Title: Add fields from code
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Add fields from code

 *  [gaff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gaff/)
 * (@gaff)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-fields-from-code/)
 * Hello
    How can I send additional hidden fields from code? Is it possible from
   short code?
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 *  [Neil Murray](https://wordpress.org/support/users/buzztone/)
 * (@buzztone)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-fields-from-code/#post-5381126)
 * You can add any HTML you want, including any standard HTML form elements, in 
   the form section of the CF7 interface.
 * In your case you could add something like:
    `<input type="hidden" name="my-hidden"
   value="hidden-value">`
 *  Thread Starter [gaff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gaff/)
 * (@gaff)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-fields-from-code/#post-5381152)
 * Yes, I understand, that in the form section of the CF7 interface I can write 
   any HTML-code, I read doc.
    But my question about using shortcode and hidden 
   fields, beacause my hidden fields are dynamic.
 *  Thread Starter [gaff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gaff/)
 * (@gaff)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-fields-from-code/#post-5381188)
 * And php duesn’t work in this case… why?
    possible variant: in the page-code:
 *     ```
       <?php
       ....
       $my_value = 'some value';
       ....
       ?>
       ```
   
 * in the forms ection:
 *     ```
       <div style='display:none;'>
       [text my_field "<?=$my_value?>"]
       </div>
       ```
   
 * BUT
    ‘<‘ changes whis ‘htmlentities()’ what for?

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