else{
		return false; // It's an area we do NOT service
	}
}

function postcode_custom_filter($result,$tag){
	$type = $tag['type'];
	$name = $tag['name'];
	if('postcode' == $name){ // Only apply to fields with the form field name of "postcode"
		$the_value = $_POST[$name];
		if( postcode_in_area($the_value)){ // Is not in our area
			$result['valid'] = false;
			$result['reason'][$name] = "Sorry, we do not operate in this area.";
		}
	}
	return $result;
}

Hi again,

I believe the error comes from “preg_match”, as it is probably not the best way to check the exact value of the postcode. Is there a way to have a list of postcodes and match the result entered in the form against these values?

Thank you in advance

Dear Takayuki,
thank you for looking into my issue.

I have done the modification (this time in the plugin editor in WP)

Unfortunatly it does not seem to work. whatever I populate in the postcode field, the circular arrows keep turning and nothing happens

the modified code is the following

add_filter('wpcf7_validate_text','postcode_custom_filter', 10, 2); // postcode field
add_filter('wpcf7_validate_text*', 'postcode_custom_filter', 10, 2); // Req. postcode field
// Add custom validation for CF7 form fields on postcode

function postcode_in_area($postcode){ // check if the postcode is in our area
	if(
		preg_match('2010', $postcode) ||
		preg_match('2011', $postcode) ||
		preg_match('2013', $postcode) ||
		preg_match('2014', $postcode) ||
		preg_match('2015', $postcode) ||
		preg_match('2016', $postcode) ||
		preg_match('2017', $postcode) ||
		preg_match('2018', $postcode) ||
		preg_match('2019', $postcode)
	){
		return true; // It's an area we operate in
	}else{
		return false; // It's an area we do NOT service
	}
}

function postcode_custom_filter($result,$tag){
	$type = $tag['type'];
	$name = $tag['name'];
	if('postcode' == $name){ // Only apply to fields with the form field name of "postcode"
		$the_value = $_POST[$name];
		if( postcode_in_area($the_value)){ // Is not in our area
			$result['valid'] = false;
			$result['reason'][$name] = "sorry we do not operate in this area";
		}
	}
	return $result;
}