Possible to send a custom field off for external php processing?

  • I have a gravity form which fills in all the info a user submits to a custom post type.

    Unfortunately I can’t put this post live without manual intervention myself as I need to change one of the fields before putting it live.

    Im not asking how to do this, but just if its at all possible. When you publish a form with a custom field field in, would it be possible for that custom form data to be sent to an external php script (for example) and the resulting data from that script to then populate that form field on the live post?

Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total)

  • Yes this is possible

    Thread Starter djdeejay

    (@djdeejay)

    Excellent, I thought that might be a step too far.

    Just to make it even more complicated would it be possible for it to retain the original field data – and populate a new custom field with the data returned from the php script.

    You would then make it so logged in users saw the original custom field and non-logged in users would see the field with the data returned from the php script?

    Yes this is possible also

    Thread Starter djdeejay

    (@djdeejay)

    Thanks jnhghy,

    Would this require a custom plugin, or is it something you can do more easily with a few hacks to a theme?

    Im guessing there isn’t already a plugin for this?

    I don’t think you will find a plugin that will suit your needs and searching for one that you’ll have to modify will take more time than creating your own plugin/hack the theme.
    From what you said, it shouldn’t take too much time to code everything yourself…

    Thread Starter djdeejay

    (@djdeejay)

    Ha, yeah, if only I knew php!

    I understand in theory what is within the realms of possibility or not and can work out long winded ways to achieve ideas, but thats about it…

    …time to recruit someone on odesk I think!

    Thanks!

Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total)
  • The topic ‘Possible to send a custom field off for external php processing?’ is closed to new replies.