Formating the email sent via Contact Form

Hey tebitrongmbh,

1) Please add this code to your child theme functions.php to remove the “false” replies.

add_filter('avf_form_mail_form_field', 'avia_change_checkbox_form_values', 10, 7);
function avia_change_checkbox_form_values($form_field, $new_post, $form_elements, $form_params, $element, $key, $field_value)
{
	if($field_value == 'false') $form_field = '';
	return $form_field;
}

You also need to patch the enfold/framework/php/class-form-generator.php with a new filter – the modified code can be found here: https://pastebin.com/raw/k4KiZK0z . Simply delete the code in enfold/framework/php/class-form-generator.php and copy the code from https://pastebin.com/raw/k4KiZK0z into the file.

The next theme update should include the patched class-form-generator.php and the child theme code will also work with future updates.

2) You can use this code to replace “true” with “yes”:

add_filter('avf_form_mail_field_values', 'avia_change_checkbox_return_values', 10, 4);
function avia_change_checkbox_return_values($value, $new_post, $form_elements, $form_params){
if($value == 'true') $value = 'Yes';
return $value;
}

3) These filters should help you adjust the datepicker format.

add_filter('avf_datepicker_dateformat', 'new_date_format');
function new_date_format() {
    $date_format = "mm / dd / yy";
    return $date_format;
}

add_filter('avf_datepicker_date_placeholder', 'new_date_placeholder');

function new_date_placeholder() {
    $placeholder = "MM/DD/YY";
    return $placeholder;
}

You can use the default php date placeholders ( http://php.net/manual/de/function.date.php ) to change the format.

4) To modify the message (i.e. to add line breaks, etc.) you can use this code for the autoresponder e-mail:

function avf_form_autorespondermessage_mod($message) {
	// modify the content of the $message variable here. i.e. use str_replace() 
    $message = str_replace('TEXT TO BE REPLACED', 'TEXT TO INSERT', $message);
	return $message;
}
add_filter('avf_form_autorespondermessage', 'avf_form_autorespondermessage_mod', 10, 1);

and this code for the message you get from the contact form:

add_filter('avf_form_message', 'avf_form_message_mod_checkbox', 10, 3);
function avf_form_message_mod_checkbox($message, $new_post, $form_params) {
// modify the content of the $message variable here. i.e. use str_replace() 
    $message = str_replace('TEXT TO BE REPLACED', 'TEXT TO INSERT', $message);
    return $message;
}

Best regards,
Peter

Hi,

Does it work if you remove the code I provided from the child theme functions.php? If yes this may indicate a syntax error in the code I posted above. If not please check if some other code in your child theme may affect the contact form.

Best regards,
Peter

Hi,

– The datepicker format kinda worked for the form itself.
Yes it only changes the date format in the form field, not the e-mail data. There’s no real fix for this because the jquery date picker plugin converts the data bac-k to the standard format.

– Funny enough its still returning “false” replies, even though “true” is successfully coming through as “yes“.
I created a second form to test this and I couldn’t reproduce the issue. I modified the enfold/framework/php/class-form-generator.php and then tested the checkboxes with the form here: http://bonjour.tt-develop.de/reservierungen/referenten-checkliste.html (form at the bottom). If you i.e. just check the first checkbox the result should be

E-Mail:  (Email address hidden if logged out) 

Nachricht: Your Message

Test: ja 

– for some strange reason I can only fill in the form once with a successful mail going out.
I wasn’t able to reproduce this issue but it sounds like a cache issue.

Personally I’d recommend to use a dedicated contact form plugin like Formidable or Contact form 7 for your reservation form. These plugins enable you to style and modify the e-mails and you can also send out nice html e-mails to your customers (for contact form 7 you can use this plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/cf7-html-email-template-extension/ ). Our contact form is not intented to be used as complex reservation form and you probably won’t be able to style the e-mail/data user friendly way.

Best regards,
Peter