Andrew Leonard asked 3 weeks ago
Hi -
I'm trying to pass values into a form field using frm-set-get. It's a form I use across multiple pages as a journal entry for users, and I want to pass a page-specific string into a hidden field that basically sets the "subject" of the journal that can be spit out into a view later.
Prior to the shortcode that calls the form, I have another block that does this:
[frm-set-get topic="Here's an example subject of a journal entry”]
And then in the hidden field later in the page I call:
[get param="topic"]
I've tried all the combinations of double/single quotes (or not using quotes) for the variable, but no matter what I do the field shows up as blank.
I'm basically trying to replicate the functionality of Gravity Forms where a value can be passed into a field on load by a shortcode (which was like this: [gravityforms id="1" field_values="event_name=My Awesome Event"] -- see here: https://docs.gravityforms.com/using-dynamic-population/#h-shortcode )
Is this possible, or am I doing something wrong?
Victor Font Staff answered 3 weeks ago
The shortcodes shouldn't be in separate blocks. They shortcakes need to be adjacent yo each other as in the Knowledgeable example:
[frm-set-get contact_email="[26]"]
[formidable id=x]
Andrew Leonard answered 3 weeks ago
Still doesn't work, even adjacent.This is what I have.[frm-set-get topic="Here's a test field”][formidable id=31]And then in the form, I put I a field:[get param="topic”]... and it still shows up blank?
Get rid of the quotes around the word "topic". Adding quotes makes it a text string instead of a parameter.
Andrew Leonard
replied 3 weeks ago Ok; got it -- works now. Is there a way to pass two parameters in a shortcode? I've done this:
frm-set-get topic="Reflect on this test post"]
[frm-set-get topic-subhead=“Module 1"]
[formidable id=31]
But the second topic-subhead parameter gets garbled when it's called (see attached image).
Andrew Leonard
replied 3 weeks ago What's the format?
These all end up in the same way (or more broken) as the image I posted:
[frm-set-get topic="Reflect on this test post" frm-set-get topic-subhead=“Module 1"]
[frm-set-get topic="Reflect on this test post"; frm-set-get topic-subhead=“Module 1"]
[frm-set-get topic="Reflect on this test post"; topic-subhead=“Module 1"]
[frm-set-get topic="Reflect on this test post" topic-subhead=“Module 1"]
[frm-set-get topic="Reflect on this test post", topic-subhead=“Module 1"]
[frm-set-get topic="Reflect on this test post", frm-set-get topic-subhead=“Module 1"]
Andrew Leonard answered 3 weeks ago
Image of where it's at now, with two attempted parameters, based on the format:
[frm-set-get topic="Reflect on this test post"]
[frm-set-get topic-subhead=“Module 1"]
[formidable id=31]
try changing the topic-subhead to topic_subhead. WordPress may be converting the character to an HTML entity. I don't know for certain because I can't see the URL query string in the image.
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