Gravity Wiz // Gravity Forms // Set Entry Creator by Field Value
<?php
/**
* Gravity Wiz // Gravity Forms // Set Entry Creator by Field Value
*
* Use in combination with [Populate Anything](https://gravitywiz.com/documentation/gravity-forms-populate-anything/) to
* populate a Drop Down field (or any other single value field type) with WordPress users and then set the selected user
* as the creator of the entry.
*
* @version 1.1
* @author David Smith <david@gravitywiz.com>
* @license GPL-2.0+
* @link http://gravitywiz.com/
*
* Plugin Name: GF Set Entry Creator by Field Value
* Plugin URI: http://gravitywiz.com/
* Description: Set the entry creator by field value. The value must be a valid WordPress user ID.
* Author: Gravity Wiz
* Version: 1.1
* Author URI: http://gravitywiz.com
*/
class GW_Set_Entry_Created_By {
public function __construct( $args = array() ) {
// set our default arguments, parse against the provided arguments, and store for use throughout the class
$this->_args = wp_parse_args( $args, array(
'form_id' => false,
'field_id' => false
) );
// do version check in the init to make sure if GF is going to be loaded, it is already loaded
add_action( 'init', array( $this, 'init' ) );
}
public function init() {
add_filter( 'gform_entry_post_save', array( $this, 'update_created_by' ) );
}
public function update_created_by( $entry ) {
if ( $entry['form_id'] != $this->_args['form_id'] ) {
return $entry;
}
$field_value = rgar( $entry, $this->_args['field_id'] );
if ( ! $field_value ) {
return $entry;
}
// set the property in the DB
GFAPI::update_entry_property( $entry['id'], 'created_by', $field_value );
// update the property in the current $entry object that will be used for the rest of the submission process
$entry['created_by'] = $field_value;
return $entry;
}
}
# Configuration
new GW_Set_Entry_Created_By( array(
'form_id' => 123, // update to the ID of your form
'field_id' => 1 // update to the ID of the field whose value should be used for the "created_by" entry property
) );