Checkbox on registration page

Hi Mike,

You can add this to the data sent to MailChimp but because it is near to impossible for the plugin to guess the field names you will have to use a filter function to accomplish this. Are you comfortable adding a few lines of code to your functions.php file?

The filter name is mc4wp_merge_vars. If you’ve never heard of filters I’d be happy to help you out, just point me to your registration url and I will help you write the code snippet. ??

Thanks a lot for your help! The registration page is here: https://www.deltaind.net/wp-login.php?action=register.

In general I am comfortable adding code in but if you could show me how to do it, it would be great.

Hi Danny,

I’ve tried using the filter myself but I have had no success. I’m not ashamed to admit that I have no idea how to use it. I would appreciate any help you could give.

Mike

Hi Mike,

I will take a look at it tomorrow, it’s a little late here now (Europe). I’ll let you know!

Thanks a lot!

Hi Mike,

Adding the following code to your theme its functions.php should work!

function my_merge_vars($merge_vars) {

	if(isset($_POST['cimy_uef_COMPANYNAME'])) {
		$merge_vars['COMPANYNAME'] = $_POST['cimy_uef_COMPANYNAME'];
	}

	if(isset($_POST['cimy_uef_PHONE'])) {
		$merge_vars['PHONE'] = $_POST['cimy_uef_PHONE'];
	}

	return $merge_vars;
}

add_filter('mc4wp_merge_vars', 'my_merge_vars');

Hope that helps!

I hate bugging you but it seems when I copy this code into my functions.php it crashes my site. I hit ‘Update File’ and I get a blank white screen.

I’m using the Udesign theme if that’s any help. Any idea what I could be going wrong?

Again, thanks for all of your help.

Hi Mike,

That sounds like a syntax error.

Where are you adding the snippet? It should be inside (or after) a <?php tag, inside your functions.php.

Yep, I drop it in just after the first <?php tag at the top. I’m guessing that it should not do that, even if the function itself was not going to work

Hi Mike,

Can you double-check if you copied the complete snippet?

It might also be that a function with that name already exists, which is unlikely but you never know. Just in case, try this one..

function my123_merge_vars($merge_vars) {

	if(isset($_POST['cimy_uef_COMPANYNAME'])) {
		$merge_vars['COMPANYNAME'] = $_POST['cimy_uef_COMPANYNAME'];
	}

	if(isset($_POST['cimy_uef_PHONE'])) {
		$merge_vars['PHONE'] = $_POST['cimy_uef_PHONE'];
	}

	return $merge_vars;
}

add_filter('mc4wp_merge_vars', 'my123_merge_vars');

Same result. Could the u-design theme be messing with your code?

I realise that this is outside of the scope of your started help with the plugin and I’m very grateful for your input.

Figured the error out, when I copied your snippet and pasted it the ‘ was changed to &#039. It was right in front of my eyes all along.

I’ll let you know if I get the merge values working ??

Works like a dream, thank you so much for your help!

Awesome, thanks for the update Mike. Glad it works!

If you have a quick minute, a review on the plugin would make me really happy. ??