Title: Adding Form Data before it is saved
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Adding Form Data before it is saved

 *  Resolved [tbw75](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tbw75/)
 * (@tbw75)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-form-data-before-it-is-saved/)
 * I am trying to make the filter shown on “[http://cfdbplugin.com/?page_id=747&#8221](http://cfdbplugin.com/?page_id=747&#8221);
   work for my website.
 * Here’s the background:  I’m using Fast Secure Contact Form.  I’ve named my form
   label as “register”.  The FSCF plugin tells me that the shortcode is [si-contact-
   form form=’3′] but in order to make my form appear on a page I needed to use [
   si-contact-form form=”3″]
    A very minor point, but I’m a beginner and I only 
   raise this slight difference in case a similar issue might be causing the problem
   below.
 * I have set up a hidden field on the FSCF called “Passcode” which I would eventually
   like to use as a unique identifier, but at this stage I am simply trying to make
   any value pass through to the Passcode column of my database.
 * I have the Contact Form to DB extension.   The form works fine, it submits values
   to each of the other fields of the CFDB. The Passcode column-header is present
   on the CFDB and, as expected, at this stage there are no values within the column
   because it is a hidden field.
 * Next I installed Shortcodes, Actions and Filters with the intention of adding
   a filter to create a Passcode which will be submitted to the database.  I have
   added the code shown below, and it is activated.  For now you’ll see I have set
   the value of Passcode as a fixed value = 192 to test if the filter works but 
   no value is feeding into CFDB under the Passcode column.  Given the minor issue
   i mentioned above with ‘ and “, I have tried LOTS of different variations of 
   the following code but no success.  So any advice is gratefully received!
 * Within the code below I have also tried “form” instead of “title”.
 * I have also tried the form label “register” instead of the number “3”.
 * Having tried MANY slight tweaks to the shortcode it seems like I am missing something
   really simple?  As i mentioned, I am a beginner so I might be missing something
   more fundamental. I’ve named the filter shortcode create_uniqueID.  Do I need
   to enter the shortcode of the filter on a page maybe?  Or maybe I need to select
   a particular option within the shortcode “execute only for” dropdown list?
 * function myFilter($formData){
        $formName = ‘3’;     if ($formData && $formName
   == $formData->title) {         $formData->posted_data[‘Passcode’] = ‘192’;   }
   return $formData; }
 * add_filter(‘cfdb_form_data’, ‘myFilter’);
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7-to-database-extension/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7-to-database-extension/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Michael Simpson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/msimpson/)
 * (@msimpson)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-form-data-before-it-is-saved/#post-7082870)
 * Thanks for writing a detailed account. $formName is not going to be ‘3’, it will
   be the name of the form. Go to CFDB and look at form submissions. In the drop-
   down box to select which form data to look at, you will see the name of your 
   form. Use that.
 * You wrote that your form label was “register”. Then you should see “register”
   in the CFDB drop down list and “Form 3: register” in FSCF form definition. If
   you have extra spaces in the name, that could be the problem.
 * You can also temporarily remove the “if” check in your code to see that it is
   working. (then this will be applied to all form submissions).
 *     ```
       function myFilter($formData){
           $formData->posted_data['Passcode'] = '192';
           return $formData;
       }
       add_filter('cfdb_form_data', 'myFilter');
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [tbw75](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tbw75/)
 * (@tbw75)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-form-data-before-it-is-saved/#post-7082879)
 * Hi Michael,
 * Thanks very much for your response. So I have used the code you suggested (removing
   the if check). I’ve made new submissions, but still no values appear under the
   column Passcode in CFDB.
 * Have you got any other tips for working out why it isn’t working?
 *  Plugin Author [Michael Simpson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/msimpson/)
 * (@msimpson)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-form-data-before-it-is-saved/#post-7082882)
 * Your code is activated in Shortcodes, Actions and Filters ?
 *  Thread Starter [tbw75](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tbw75/)
 * (@tbw75)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-form-data-before-it-is-saved/#post-7082897)
 * Yes, it’s definitely activated. And I’ve kept the code simple as you suggested
   above, so that the form name is not an issue.
 * On CFDB, the other (unhidden) field values all appear ok after each submission,
   but the Passcode column does not have any values.
 * I also tested using the filter to change the value of a submitted unhidden field,
   but the code didn’t change their submitted values – the submitted values of unhidden
   fields feed through unaltered to the CFDB.
 * It seems that my shortcode filter isn’t having any impact on submitted data before
   it is saved – any other tips are gratefully received!!
 *  Thread Starter [tbw75](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tbw75/)
 * (@tbw75)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-form-data-before-it-is-saved/#post-7082898)
 * I probably should’ve also mentioned, when I said I am testing it on submitted
   data, I mean new submissions.
 *  Plugin Author [Michael Simpson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/msimpson/)
 * (@msimpson)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-form-data-before-it-is-saved/#post-7082910)
 * It seems like the code is not being called. Is this the only “myFilter” function
   you have defined? I tried the following and it works for me:
 *     ```
       function passcode_filter($formData) {
           $formData->posted_data['Passcode'] = '192';
           return $formData;
       }
   
       add_filter('cfdb_form_data', 'passcode_filter');
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [tbw75](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tbw75/)
 * (@tbw75)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-form-data-before-it-is-saved/#post-7082920)
 * Thanks for your help Michael – I’ll give that a shot.
 * Cheers

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