Title: Cannot update an input text field value with php Last modified: March 3, 2024 --- # Cannot update an input text field value with php * Resolved [mitys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mitys/) * (@mitys) * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-update-an-input-text-field-value-with-php/) * Hello, I am trying to populate my update form fields from a custom post type data. * Bases on the plugin docuention, I used the Forminator_API::update_form_field( $form_id, $field_id, $data ); method like this: * $data =array( * ```wp-block-code 'options' => Array ( 'label' => 'Prenom', 'value' => 'this is the last name' ), 'name' => 'text-1', 'value' => 'this is the last name' ); ``` * $fields = Forminator_API::update_form_field( 16049, ’email-1′, $data ); * And it did not work. This code only works for the email input type and the phone input. * Any help please ? * Thank you. * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fcannot-update-an-input-text-field-value-with-php%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) * Plugin Support [Amin – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support2/) * (@wpmudev-support2) * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-update-an-input-text-field-value-with-php/#post-17470426) * Hello [@mitys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mitys/) , * Can you share the whole code snippet so our developers can take a look and see what they can advise? Please use pastebin.com or a Dropbox like service to share code with us. * kind regards, Kasia * Plugin Support [Amin – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support2/) * (@wpmudev-support2) * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-update-an-input-text-field-value-with-php/#post-17472129) * Hello [@mitys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mitys/) , * Please check this: * ``` $form_id = 1609; $field_id = 'text-1'; $data = array( 'id' => 'text-1', 'element_id' => 'text-1', 'condition_action' => 'show', 'condition_rule' => 'any', 'conditions' => Array ( ), 'type' => 'email', 'options' => Array ( ), 'cols' => '12', 'validation' => '', 'placeholder' => 'Testing', 'field_label' => 'Enter Text', 'description' => '', 'validation_text' => '', 'custom-class' => '', 'default' => 'testings' ); $fields = Forminator_API::update_form_field( $form_id, $field_id, $data ); ``` * **‘default’ => ‘testings’** – default key is where you put custom value. * kind regards, Kasia * Thread Starter [mitys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mitys/) * (@mitys) * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-update-an-input-text-field-value-with-php/#post-17472590) * Hello, thank you, the default key worked well for the text input type. * I would like to do the same thing for the name input and the select input, how could I achieve that ? * Thank you. * Thread Starter [mitys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mitys/) * (@mitys) * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-update-an-input-text-field-value-with-php/#post-17473669) * And for the address input too, thank you ! * [Kris – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudevsupport13/) * (@wpmudevsupport13) * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-update-an-input-text-field-value-with-php/#post-17475369) * Hi [@mitys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mitys/) * I pinged our SLS Team to review this and update the code. We will post an update here as soon as more information is available. * Kind Regards, Kris * Thread Starter [mitys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mitys/) * (@mitys) * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-update-an-input-text-field-value-with-php/#post-17477038) * Hi, ok thank you, * I will wait for that. * Thread Starter [mitys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mitys/) * (@mitys) * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-update-an-input-text-field-value-with-php/#post-17493967) * Hello, I cannot see the updates on the plugin documentation. Did you add any code ? * Plugin Support [Nithin – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudevsupport11/) * (@wpmudevsupport11) * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-update-an-input-text-field-value-with-php/#post-17500207) * Hi [@mitys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mitys/), * We would like to have a bit more information regarding the workflow you are looking to achieve. * > I would like to do the same thing for the name input and the select input, > how could I achieve that ? * If you are looking to display the default value on the front end, we would suggest achieving this through jQuery instead of modifying each field with the Forminator API. * Could we know whether using jQuery would fit your requirements or not? So that we could suggest based on that? * > Hello, I cannot see the updates on the plugin documentation. Did you add any > code ? * Not sure I fully understood what you meant above. We can only provide and suggest code in this forums. Could you please explain further what you are referring? * Looking forward to your response. * Best Regards, * Nithin * Thread Starter [mitys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mitys/) * (@mitys) * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-update-an-input-text-field-value-with-php/#post-17500490) * Hi, * Actually I succeded to populate the text input(default) and also the select input( placeholder). What I am trying to do is to populate the form fields based on acf values before modifying them with the form. * The only problem that persists now is the postdata title that I couldn’t display on the form with the update_form_field function.. * Plugin Support [Williams – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudevsupport3/) * (@wpmudevsupport3) * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-update-an-input-text-field-value-with-php/#post-17506556) * Hi [@mitys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mitys/), * Hope this message finds you well. * > The only problem that persists now is the postdata title that I couldn’t display > on the form with the update_form_field function. * That method is to update the field, as explained by Nithin, if you are trying to populate default values it can be done using jQuery instead of updating the post. * However, if the post title is not populating, could you check if the meta value us correct? * Best regards, Laura * Plugin Support [Laura – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support8/) * (@wpmudev-support8) * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-update-an-input-text-field-value-with-php/#post-17526072) * Hi [@mitys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mitys/) * We didn’t hear back from you for quite some time already so I’m marking this topic as resolved. * If you still need assistance with this, just let us know. * Kind regards, Adam Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) The topic ‘Cannot update an input text field value with php’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/forminator/assets/icon-256x256.gif?rev=3443182) * [Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder](https://wordpress.org/plugins/forminator/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/forminator/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/forminator/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/forminator/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/forminator/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/forminator/reviews/) * 11 replies * 6 participants * Last reply from: [Laura – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support8/) * Last activity: [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-update-an-input-text-field-value-with-php/#post-17526072) * Status: resolved