January 16, 2020: Fixed notices generated by use of deprecated
create_function()function.February 11, 2015: Fixed issue where date format was mangled when using the source_field_id parameter and a non-US date format.
February 7, 2015: Added support for "min_date" parameter. Allows you to ensure a minimum calculated date when modifying a user-specified date.
| <?php | |
| /** | |
| * Gravity Wiz // Gravity Forms // Populate Date | |
| * | |
| * Provides the ability to populate a Date field with a modified date based on the current date or a user-submitted date. If the | |
| * modified date is based on a user-submitted date, the modified date can only be populated once the form has been submitted. | |
| * | |
| * @version 1.4 | |
| * @author David Smith <david@gravitywiz.com> | |
| * @license GPL-2.0+ | |
| * @link http://gravitywiz.com/populate-dates-gravity-form-fields/ | |
| */ | |
| class GW_Populate_Date { | |
| 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, | |
| 'target_field_id' => false, | |
| 'source_field_id' => false, | |
| 'format' => 'Y-m-d', | |
| 'modifier' => false, | |
| 'min_date' => false | |
| ) ); | |
| if( ! $this->_args['form_id'] || ! $this->_args['target_field_id'] ) { | |
| return; | |
| } | |
| // time for hooks | |
| add_action( 'init', array( $this, 'init' ) ); | |
| } | |
| public function init() { | |
| // make sure we're running the required minimum version of Gravity Forms | |
| if( ! property_exists( 'GFCommon', 'version' ) || ! version_compare( GFCommon::$version, '1.8', '>=' ) ) { | |
| return; | |
| } | |
| if( $this->_args['source_field_id'] ) { | |
| add_action( 'gform_pre_submission', array( $this, 'populate_date_on_pre_submission' ) ); | |
| } else { | |
| add_filter( 'gform_pre_render', array( $this, 'populate_date_on_pre_render' ) ); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| public function populate_date_on_pre_render( $form ) { | |
| if( ! $this->is_applicable_form( $form ) ) { | |
| return $form; | |
| } | |
| foreach( $form['fields'] as &$field ) { | |
| if( $field['id'] == $this->_args['target_field_id'] ) { | |
| $key = sprintf( 'gwpd_%d_%d', $form['id'], $field['id'] ); | |
| $value = $this->get_modified_date( $field ); | |
| $field['allowsPrepopulate'] = true; | |
| $field['inputName'] = $key; | |
| add_filter( "gform_field_value_{$key}", function() use( $value ) { return $value; } ); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| return $form; | |
| } | |
| public function populate_date_on_pre_submission( $form ) { | |
| if( ! $this->is_applicable_form( $form ) ) { | |
| return; | |
| } | |
| foreach( $form['fields'] as &$field ) { | |
| if( $field['id'] == $this->_args['target_field_id'] ) { | |
| $timestamp = $this->get_source_timestamp( GFFormsModel::get_field( $form, $this->_args['source_field_id'] ) ); | |
| $value = $this->get_modified_date( $field, $timestamp ); | |
| $_POST[ "input_{$field['id']}" ] = $value; | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | |
| public function get_source_timestamp( $field ) { | |
| $raw = rgpost( 'input_' . $field['id'] ); | |
| if( is_array( $raw ) ) { | |
| $raw = array_filter( $raw ); | |
| } | |
| list( $format, $divider ) = $field['dateFormat'] ? array_pad( explode( '_', $field['dateFormat' ] ), 2, 'slash' ) : array( 'mdy', 'slash' ); | |
| $dividers = array( 'slash' => '/', 'dot' => '.', 'dash' => '-' ); | |
| if( empty( $raw ) ) { | |
| $raw = date( implode( $dividers[ $divider ], str_split( $format ) ) ); | |
| } | |
| $date = ! is_array( $raw ) ? explode( $dividers[ $divider ], $raw ) : $raw; | |
| $month = $date[ strpos( $format, 'm' ) ]; | |
| $day = $date[ strpos( $format, 'd' ) ]; | |
| $year = $date[ strpos( $format, 'y' ) ]; | |
| $timestamp = mktime( 0, 0, 0, $month, $day, $year ); | |
| return $timestamp; | |
| } | |
| public function get_modified_date( $field, $timestamp = false ) { | |
| if( ! $timestamp ) { | |
| $timestamp = current_time( 'timestamp' ); | |
| } | |
| if( GFFormsModel::get_input_type( $field ) == 'date' ) { | |
| list( $format, $divider ) = $field['dateFormat'] ? array_pad( explode( '_', $field['dateFormat' ] ), 2, 'slash' ) : array( 'mdy', 'slash' ); | |
| $dividers = array( 'slash' => '/', 'dot' => '.', 'dash' => '-' ); | |
| $format = str_replace( 'y', 'Y', $format ); | |
| $divider = $dividers[$divider]; | |
| $format = implode( $divider, str_split( $format ) ); | |
| } else { | |
| $format = $this->_args['format']; | |
| } | |
| if( $this->_args['modifier'] ) { | |
| $timestamp = strtotime( $this->_args['modifier'], $timestamp ); | |
| } | |
| if( $this->_args['min_date'] ) { | |
| $min_timestamp = strtotime( $this->_args['min_date'] ) ? strtotime( $this->_args['min_date'] ) : $this->_args['min_date']; | |
| if( $min_timestamp > $timestamp ) { | |
| $timestamp = $min_timestamp; | |
| } | |
| } | |
| $date = date( $format, $timestamp ); | |
| return $date; | |
| } | |
| function is_applicable_form( $form ) { | |
| $form_id = isset( $form['id'] ) ? $form['id'] : $form; | |
| return $form_id == $this->_args['form_id']; | |
| } | |
| } | |
| # Configuration | |
| new GW_Populate_Date( array( | |
| 'form_id' => 598, | |
| 'target_field_id' => 2, | |
| 'source_field_id' => 1, | |
| 'modifier' => '+1 day' | |
| ) ); |
Way back when (in 2012), we wrote an article on how to populate a date, one year from the current date. We’ve rewritten this snippet to be more flexible, easier to configure, and added support for populating a date based on a user-specified date.
What does that mean? It means you can let the user select a date via a Date field and then you can add a year to that date and populate it into another field.
How is that useful? Maybe you’re selling a year-long membership where the user can define when they would like their membership to begin. They select the date they would like their membership to begin (via a Gravity Forms Date field) and this snippet would allow you to populate the date their membership would expire (a year later).
Why would you need the expiration date? Well, first of all… you ask a lot of questions. But seriously, it’d be nice if you could let the user know when their membership expires in the confirmation message or a notification email. If you’re super pro, you could even automatically cancel the membership after the expiration date (you’d need some extra code to do this).
This is just one example of how this snippet might be used. I’m sure there are a million more and I want to hear about them. Make sure you share your usage ideas in the comments.
Getting Started
Check requirements
- Make sure you have Gravity Forms installed and activated.
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Install the snippet
- Copy and paste the entire snippet into your theme’s functions.php file.
Configure the snippet
- At a minimum, you will want to set the
form_idparameter to the ID of your form and thetarget_field_idto the ID of the field in which the date should be populated. If you’d like to modify the date to be populated, set themodifierparameter with a value like+1 yearor+7 days. - There are many, many more configuration options available for this snippet. Continue reading if you’re specific need has not already been covered.
- At a minimum, you will want to set the
Usage Examples
Populate Current Date (Today)
| new GW_Populate_Date( array( | |
| 'form_id' => 39, | |
| 'target_field_id' => 4, | |
| ) ); |
Populate a Date field (or any other text-based field type) with the current date by replacing the form_id parameter with your Gravity Forms form ID and the target_field_id with the ID of the field you want to be populated.
Populate Date One Day from Today
| new GW_Populate_Date( array( | |
| 'form_id' => 39, | |
| 'target_field_id' => 6, | |
| 'modifier' => '+1 day' | |
| ) ); |
Set the modifier parameter to modify the current date. You can add or subtract time and in some really neat ways. Additional usage instructions below.
Populate Date One Year from Today with a Custom Date Format
| new GW_Populate_Date( array( | |
| 'form_id' => 39, | |
| 'target_field_id' => 7, | |
| 'modifier' => '+1 year', | |
| 'format' => 'F j, Y' // i.e. March 10, 2015 | |
| ) ); |
Set the format parameter if you’d like to populate the date in a specific format. In this example, the date would be output like so: “September 20, 2014”. The default format is Y-m-d which would look like this: “2014-09-20”. Additional usage instructions below
Populate Date One Year from User-specified Date
| new GW_Populate_Date( array( | |
| 'form_id' => 39, | |
| 'target_field_id' => 3, | |
| 'source_field_id' => 1, | |
| 'modifier' => '+1 year' | |
| ) ); |
Set the source_field_id parameter to the ID of the field from which the submitted value should be modified and used to populate the target field. The source field will generally be a Date field where the user can select a date.
Please note: When using this approach the date is modified and populated into the target field on form submission. The source field will not be populated immediately after the date has been selected. If you’d like to commission this enhancement, get in touch.
gf_hidden class to the “CSS Class Name” setting. This special class will hide the field from view while still allowing the populated value to be captured.Parameters
Here is a full list of the available parameters and additional information on how each can be configured.
form_id (integer) (required)
The ID of the form.
target_field_id (integer) (required)
The ID of the field that you want to populate with the current date.
The format in which the date should be populated into the target field. Default value:
Y-m-d(i.e. “2014-09-20”). Refer to the PHP date() function for a full list of available date formatting options.If your target field is a Date field, the populated date will be formatted using whatever date format is selected in the field settings.
source_field_id (integer) (optional)
The ID of the field whose submitted value will be modified and populated into the target field.
A time specific string that will be used to modify the date of the target field.
Refer to the PHP strtotime() function for a full list of available date modification commands. Some examples include:
+1 day,+2 weeks,+1 week 2 days,next Thursday, andlast Monday.min_date (integer|string) (optional)
A timestamp or date string (i.e. ’01/01/2016′) that will enforce a minimum calculated date when modifying a user-specified date.
This is particularly useful when calculating a renewal date when the user is renewing in advance of their subscription end date.
How’d we do?
If you use it and like it, let us know. We’d love to hear the different ways you found this code useful!
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Hi there, thanks for this useful article, I need to populate the target date field according to another date field (source) and a custom value which is called “nom” and holds the number of months (an integer)
target date field = source date field + nom months
for example: source date : 3/9/2020 nom : 10
the target must be as below: target date: 1/9/2021
the nom field ID is 14, and the other field numbers are mentioned in the following snippet code :
Configuration
$value = $entry[14]; new GW_Populate_Date( array( ‘form_id’ => 7, ‘target_field_id’ => 17, ‘source_field_id’ => 16, ‘modifier’ => ‘+$value months’ ) );
I retrieved the nom value using $entry[field_ID], but it still doesn’t work.
would you help me please?
In addition, isn’t it possible to calculate the target_date by AJAX at the time the user enters the nom value ?
best regards bro.
Hello Amin, Are you currently getting an error or is the nom value not displaying at all? Let us know and we can better assist!
Hi Ryan, how are you man? If I check the “required” option for the field and don’t select a date when submitting the form, it shows the common error that the field doesn’t have a value. But when I uncheck “required” option of the field, it doesn’t show an error, but after submitting the form, in the Inbox the NOM value is stored as “01/01/1970”. would you help me please?
Regards.
Hello Amin, Thanks for the description. We have a perk that is a better fit for this. It’s called Date Time Calculator and it would allow you to calculate/populate the user’s months with a calculation like {Date:1} – {today}. As for your issue, regarding the nom value being stored while unrequired, we would need to take a deeper dive into your form’s configuration to better assist with this one. We would be happy to dig into this via our support form. Thank you! 😀
I believe the create_function() used in this snippet is depreciated.
Thanks for the extension, it works great. In the array I give at ‘modifer’ => ‘+18 months’, it’s okay, but i want a random date between 18,19 or 20 months or random between 547 – 608 days from the source field. What I need change? Thx for help & support.
Error message Uncaught Error: Class ‘GW_Populate_Date’ not found in ….. What could i be doing wrong?
This will help: https://gravitywiz.com/documentation/snippet-troubleshooting/
Hey, stumbled across this while trying to figure out how to convert the date format for admin. I couldn’t see a way to add a certain format to the admin dropdown, and I had read the only way to get a new date format was to use 3 fields with gform_pre_submission_filter to concatenate those fields together.
For the most part the snippet here works amazing! However, I get two entries each time a form is submitted (one with the current date and one with the newly formatted date).
I’m sure there’s probably a much simpler snippet I need, or just part of this snippet to get the outcome I’m going for.
Is there a way to only modify the date format entered by a user into a different format for admin within the same input field? Totally fine to use a hidden field for the newly formatted date as well if needed.
Thanks so much!
Mike
We don’t have a solution for this, Mike. Our recommendation would simply be to have two fields, one for the admin and one for the user.
Hi guys, is it possible to use this in a time field at all please?
Thanks
Ben
As in could I let the user select a time of day like 3pm and add and hour to another field to make 4pm please? This would be most useful.
This does not currently support Time fields. You could certainly do this if you were populating the time into a Single Line Text field though.
Hi there, thanks for this… is it possible to add a modified date into an html block using a shortcode?
Thanks,
Ben.
If you use this snippet to populate a field with the modified date, you could display that modified date in an HTML field with live merge tags (a feature of our Gravity Forms Populate Anything plugin).
Hey there :)
Was using this snippet successfully for a couple years, and now suddenly the date is being rejected by the form because it requires (mm/dd/yyyy) and what is being populated is (Month dd,yyyy) All the snippet parts in the functions file refer to m-d-y and even if i change it to MdY or any variation, the result remains the same. How the heck do I force the form field to populate the digits rather than formal name, and without the comma?
Hugely appreciate any help!
Hi David – the snippet is being rejected when I try to add it to functions.php
Is there a workaround or paid version of the snippet?
There are a few options: https://gravitywiz.com/documentation/how-do-i-install-a-snippet/
Hi David! Thanks for your quick response. I’m not sure why, but the snippet still isn’t working. When I attempt to use it, an error message pops up saying…
“Class ‘GW_Populate_Date’ not found”….followed by strings
oh my — silly mistake David, sorry! [slaps forehead] — you’ve been great! I have not. lol
Can this be used with some logic? I want to take a date and add a month, 3 months or a year based on the value of another field.
We have an advanced version of this snippet that supports field-based modifiers. In this way, you could create a field that had a numeric value for the number of months that should be added (1, 3, 12) and the date would be modified based on the user’s selection. The advanced version is available to Gravity Perks customers via support.
Can this be used to populate a field with the user’s age? I have a GF with an input for the user’s DOB and another field for their age. I’d like for the age field to be dynamically populated once the user enter’s their DOB.
Is that possible?
Hi Chris, we have an early-access perk that is a better fit for this. It’s called Date Time Calculator and it would allow you to calculate/populate the user’s age with a merge tag like {Date:1:age}. If you’re a Gravity Perks customer, we’ll be happy to send you a copy of this plugin via support.
Thanks David! Awesome product BTW!
My pleasure, Chris! Glad you like it. ?
Curious if this can be applied to labels – specifically those in lists. Say I wanted to get the state a person lived in over the last three years. I wouldnt want to change my form from 2017, 2016 and 2015 to be 2018, 2017 and 2016 when the new year rolls around. It would make more sense to have the list field column headers update based on the current year?
This isn’t a great fit for this use-case. I would recommend setting the List column labels via the gform_pre_render filter and PHP’s date() function to get the desired years.
The advanced version of this snippet seems not working in newest version Gravity Forms 2.4.2, F12 showing error like this:
“gravityforms.min.js?ver=2.4.2:1 Uncaught RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded at GFCalc.replaceFieldTags (gravityforms.min.js?ver=2.4.2:1) at GFCalc.runCalc (gravityforms.min.js?ver=2.4.2:1) at GFCalc.runCalcs (gravityforms.min.js?ver=2.4.2:1) at HTMLDocument. (gravityforms.min.js?ver=2.4.2:1) at HTMLDocument.dispatch (jquery.js?ver=1.12.4:3) at HTMLDocument.r.handle (jquery.js?ver=1.12.4:3) at Object.trigger (jquery.js?ver=1.12.4:3) at Object.a.event.trigger (jquery-migrate.min.js?ver=1.4.1:2) at HTMLDocument. (jquery.js?ver=1.12.4:3) at Function.each (jquery.js?ver=1.12.4:2)”
I have a similar error message.
My setup: Gravity Forms Version 2.4.5 Theme: GeneratePress Version: 2.2.1 WordPress 5.0.3
Hi – Seems like a really nice snippet. Need your help to better figure out the following aspects:
The earlier version of this snippet, “Populate date, one year from current date” supposedly works for all forms by default without specifying a form Id. Is there a way to make this new snippet work for all forms by default, if all of them are supposed to use the current date + 1 Year time for expiry date (user specified start/end date is not required in my case). Or, should I go with the previous version of this snippet, if it is not doable with this new version.
Quote: “Why would you need the expiration date? It’d be nice if you could let the user know when their membership expires in the confirmation message or a notification email.”
Does the above statement imply that this notification email regarding the expiration date can only be sent at the time of filling the form? Or is there a way to send these notification emails to the user closer to the expiry date as well, for example, for a 1-year subscription, sending these notification emails as reminders 30 days, 15 days, 1 day before expiry date, and one after the expiry date during the grace period (to make payment for renewal of subscription)?
One way, I can think of is creating separate administrative visibility fields with current date + 335 days for reminder 1, current date + 350 days for reminder 2, current date + 364 days for reminder 3, and current date + 380 days for the final grace period reminder. And then, setting up separate notification email reminders for each of these fields to be automatically sent to user, when current date matches these respective reminder dates (by enabling conditional logic in form notification settings) with the snippet: “send manual notifications with Gravity Forms”. However, I can’t find the date field in the conditional logic fields in Form Settings –> Notifications. Is this doable and does this make sense? Or is there another way to accomplish this objective of sending expiry reminder emails to users?
Need a bit more clarity here. For instance, if the user chooses to renew his annual subscription 10 days before the expiry date, in that case, his new subscription expiry date should be set accordingly (+ 1 year and 10 days from the date of renewal payment) as his previous subscription has not yet expired. How to accomplish this using this min_date parameter or otherwise?
Request you to kindly help me out here with your invaluable guidance. Many thanks in advance,
Best, Ambuj
Hi David – Any update on the above queries. Kindly let me know if this is doable with the available free snippets, and if not, which Gravity perk(s) do I need to purchase to accomplish the above objectives fully. Thanks a lot for your help.
Best, Ambuj
Hi Dave, I have added this Snippet “How to Populate and Modify Dates” to my themes functions.php file and it’s working perfectly!!! It looks like I need to take this one step further. I am going to need to set the number of days added to each of my date fields based on one of the drop down values in the form. Can you or someone on your team provide me with some sample code how this would be done? Would that code be placed at the end of the php file or does it need to go to another place in the program. I’m not a PHP programmer so sorry if I have to ask some very basic questions.
Thanks again!! Jon
Hi Jon, that is not possible with this version of the snippet. We have an advanced version available to Gravity Perks license holders that you can be requested via support.