Hi folks, I’m having difficulty getting at the $fields array within an extension using the ‘freeform_module_insert_end’ hook - help appreciated.

From the docs

“Available through this extension hook is the associative array $fields which contains all of the Freeform fields where the key is the name of the field and the value is the label.”

Within my extension I have a function which is being passed $fields and $entry_id. I only want this function to do stuff for a particular form: “questionnaire”.

Code looks something like this:

The problem is that $fields[’form_name’] is returning no value, so my stuff doesn’t get done.

Is there something wrong with the syntax I’m using to address the $fields array? I’m somewhat confused about what “the value is the label” means in the context of the $fields array: I thought the label was the display name given to the field for display within CP Home › Modules › Freeform › Manage Entries. I’m no doubt missing something obvious here!

If I remove the condition, it works perfectly. I’m using the latest version of Freeform (2.6.3) and EE 1.6.2 Build: 20080124

Cheers
Ken and David

Do this and run the code again:

That will print out the array and tell you what’s being passed through $fields. The script should die, though, so hopefully this isn’t in a template.

Thanks, I’m helping Ken with this one and I see the problem. Now fixed.

Problem: The $fields array accessible to the ‘freeform_module_insert_end’ hook doesn’t contain the values posted by the user, but instead contains the field labels:

This explains my confusion re the wording of the Solspace docs on this extension hook!

Fix: using the ‘freeform_module_insert_begin’ hook, BEFORE Freeform has submitted the form to the database, allows us to get at the form data via the $data array:

Looks as if the $fields array would only be of use if you wanted to modify the appearance of the Freeform admin interface using an extension. For our purpose $data is the way to go!

David