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 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
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   reply to: [[Contact Form 7 Multi-Step Forms] How to go back to previous steps to correct inputs?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-go-back-to-previous-steps-to-correct-inputs/)
 *  Thread Starter [mr.moose](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrmoose/)
 * (@mrmoose)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-go-back-to-previous-steps-to-correct-inputs/#post-3764161)
 * Correction:
 * [dynamictext your-name “CF7_GET key=’name'”] (sic!) will not work – it seems 
   that “name” is somehow a reserved variable, whatever.
 * It works with an altered expression like
 * [dynamictext your-name “CF7_GET key=’the-name'”]
 * [dynamictext your-name “CF7_GET key=’the-name'”] (rptd.)
 * Best,
 * Mike
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
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   reply to: [[Contact Form 7 - Dynamic Text Extension] Text area instead of text field – is it possible, any workarounds?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-area-instead-of-text-field-is-it-possible-any-workarounds/)
 *  Thread Starter [mr.moose](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrmoose/)
 * (@mrmoose)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-area-instead-of-text-field-is-it-possible-any-workarounds/#post-3797309)
 * Hi Chris,
 * thanks for your replay and for readjusting my hopes 😉
 * Nevertheless, may I ask you to check this option developed in the related post
   mentioned above if it would be feasible with the structure of your plugin?
 * –> A possible workaround for at least the text field problem could be to have
   the content of the text field handed over in a proxy/auxiliary hidden value, 
   with this value re-assigned to the target text box. I think this could be done
   with a short code that redefines or swaps the variables. (I’m not so much into
   PHP coding, so maybe anybody else knows what and how to do.) <–
 * Thanks again, regards,
 * Mike
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
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   reply to: [[Contact Form 7 Multi-Step Forms] How to go back to previous steps to correct inputs?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-go-back-to-previous-steps-to-correct-inputs/)
 *  Thread Starter [mr.moose](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrmoose/)
 * (@mrmoose)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-go-back-to-previous-steps-to-correct-inputs/#post-3764157)
 * Well, I found at least a solution to get me halfway there:
 * (1) I installed the dynamic text plugin ([http://sevenspark.com/goods/contact-form-7-dynamic-text-extension](http://sevenspark.com/goods/contact-form-7-dynamic-text-extension)).
   It is able to populate a form with values handed over by URL, like [http://mysite.net/contact/?name=Mike&email=mike@test.org](http://mysite.net/contact/?name=Mike&email=mike@test.org)
 * (2) I modified my form on the entry site (where users fill out the form):
 * Your name:
    [dynamictext your-name “CF7_GET key=’name'”]
 * Your e-mail:
    [dynamictext your-email “CF7_GET key=’email'”]
 * (3) I modified the form which is displayed on the “check your entries before 
   sending” page. The display of the entries as such remain as before…
 * Your name:
    [form your-name]
 * Your email:
    [form your-email]
 * …but I added a “back/correction” link:
 * <a href=”/contact/?name=
    [form your-name]&email=[form your-email]”>Back
 * This link adds the previously added values to the back link. The “back” link 
   is basically no real back link, but only a newly opened page with the form, but
   already populated with the previously entered user’s values.
 * (4) BUT there are some downfalls:
 * – The dynamic text plugin only works for hidden fields and text fields, NOT for
   text areas, dropdowns… That is, for the classic contact form the possibility 
   of going back to the message (normally entered and displayed in a text box rather
   than in a text filed) will be really missing.
 * –> A possible workaround for at least the text field problem could be to have
   the content of the text field handed over in a proxy/auxiliary hidden value, 
   with this value re-assigned to the target text box. I think this could be done
   with a short code that redefines or swaps the variables. (I’m not so much into
   PHP coding, so maybe anybody else knows what and how to do.)
 * – The URL will get quite long, the more complex the form gets.
 * –> A possible workaround could be switching POST/GET, but again I’m not very 
   knowledgeable with this.
 * To cut a long story short: By using the dynamic text plugin, “going back” is 
   possible, but only for text fields. For text areas etc. some more work and workarounds
   are needed.
 * Cheers,
 * Mike

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