Custom Action

Custom Action

The Custom Action is a canvas for developers that want to trigger a custom script on form submission. Out-of-the-box, this action will do nothing on form submission.

Action Settings

Validation

By default, there is no validation for this Action. You can use the acf/validate_value hook to validate each fields individually.

To validate the whole form, you can use the acfe/form/validation/my-action hook and throw errors with the acfe_add_validation_error() function. Usage example:

/*
 * Custom Validation
 * 
 * @array   $form     Form settings
 * @string  $post_id  Post ID (where the form is displayed)
 * @string  $action   Action name
 */
 
action('acfe/form/validation/my-action',              $form, $post_id, $action);
action('acfe/form/validation/my-action/form=my-form', $form, $post_id, $action);

add_action('acfe/form/validation/my-action', 'my_form_validation', 10, 3);
function my_form_validation($form, $post_id, $action){
    
    // Get field input value
    $my_field = get_field('my_field');
    
    if($my_field === 'Company'){
        
        // Add validation error
        acfe_add_validation_error('my_field', 'The value Company is not allowed');
        
    }
    
}

Prepare

The preparation phase is triggered after the form validation and before its submission. The acfe/form/prepare/my-action hook allows you to stop the Action early if necessary.

It is also the best place to add some logic or create new query vars that could be used within the Action UI. Returning false will stop the Action and go to the next one. Usage example:

/*
 * Custom Prepare
 * 
 * @bool    $prepare  True/false
 * @array   $form     Form settings
 * @string  $post_id  Post ID (where the form is displayed)
 * @string  $action   Action name
 */
 
filter('acfe/form/prepare/my-action',              $prepare, $form, $post_id, $action);
filter('acfe/form/prepare/my-action/form=my-form', $prepare, $form, $post_id, $action);

add_filter('acfe/form/prepare/my-action', 'my_form_prepare', 10, 4);
function my_form_prepare($prepare, $form, $post_id, $action){
    
    // Get field input value
    $my_field = get_field('my_field');
    
    // Create custom message
    $message = 'This is a custom message. Field value: ' . $my_field;
    
    // Retrive the message using {query_var:email_message} in the UI
    set_query_var('email_message', $message);
    
    // Do not process the action if user isn't logged in
    if(!is_user_logged_in()){
        
        $prepare = false;
        
    }
    
    // return
    return $prepare;
    
}

Submit

Trigger a custom action after the e-mail was sent using the acfe/form/submit/my-action hook. Usage example:

/*
 * Custom Submit
 * 
 * @array   $form    Form settings
 * @string  $action  Action name
 */
 
action('acfe/form/submit/my-action',              $form, $action);
action('acfe/form/submit/my-action/form=my-form', $form, $action);

add_action('acfe/form/submit/my-action', 'my_form_submit', 10, 2);
function my_form_submit($form, $action){
    
    // Get field input value
    $my_field = get_field('my_field');
    
    if($my_field === 'Company'){
    
        // Do something...
    
    }
    
}