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User Action
The User Action is a template to create, update or log a user on form submission.
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User Settings
| Setting name | Description |
| Action type | Create, update or log a user |
| Action name | Alias name allowing to use targeted hook |
| Validation | Automatically validate fields |
| Target | The user to update |
| Source | The user to retrieve fields from |
| Load values | Fill inputs with values |
| The user e-mail | |
| Username | The username |
| Password | The user password |
| First name | The user first name |
| Last name | The user last name |
| Nickname | The user nickname |
| Display name | The user display name |
| Website | The user website |
| Description | The user description |
| Role | The user role |
| Log user once created | Automatically log user on creation |
| Save ACF fields | Choose which ACF fields should be saved to this user |
| Load ACF fields | Choose which ACF fields should have their values loaded |
Validation
You can use the acf/validate_value hook to validate each fields individually.
To validate the whole form, you can use the acfe/form/validate_user hook and throw errors with the acfe_add_validation_error() function.
Usage example:
/**
* User Action: Validation
*
* @array $form Form settings array
* @array $action Action settings array
*/
action('acfe/form/validate_user', $form, $action);
action('acfe/form/validate_user/form=my-form', $form, $action);
action('acfe/form/validate_user/action=my-user', $form, $action);add_action('acfe/form/validate_user/form=my-form', 'my_user_validation', 10, 2);
function my_user_validation($form, $action){
// get current post id
// where the form is displayed
$post_id = $form['post_id'];
// get field input value
$my_field = get_field('my_field');
// check field value
if($my_field === 'Company'){
// add validation error
acfe_add_validation_error('my_field', 'The value Company is not allowed');
}
}Built-in Validation
The Action is bundled with a “Validation” setting that will make sure any required fields to correctly create/update or log the user are validated before the submission.
You can change the built-in validation error messages using the acfe/form/validate_user_errors filter. Usage example:
/**
* User Action: Validation Errors
*
* @array $errors Error messages
* @array $form Form settings array
* @array $action Action settings array
*
* @return array
*/
filter('acfe/form/validate_user_errors', $errors, $form, $action);
filter('acfe/form/validate_user_errors/form=my-form', $errors, $form, $action);
filter('acfe/form/validate_user_errors/action=my-user', $errors, $form, $action);add_filter('acfe/form/validate_user_errors/form=my-form', 'my_user_validation_errors', 10, 3);
function my_user_validation_errors($errors, $form, $action){
/**
* $errors = array(
* 'empty_user_pass' => 'An error has occured. Please try again',
* 'invalid_email' => 'Invalid e-mail',
* 'invalid_email_password' => 'Invalid e-mail or password',
* 'invalid_username' => 'Invalid username',
* 'invalid_username_password' => 'Invalid username or password',
* 'used_email' => 'E-mail address is already used',
* 'used_username' => 'Username is already used',
* 'long_username' => 'Username may not be longer than 60 characters.',
* );
*/
// change specific message
$errors['long_username'] = 'Username is too long';
// return
return $errors;
}Prepare
The preparation phase is triggered after the form validation and before its submission. Returning false will stop the Action and go to the next one. Usage example:
/**
* User Action: Prepare
*
* @array $action Action settings array
* @array $form Form settings array
*
* @return array|false
*/
filter('acfe/form/prepare_user', $action, $form);
filter('acfe/form/prepare_user/form=my-form', $action, $form);
filter('acfe/form/prepare_user/action=my-user', $action, $form);add_filter('acfe/form/prepare_user/form=my-form', 'my_user_prepare', 10, 2);
function my_user_prepare($action, $form){
// if user isn't logged in
// do not create/update the user
if(!is_user_logged_in()){
return false;
}
// return normally
return $action;
}Values Source
Change the user ID where meta values are loaded from. Usage example:
/**
* User Action: Values Source
*
* @int $user_id User ID source
* @array $form Form settings array
* @array $action Action settings array
*
* @return int
*/
filter('acfe/form/load_user_id', $user_id, $form, $action);
filter('acfe/form/load_user_id/form=my-form', $user_id, $form, $action);
filter('acfe/form/load_user_id/action=my-user', $user_id, $form, $action);
add_filter('acfe/form/load_user_id/form=my-form', 'my_user_load_id', 10, 3);
function my_user_load_id($user_id, $form, $action){
// get field input value
$my_field = get_field('my_field');
// check field value
// and force to load values from the user id 8
if($my_field === 'Company'){
$user_id = 8;
}
// return normally
return $user_id;
}User Arguments
Change the user arguments before database insert/update. Those arguments are later passed to wp_insert_user() or wp_update_user() (See documentation). Usage example:
/**
* User Action: Arguments
*
* @array $args User arguments, later passed to wp_insert_user()
* @array $form Form settings array
* @array $action Action settings array
*
* @return array|false
*/
filter('acfe/form/submit_user_args', $args, $form, $action);
filter('acfe/form/submit_user_args/form=my-form', $args, $form, $action);
filter('acfe/form/submit_user_args/action=my-user', $args, $form, $action);add_filter('acfe/form/submit_user_args/form=my-form', 'my_user_submit_args', 10, 3);
function my_user_submit_args($args, $form, $action){
// get current post id
// where the form is displayed
$post_id = $form['post_id'];
// get the action type
// either 'insert_user', 'update_user' or 'log_user'
$action_type = $action['type'];
// get the form input value
$my_field = get_field('my_field');
// check field value
// and change the user first name
if($my_field === 'Company'){
$args['first_name'] = 'My Name';
}
// get previous post action output (if any)
$post_action = acfe_form_get_action('post');
// check previous post action exists
if(!empty($post_action)){
// check the post title of the created post
// and change the user first name
if($post_action['post_title'] === 'Post Title'){
$args['first_name'] = 'My Name';
}
}
// do not create/update user
// return false;
// return normally
return $args;
}Submit
Trigger a custom action after the user was created/updated/logged using the acfe/form/submit_user hook. Usage example:
/**
* User Action: Submit
*
* @int $user_id Created/Updated/Logged user ID
* @array $args User arguments
* @array $form Form settings array
* @array $action Action settings array
*/
action('acfe/form/submit_user', $user_id, $args, $form, $action);
action('acfe/form/submit_user/form=my-form', $user_id, $args, $form, $action);
action('acfe/form/submit_user/action=my-user', $user_id, $args, $form, $action);add_action('acfe/form/submit_user/form=my-form', 'my_user_submit', 10, 4);
function my_user_submit($user_id, $args, $form, $action){
// get current post id
// where the form is displayed
$current_post_id = $form['post_id'];
// get the action type
// either 'insert_user', 'update_user' or 'log_user'
$action_type = $action['type'];
// get the form input value
$my_field = get_field('my_field');
// check field value
if($my_field === 'Company'){
// do something
}
// get previous post action output (if any)
$post_action = acfe_form_get_action('post');
// check previous post action exists
if(!empty($post_action)){
// check the post title of the created post
if($post_action['post_title'] === 'Post Title'){
// do something
}
}
// manually update a field on the created/updated user
update_field('my_field', 'my_value', "user_{$user_id}");
}Output
The Action Output let developers retrieve the action data in a future action within the Form UI or a PHP hook. For example, the Template Tag {action:user:user_login} will output the latest User Action “Login” setting.
If the action is named, the Template Tag will use it. Ie: {action:my-user:user_login}. The equivalent function in PHP is acfe_form_get_action('user').
It is possible to change the output of a User Action using the acfe/form/submit_user_output filter. Usage example:
/**
* User Action: Output
*
* @array $output Output information
* @array $args User arguments
* @array $form Form settings array
* @array $action Action settings array
*
* @return array
*/
filter('acfe/form/submit_user_output', $output, $args, $form, $action);
filter('acfe/form/submit_user_output/form=my-form', $output, $args, $form, $action);
filter('acfe/form/submit_user_output/action=my-user', $output, $args, $form, $action);add_filter('acfe/form/submit_user_output/form=my-form', 'my_user_output', 10, 4);
function my_user_output($output, $args, $form, $action){
/**
* $output = array(
* 'ID' => 4,
* 'user_login' => 'User',
* 'user_pass' => 'mypassword',
* 'user_nicename' => 'user',
* 'user_email' => '[email protected]',
* 'user_url' => '',
* 'user_registered' => '2020-08-19 20:27:59',
* 'user_activation_key' => '',
* 'user_status' => 0,
* 'display_name' => 'First name Last name',
* 'nickname' => 'User',
* 'first_name' => 'First name',
* 'last_name' => 'Last name',
* 'description' => '',
* 'rich_editing' => true,
* 'syntax_highlighting' => true,
* 'comment_shortcuts' => false,
* 'admin_color' => 'fresh',
* 'use_ssl' => 0,
* 'show_admin_bar_front' => true,
* 'locale' => '',
* 'wp_capabilities' => array('subscriber' => true),
* 'wp_user_level' => 0,
* 'permalink' => '/author/user',
* 'admin_url' => '/wp-admin/user-edit.php?user_id=4',
* );
*/
// get field input value
$my_field = get_field('my_field');
// check field value
if($my_field === 'Company'){
// set a custom key/value pair in the output
$output['custom_key'] = 'custom_value';
}
// return normally
return $output;
}Index
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