Data Source for Contact Form 7

Data Source for Contact Form 7 plugin allows populating the “Contact Form 7” fields (text, email, URL, drop-down menu, …) with data stored in external data sources, like a database, CSV file, URL parameters, users information, post data, taxonomies, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) – Secured Custom Fields, and JSON objects.

Data Source for Contact Form 7 includes two new controls in the controls bar of Contact Form 7, recordset and recordset field link. The “recordset” control reads the information from the external data source (a database, a CSV file, or any other data source supported), and the “recordset field link” control for linking the recordsets and form fields to populate them with the recordset data.

A form can include several “recordset” fields, and it is possible to link multiple “recordset field link” controls to the same recordset.

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The plugin includes other complementary controls in the controls bar in addition to the “recordset” and “recordset field link”. The “Print Form” button for printing the form area, “Data Table” control for inserting an advanced table with the recordset records, “copy to clipboard” functionality for copying the values of the fields into the clipboard, and the “Search box in dropdown menu” functionality to make easy the selection in long dropdown menus.

Features:

• Set the information of external data sources available for the Contact Form 7 fields.
• Easy to use, includes two new controls in the controls bar to define the recordsets and the link fields.
• Includes the “URL Parameters” data source to populate the form’s fields with the values of the URL parameters.
• Includes the “Users Information” data source to populate the form’s fields with the users’ information.
• Includes the “Posts Information” data source to populate the form’s fields with the posts’ data, pages, and custom post types (like the WooCommerce products).
• Includes the “Taxonomy” data source to populate the form’s fields with taxonomy terms, like categories, posts tags, or any other custom taxonomy.
• Includes the “Database” data source to populate the form’s fields with the information of a database. Allow defining even complex queries.
• SQL Generator module. It generates the database queries in a more conversational style.
• Includes the “Javascript Function” data source to populate the form’s fields with the information returned from a Javascript function.
• Allows using the fields’ values for filtering the recordset records.
• Complementary Controls add-on. Includes additional controls and functionalities, such as the “Print Form” button, the addition of the search box to the drop-down menu, copy to clipboard functionality, and Data Table to display the data source records.

Features in Premium version:

• All features of the free version of the plugin.
• Includes the “Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) – Secured Custom Fields” data source to fill the form filds with data stored in the Advanced Custom Fields or Secured Custom Fields in post, users, comments, taxonomies, widgets, and options.
• Includes the “CSV” data source to populate the form’s fields with the data store into a CSV file.
• Includes the “JSON” data source to populate the form’s fields with the data store into a JSON file. There are hundreds of services whose outputs are JSON objects.
• PDF Generator add-on. It generates PDF files with the information collected by the form and attaches them to the notification emails (Supports the “Conditional Fields for Contact Form 7” plugin tags in the PDF file content if the “Conditional Fields for Contact Form 7” plugin is installed on the website).
• Post Generator add-on. It generates new posts (posts, pages, or any custom post) with the information collected by the form.
• User Registration add-on to convert contact forms into user registration forms.
• CSV Generator add-on to populate a CSV file with the information collected by the form.
• JSON Generator add-on to populate a JSON file with the information collected by the form.
• Server Side add-on to implement server side functions to call from the Recordset controls and get the list of records.

Data Source Fields

Data Source for Contact Form 7 includes two new controls in the controls bar of Contact Form 7, recordset and recordset field link.

The recordset control reads the information from the external data source and makes it available on the form. A recordset field can read one or many records from the data source.

To insert a recordset field in the form, press the “recordset” button in the controls bar. This action opens a dialog to define the recordset.

The insertion dialog includes common attributes for all data sources and specific attributes for the data source selected.

The “recordset field link” control links a recordset field to other fields in the form to populate them with the recordset data.

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