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Shortcode to get a field value in an entry from another form based on a lookup field?

By: AJ Shippy140 | Asked: 06/18/2024
Forums › Category: General questions › Shortcode to get a field value in an entry from another form based on a lookup field?
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AJ Shippy140 asked 8 months ago

Hi there,
We're looking for a way to dynamically display an entry based on the ID pulled from a lookup field. I've checked out the shortcode to display an entry based on ID: 

[frm-show-entry id=x]

Wondering if it's possible to change the entry ID "x" to a value that is pulled from a text lookup field. Any ideas?
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Rob LeVineRob LeVine Staff answered 8 months ago

I'm not sure what the context is, however, you might be able to echo/return the results of a do_shortcode call. It would be something like setting up a change event on the lookup and on the change you make an Ajax call to a PHP program passing the lookup ID and in the PHP program you call do_shortcode on frm-show-entry and return the result to the front end. Then again, I could be completely wrong.

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Bobby Clapp Staff answered 8 months ago

is this what you're looking for? https://formidableforms.com/knowledgebase/lookup/

Dedi Thorne replied 6 months ago

I'm not the original poster but that was EXACTLY what I was looking for. I'd seen it before and couldn't find it again.

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