Save users input

[Daniels]

#13525

Hi,

There is an option “Allow adding new option”, it lets users add a new option to Autocomplete field, but I noticed that it doesn’t save that option so other users can later select it.
Is there a way to save newly created options so they can later be shown to other users?

Thanks,
Daniels

[Admin]

#13528

Hello Daniel,

Yes, you’re right, the new option will not be available for other users.
But we could add such a behavior as a custom task.
Please send a request to our support center if you’re interested.

Thanks.

[James H]

#13645

Like Daniel I assumed that this was part of the logic.

Has this since been added so that newly created options are stored for all users?

James

[Daniels]

#13646

The support here isn’t very helpful.

I couldn’t wait for them to add this option so i used a gravity forms hook to loop through all answers checking if its autocomplete field and if it is then save it somewhere where i need it.

If you know something about coding here is my answer:

/*Save new companies after successful form submission*/
add_action( 'gform_after_submission', 'action_gform_after_submission', 10, 2 );
function action_gform_after_submission( $entry, $form ) {

    $companies = getSurveyCompanies();

    $new_companies = array();

    foreach ( $form['fields'] as $field ) {
        if($field->get_input_type() == 'autocomplete'){
            $value = htmlspecialchars(rgar( $entry, (string) $field->id ));

            if($value){
                $is_in_db = false;

                if(strlen($value) > 170){
                    $value = substr($value,0, 170);
                }


                foreach ($companies as $company){
                    if($company->name == $value){
                        $is_in_db = true;
                        break;
                    }
                }

                if(!$is_in_db){
                    array_push($new_companies, $value);
                }
            }
        }
    }

    if(!empty($new_companies)){
        foreach ($new_companies as $company){
            if(strlen($company) > 3){
                addSurveyCompany($company);
            }
        }
    }
}
/*END Save new companies after successful form submission*/

[Admin]

#13651

Daniel,

Thank you for sharing your code snippet.

[Author]

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