Use List Field as Choices for Gravity Forms

Adds support for populating choice-based fields with values entered in a List field.

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Filename: gw-list-field-as-choices.php

<?php
/**
* Gravity Wiz // Gravity Forms // Use List Field as Choices for Gravity Forms
* https://gravitywiz.com/use-list-field-choices-gravity-forms/
*
* Adds support for populating choice-based fields (i.e. checkboxes, selects, radio buttons) with values entered in a
* List field. This functionality requires that the form has multiple pages and that the List field must be placed on
* a page prior to the choice-based field that it will populate.
*
* Plugin Name:  Gravity Forms - Use List Field as Choices
* Plugin URI:   https://gravitywiz.com/use-list-field-choices-gravity-forms/
* Description:  Adds support for populating choice-based fields with values entered in a List field.
* Author:       Gravity Wiz
* Version:      1.0
* Author URI:   https://gravitywiz.com/
*/
class GW_List_Field_As_Choices {

	private $_args = array();

	function __construct( $args ) {

		$this->_args = wp_parse_args( $args, array(
			'form_id'          => false,
			'list_field_id'    => false,
			'choice_field_ids' => false,
			'label_template'   => '{0}',
			'sort'             => false,
		) );

		if ( ! is_array( $this->_args['choice_field_ids'] ) ) {
			$this->_args['choice_field_ids'] = array( $this->_args['choice_field_ids'] );
		}

		// phpcs:ignore WordPress.PHP.DontExtract.extract_extract
		extract( $this->_args ); // gives us $form_id, $list_field_id, $choices_field_id

		add_filter( 'gform_pre_render', array( $this, 'populate_choice_fields' ), 9 );
		add_filter( 'gform_pre_validation', array( $this, 'populate_choice_fields' ), 9 );
		add_filter( 'gform_pre_submission_filter_' . $form_id, array( $this, 'populate_choice_fields' ) );

	}

	function populate_choice_fields( $form ) {

		if ( $form['id'] != $this->_args['form_id'] ) {
			return $form;
		}

		$list_field = GFFormsModel::get_field( $form, $this->_args['list_field_id'] );
		$values     = GFFormsModel::get_field_value( $list_field );

		/**
		 * Filter the values from the List field that will be used to populate field choices.
		 *
		 * @param array|mixed|string $values The List field values that will be used to populate field choices.
		 * @param array              $form   The current form.
		 * @param array              $args   The arguments used to initialize this instance of GW_List_Field_As_Choices.
		 */
		$values = apply_filters( 'gwlfac_list_field_values', $values, $form, $this->_args );

		// if list field doesn't have any values, let's ditch this party
		if ( ! is_array( $values ) ) {
			return $form;
		}

		$choices = $this->get_list_choices( $values );

		foreach ( $form['fields'] as &$field ) {

			if ( ! $this->is_applicable_field( $field ) ) {
				continue;
			}

			// set 'choices' for choice fields
			$field['choices'] = $choices;

			// only set inputs for 'checkbox' choice fields
			if ( GFFormsModel::get_input_type( $field ) == 'checkbox' ) {
				$inputs = array();
				foreach ( $choices as $index => $choice ) {
					$inputs[] = array(
						'label' => $choice['text'],
						'id'    => $field['id'] . '.' . ( $index + 1 ),
					);
				}
				$field['inputs'] = $inputs;
			}
		}

		return $form;
	}

	function get_list_choices( $values ) {

		$choices = array();

		foreach ( $values as $row ) {

			$label = $this->replace_template( $this->_args['label_template'], $row );
			$value = isset( $this->_args['value_template'] ) ? $this->replace_template( $this->_args['value_template'], $row ) : $label;

			$choices[] = array(
				'text'  => $label,
				'value' => $value,
			);

		}

		if ( $this->_args['sort'] == true ) {
			usort( $choices, function( $a, $b ) {
				return strnatcasecmp( $a['text'], $b['text'] );
			} );
		}

		return $choices;
	}

	function replace_template( $template, $row ) {

		// combine our templates so we can find all matches at once
		preg_match_all( '/{(\w+)}/', $template, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER );

		if ( is_array( $row ) ) {

			$mega_row = array_merge( $row, array_values( $row ) );

			foreach ( $matches as $match ) {
				$template = str_replace( $match[0], rgar( $mega_row, $match[1] ), $template );
			}
		} else {

			foreach ( $matches as $match ) {
				$template = str_replace( $match[0], $row, $template );
			}
		}

		return $template;
	}

	function is_applicable_field( $field ) {

		$is_choice_field     = is_array( rgar( $field, 'choices' ) );
		$is_registered_field = in_array( $field['id'], $this->_args['choice_field_ids'] );

		return $is_choice_field && $is_registered_field;
	}

}

/**
* Uncomment the code below by removing the pound symbols (#) in front of each line. See @link in the comment section
* at the top for additional usage instructions.
*/

# Basic Usage
//new GW_List_Field_As_Choices( array(
//	'form_id'          => 1,
//	'list_field_id'    => 2,
//	'choice_field_ids' => 3,
//) );


# Enable Sorting of Choices Alphanumerically
//new GW_List_Field_As_Choices( array(
//	'form_id'          => 1,
//	'list_field_id'    => 2,
//	'choice_field_ids' => 3,
//	'sort'             => true,
//) );

# Populating Multiple Choice Fields
//new GW_List_Field_As_Choices( array(
//	'form_id'          => 384,
//	'list_field_id'    => 3,
//	'choice_field_ids' => array( 6, 7 ),
//) );


# Customizing the Choice Label and Value
//new GW_List_Field_As_Choices( array(
//	'form_id'          => 384,
//	'list_field_id'    => 2,
//	'choice_field_ids' => array( 4, 5 ),
//	'label_template'   => '{Name} <span style="color:#999;font-style:italic;">({Age})</span>',
//	'value_template'   => '{Name}',
//) );

# Filter Usage
## Customize List field values to be populated as choices based on Gravity Flow User Input step.
//add_filter( 'gwlfac_list_field_values', function( $values, $form, $args ) {
//	if ( is_array( $values ) ) {
//		return $values;
//	}

# Confirm we are within a Gravity Flow Inbox.
//	if ( rgget( 'lid' ) && rgget( 'page' ) == 'gravityflow-inbox' ) {
//		$entry = GFAPI::get_entry( (int) rgget( 'lid' ) );
//		// Verify the entry list field has previously stored values to use.
//		if ( $entry ) {
//			$values = unserialize( $entry[ $args['list_field_id'] ] );
//			if ( ! is_array( $values ) ) {
//				return false;
//			} else {
//				return $values;
//			}
//		}
//	}
//	return false;
//}, 10, 3 );

Comments

  1. dvorid18@gmail.com
    dvorid18@gmail.com June 18, 2025 at 11:04 am

    Is it possible to do this code snippet in a form, with one page (if it helps, I’m using JetSloth’s accordion and the list and checkbox fields appear in two accordions) Thanks for all your lovely code snippets.

    Reply
    1. J Yeager
      J Yeager Staff June 18, 2025 at 1:31 pm

      Hey there,

      Glad to hear that you are enjoying the snippets!

      Just gave this one a test, and can confirm that this snippet is compatible with JetSloth’s Collapsible Sections plugin (v1.3.3). In any case (accordions or not), please note that this snippet requires your form to have multiple pages, and that the List field must be placed on a page prior to the choice-based field that it will populate.

    2. dvorid18@gmail.com
      dvorid18@gmail.com June 18, 2025 at 7:24 pm

      “Thank you for your response. My question is, can the code snippet be adapted for a single-page form?”

    3. Samuel Bassah
      Samuel Bassah Staff June 19, 2025 at 4:32 am

      Hi,

      The snippet in its current state can’t be configured to work on a single page form. It may however be possible with some customization. You can submit a feature request for this via our support form, so our developers can look into this further.

      Best,

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