Convert form output to pdf attachment

  • Gecko

    (@gecko1952)


    11 years, 9 months ago

    I’m trying to create a pdf attachment of my CF7 form’s post data. Using the following thread I was able to get the pdf attachment working. http://wordpress.org/support/topic/convert-pdf-file

    However I’m having trouble capturing the form’s post data.
    Does anyone have an idea how to capture the post data?

    This is what I have added my functions.php file:

    /* added pdf output */
add_action( 'wpcf7_before_send_mail', 'save_application_form');
function save_application_form($cf7) {

/* GET EXTERNAL CLASSES */
require(TEMPLATEPATH.'/includes/fpdf.php');

/* example code to generate the pdf*/
$pdf = new FPDF();
$pdf->AddPage();
$pdf->SetFont('times','B',16);
$pdf->Write(5,"Testing pdf output\n\n\n");
$values = $cf7->posted_data;
$fname = $values['first-name'];
$pdf->Write($fname);
$pdf->Output(TEMPLATEPATH.'/file/pdf.pdf', 'F');

/* add  the pdf as attach to the email */
$cf7->uploaded_files = array ( 'attachedfile' =>  TEMPLATEPATH.'/file/pdf.pdf' );

}

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/

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  • korynorthrop

    (@korynorthrop)

    11 years, 4 months ago

    I needed to accomplish the same thing and finally got the Contact Form 7 results to be converted to a PDF.

    add_action('wpcf7_before_send_mail', 'wpcf7_update_email_body');
function wpcf7_update_email_body($contact_form) {

$submission = WPCF7_Submission::get_instance();
if ( $submission ) {
/* DEFINE CONSTANT AND GET FPDF CLASSES */
define ('FPDF_PATH',get_template_directory().'/fpdf/'); // MAKE SURE THIS POINTS TO THE DIRECTORY IN YOUR THEME FOLDER THAT HAS FPDF.PHP
require(FPDF_PATH.'fpdf.php');

$posted_data = $submission->get_posted_data();
// SAVE FORM FIELD DATA AS VARIABLES
$name = $posted_data["your-name"];
$email = $posted_data["your-email"];
$subject = $posted_data["your-subject"];
$message = $posted_data["your-message"];

$pdf = new FPDF();
$pdf->AddPage();
$pdf->SetFont('Arial','B',16);
$pdf->Write(5,$name . "\n\n" . $email . "\n\n" . $subject . "\n\n" . $message);
$pdf->Output(FPDF_PATH.'test.pdf', 'F'); // OUTPUT THE NEW PDF INTO THE SAME DIRECTORY DEFINED ABOVE

}
}

add_filter( 'wpcf7_mail_components', 'mycustom_wpcf7_mail_components' );
function mycustom_wpcf7_mail_components($components){
if (empty($components['attachments'])) {
$components['attachments'] = array(FPDF_PATH .'test.pdf'); // ATTACH THE NEW PDF THAT WAS SAVED ABOVE
}
return $components;
}
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