Mailchimp merge fields were invalid

  • Resolved seabril25

    (@seabril25)


    8 years, 5 months ago

    Hi,

    I’m getting a problem with using apostrophe as the option value on the form.

    Exact error is like this:
    Your merge fields were invalid.
    – EDUCATION : Value must be one of: Diploma, Bachelor’s Degree, Masters Degree, Doctorate Degree, Other (not Bachelor\’s Degree)

    I’m using Bachelor’s Degree on the value, it’s the same with mailchimp Bachelor’s Degree also. But I think wordpress is converting the ‘ to \’

    Thanks for the help!

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  • Plugin Contributor Lap

    (@lapzor)

    8 years, 5 months ago

    Hi,

    I’ve just tested our form with all kinds of apostrophe and could not find any problem.

    Can you share a link to the form and a screenshot to the MailChimp for WP > MailChimp page where we can see the Interest group (click on the list name to fold it open and show the fields/groups in that screen).

    ​Thanks for letting us know.

    Thread Starter seabril25

    (@seabril25)

    8 years, 5 months ago

    Hi,

    I am using mailchimp on this page: http://ournem.icodeph.com/individual

    This is the input code for my form on wordpress:
    <label>
    <input name=”EDUCATION” type=”radio” value=”Bachelor’s Degree” required=””> <span>Bachelor’s Degree</span>
    </label>

    and the merge tag on the mailchimp is this:
    EDUCATION
    Bachelor’s Degree

    Plugin Contributor Lap

    (@lapzor)

    8 years, 5 months ago

    Hi,

    Before I thought it’s about interest group, but turns out it’s about a choice field. Thank you for pointing out the issue!

    I confirmed the issue and created a Git ticket for our developer here:
    https://github.com/ibericode/mailchimp-for-wordpress/issues/529

    In the meantime, you can work around it by not using the standard single quote, but instead use this quote: ’ (you can copy it from here).

    Update to that quote in your MailChimp list > fields and in the form code in MailChimp for WP > Form.

    Hope that helps. If you have any questions, please let us know!

    Thread Starter seabril25

    (@seabril25)

    8 years, 5 months ago

    Alright, thank you! Kindly fix this bug! Looking forward to it.

    I’ve tried using your single quote and it worked! Thanks!

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