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RobertyBob
RobertyBob

Reputation: 909

Change recipient based on Contact Form 7 dropdown

I have a form on a WordPress site using Contact Form 7. I have a dropdown to choose a recipient but I don't want the email address listed there.

The recipients are listed from a custom post type and when the form is submitted I need to look up the email address based on the selection name. I've got the following code but it's not changing the recipient.

function wpcf7_before_send_mail_function( $contact_form, $abort, $submission ) {
   $submission = WPCF7_Submission::get_instance(); 
   $posted_data = $submission->get_posted_data(); 
   if( $posted_data["your-recipient"] == 'General Enquiry' ) { 
      $recpage = get_page_by_title('James');
      $recipient_email = $recpage->email_address;
   } else {
      $recpage = get_page_by_title($posted_data["your-recipient"]);
      $recipient_email = $recpage->email_address;
   }
   $properties = $contact_form->get_properties();
   $properties['mail']['recipient'] = $recipient_email;
   $contact_form->set_properties($properties);
   return $contact_form;
}
add_filter( 'wpcf7_before_send_mail', 'wpcf7_before_send_mail_function', 10, 3 );

Any idea why this doesn't alter the recipient address? Thanks.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1618

Answers (1)

Howard E
Howard E

Reputation: 5669

Your select data is posted as an array, since about 2020 with CF7. So you'll need to access the first value [0] of that array to get the dropdown values. Also, as you commented, you need the third parameter of get_page_by_title, and finally you don't need to use return in your function, since it will execute your code and apply changes as needed to the objects. wpcf7_before_send_mail is an action hook, not a filter.

function wpcf7_before_send_mail_function( $contact_form, $abort, $submission ) {
    $posted_data = $submission->get_posted_data();
    if ( 'General Enquiry' === $posted_data['your-recipient'][0] ) {
        $recpage         = get_page_by_title( 'James', OBJECT, 'your_CPT' );
        $recipient_email = $recpage->email_address;
    } else {
        $recpage         = get_page_by_title( $posted_data['your-recipient'][0], OBJECT, 'your_CPT' );
        $recipient_email = $recpage->email_address;
    }
    $properties                      = $contact_form->get_properties();
    $properties['mail']['recipient'] = $recipient_email;
    $contact_form->set_properties( $properties );
    // Do not return anything, since this is an action and not a filter.
}
add_filter( 'wpcf7_before_send_mail', 'wpcf7_before_send_mail_function', 10, 3 );

Upvotes: 1

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