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1. rwilki
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Great plugin. Easy to use and it's so flexible for many purposes.

   I'm trying to hook into a simple drop down list of my most recent posts within a specific category.

   Basically, I'd like the user to select a post from a drop down box and this to be integrated into the contact form. This code grabs my recent posts from this category and puts into a drop down item but I can't figure out if there's a way to integrate it into contact form 7.

   <select name="events">
                        <option value="" selected="selected">Select an Event...</option>
                           <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
                           	<?php if (urldecode($alert[0]) == the_title()){ ?>
   								<option value="<?php the_title();?>"><?php the_title();?></option>
   							<?php } else { ?>
   								<option value="<?php the_title();?>"><?php the_title();?></option>
   							<?php } ?>
   						<?php endwhile; ?>

   Is this possible or should I try another approach?

   Thanks,
   Bob

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/contact-form-7/

2. wzshop
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #
   

   Would like to know this as well.. Is there any code to use to get a custom function like the above?

3. wzshop
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #
   

   Hi guys,

   This is the code that makes it all work. Maybe not the best script? but it does really work. Simple add this function in functions.php:

   wpcf7_add_shortcode('postdropdown', 'createbox');
   function createbox(){ 
   
   global $post;
   $args = array( 'category' => 5 );
   $myposts = get_posts( $args );
   $output = '<select name="lstdate" id="fleet" onchange="document.getElementById(\'fleet\').value=this.value;"><option></option>';
   foreach ( $myposts as $post ) : setup_postdata($post);
   	$title = get_the_title();
   	$output .= "<option> $title </option>";
   
   	endforeach;
   $output .= "</select>";
   return $output;	
   
   }

   With the shortcode in contactform 7 [postdropdown]. This will show all the posts titles in category 5.

   Cheers!

4. wzshop
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #
   

   To fully get it functioning, use this updated code:

   Updated code:
   

   wpcf7_add_shortcode('postdropdown', 'createbox', true);
   function createbox(){
   global $post;
   $args = array('numberposts' => 0, 'category' => 5 );
   $myposts = get_posts( $args );
   $output = "<select name='cursus' id='cursus' onchange='document.getElementById(\"cursus\").value=this.value;'><option></option>";
   foreach ( $myposts as $post ) : setup_postdata($post);
   	$title = get_the_title();
   	$output .= "<option value='$title'> $title </option>";
   
   	endforeach;
   $output .= "</select>";
   return $output;
   }

   With the shortcode [postdropdown cursus] in the contactform to show posts from category 5. Put shortcode [cursus] in the mailtemplate.

   cheers.

5. iheartlolcats
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #
   

   This is great! It doesn't work when set with required (*). How can this be enabled?

6. passimal
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #
   

   hello ,
   I want just to have the content of the post when I put the short code of contact form.

   Can you help me to do that .?
   Thanks a lot ...

7. NItesh Kumar
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #
   

   Guies please help me out

   how can i achieve this from php dynamic values like

   <input type="text" value="<?php the_title(); ?>" />

   please help me out

8. Vincent_Khoo
   Member
   Posted 2 months ago #
   

   Thanks for the code

   Just want to share that I have modified the code so that it could be used within the blog pages without affecting the main loop

   I also added in parameters like name and max width

   wpcf7_add_shortcode('postdropdown', 'createbox', true);
   function createbox($tag){
   
   	$name = $tag['name'];
   	$options = (array) $tag['options'];
   	$values = (array) $tag['values'];
   
   	foreach ($options as $option) {
   		if (preg_match('%^(\d*)[/x](\d*)$%i', $option, $matches)) {
   			$size_att = (int) $matches[1];
   			$maxlen_att = (int) $matches[2];
   		}
   	}
   
   	$args = array('category_name' => 'property-list' );
   	$output = "<select name='".$name."' id='".$name."' onchange='document.getElementById(\"" . $name ."\").value=this.value;' style='min-width:".$maxlen_att."px; max-width:".$maxlen_att."px; border:none; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom:5px;'><option></option>";
   	$query2 = new WP_Query( $args );
   
   	// The 2nd Loop
   	while( $query2->have_posts()):
   		$query2->next_post();
   		$output .= "<option value='$title'>".get_the_title( $query2->post->ID )."</option>";
   	endwhile;
   	$output .= "</select>";
   
   	return $output;
   }

   So the shortcode will become [postdropdown post_selection /100] and mailtemplate can be [post_selection]

9. andrea82
   Member
   Posted 2 months ago #
   

   What if I want to shoow all the posts published by the user in a dropbox? I need this to let the contributors choose from this list the name of teh post they want the admin to be removed...

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