Dynamicly populate Contact form 7 input fields with current user info when logged in in WordPress website

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I’ve been trying to figure out how to populate input fields in contact forms on my WordPress website. I’ve tried using a plugin called Contact Form 7 dynamic text extension, and tried a pretty simple IF statement with PHP. But i just can’t seem to get this to work.

With the plugin, i can only get half of the arguments to work in the shortcode, even then the form doesn’t properly validate.

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Using PHP as a placeholder=”” outputs the code instead of the contents of the variable. for example “$current_user->user_firstname”

Any help on the matter would be much appreciated.

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  1. You can install this plugin

    Contact Form 7 Dynamic Text Extension

    Dynamic text and dynamic hidden fields are available using it.
    And you can use the following code to grab the current user info into your field.

    [dynamictext dynamicname "CF7_get_current_user"]

    Or as mentioned in the answer above:

    [dynamictext your-email "CF7_get_current_user key='user_email' "]

    Note also that you can use dynamichidden for hidden fields like the following

    [dynamichidden your-email "CF7_get_current_user key='user_email' "]

    PS: I faced an issue with required hidden fields when I tried to use this dynamichidden*, the shortcode appears on my website as a plain text.

  2. Turns out, i wasn’t using the shortcode correctly.
    These are the shortcodes i’ve used in with Contact Form 7 Dynamic text extension:

        Naam* <br />
     [dynamictext* your-name 'CF7_get_current_user']
    Email*
     [dynamictext* your-email "CF7_get_current_user key='user_email' "]

  3. Let’s say you have an PHP array $gigs, and you want to display it as a drop down list in your form like this:

    <label>
  <strong>Choose your gig</strong>
  [select upcoming-gigs data:gigs]
</label>
[submit]

    Simply add this to your functions.php file

    add_filter('wpcf7_form_tag_data_option', function($n, $options, $args) {
  if (in_array('gigs', $options)){
    $gigs = array(
      "MAY 07 - NEW ORLEANS, LA",
      "MAY 09 - AUSTIN, TX",
      "MAY 12 - HOUSTON, TX"
    );
    return $gigs;
  }
  return $n;
}, 10, 3);

    Now your drop down field should look like this:
    dynamic dropdown with Contact Form 7

    Source: https://bdwm.be/dynamically-populate-a-contact-form-7-dropdown-list-or-any-other-input-field/

  4. I have done this before. Instead of using the PHP code as a placeholder. Use jQuery, for example:

    $firstname = $current_user->user_firstname;

<script>

$("input").val("<?php echo $firstname; ?>")

</script>