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Action Hooks

  • fluentform/before_insert_submission
  • fluentform/submission_inserted
  • fluentform/before_submission_confirmation
  • fluentform/inserted_new_form
  • fluentform/before_form_render
  • fluentform/loaded
  • fluentform/before_form_actions_processing
  • fluentform/before_insert_payment_form
  • flentform/form_duplicated
  • fluentform/form_imported
  • fluentform/after_save_form_settings
  • fluentform/editor_init
  • fluentform/loading_editor_assets
  • fluentform/before_editor_start
  • fluentform/after_editor_start
  • fluentform/after_form_screen_wrapper
  • fluentform/before_form_screen_wrapper
  • fluentform/render_item_{$item}
  • fluentform/after_form_render
  • fluentform/form_element_start
  • fluentform/render_item_step_start
  • fluentform/render_item_step_end
  • fluentform/rendering_calculation_form
  • fluentform/maybe_scheduled_jobs
  • fluentform/do_email_report_scheduled_tasks
  • fluentform/before_permission_set_assignment
  • fluentform/after_permission_set_assignment
  • fluentform/global_menu
  • fluentform/after_form_navigation
  • fluentform/form_application_view_{$route}
  • fluentform/init_custom_stylesheet
  • fluentform/load_form_assets
  • fluentform/scripts_registered
  • fluentform/render_payment_entries
  • fluentform/pre_load_scripts
  • fluentform/submission_note_stored
  • fluentform/starting_file_upload
  • fluentform/global_notify_completed
  • fluentform/save_global_integration_settings_{ $settingsKey}
  • fluentform/integration_action_result
  • fluentform/email_summary_details
  • fluentform/email_template_after_footer
  • fluentform/addons_page_render_{$current_menu_item}
  • fluentform/before_form_settings_app
  • fluentform/after_form_settings_app
  • fluentform/form_settings_container_{$current_sub_route}
  • fluentform/before_global_settings_wrapper
  • fluentform/after_global_settings_wrapper
  • fluentform/global_settings_component_{$currentComponent}
  • fluentform/after_global_settings_option_render
  • fluentform/before_global_settings_option_render
  • fluentform/before_tools_wrapper
  • fluentform/after_tools_wrapper
  • fluentform/before_tools_container
  • fluentform/after_tools_container
  • fluentform/form_styler
  • fluentform/after_style_generated
  • fluentform/conversational_frame_head
  • fluentform/conversational_frame_footer
  • fluentform/user_registration_before_start
  • fluentform/created_user
  • fluentform/user_registration_completed
  • fluentform/post_integration_success
  • fluentform/entry_confirmation
  • fluentform/before_partial_entry_deleted
  • fluentform/after_partial_entry_deleted
  • flunetform/render_payment_entries
  • fluentform/before_all_entries_render
  • fluentform/after_all_entries_render
  • fluentform/before_deleting_entries
  • fluentform/after_deleting_entries
  • fluentform/payment_receipt_before_content
  • fluentform/payment_receipt_after_content
  • fluentform/payment_frameless_{$paymentMethod}
  • fluentform/rending_payment_method_{$methodName}
  • fluentform/payment_method_render_{$methodName}
  • fluentform/before_payment_status_change
  • fluentform/after_payment_status_change
  • fluentform/payment_refunded_{$method}
  • fluentform/payment_refunded
  • fluentform/payment_refund_updated_{$method}
  • fluentform/payment_refund_updated
  • fluentform/ipn_paypal_action_{$txn_type}
  • fluentform/ipn_endpoint_{$paymentMethod}
  • fluentform/ipn_paypal_action_web_accept

Filter Hooks

  • fluentform/insert_response_data
  • fluentform/filter_insert_data
  • fluentform/submission_confirmation
  • fluentform/validate_input_item_{input_key}
  • fluentform/entry_statuses_core
  • fluentform/rendering_field_data_{INPUT_KEY}
  • fluentform/email_body
  • fluentform/rendering_field_data_select
  • fluentform/filter_email_attachments
  • fluentform/rendering_form
  • fluentform/is_form_renderable
  • fluentform/is_handling_submission
  • fluentform/validation_errors
  • fluentform/honeypot_name
  • fluentform/before_render_item
  • fluentform/rendering_field_html_{$elementName}
  • fluentform/skip_no_conflict
  • fluentform/load_styles
  • fluentform/load_default_public
  • fluentform/is_hide_submit_btn_{ $formId}
  • fluentform/form_class
  • fluentform/html_attributes
  • fluentform/editor_shortcodes
  • fluentform/shortcode_parser_callback_{smart_code_name}
  • fluentform/all_editor_shortcodes
  • fluentform/smartcode_group_{$group}
  • fluentform/payment_smartcode
  • fluentform/entry_statuses_core
  • fluentform/nonce_verify
  • fluentform/nonce_error
  • fluentform/numeric_styles
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  • fluentform/is_admin_page
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  • fluentform/global_integration_settings_{$settingsKey}
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  • fluentform/global_notification_active_types
  • fluentform/notifying_async_{$integrationKey}
  • fluentform/mailchimp_keep_existing_interests
  • fluentform/mailchimp_keep_existing_tags
  • fluentform/global_notification_feed_{$meta_key}
  • fluentform/integration_data_{$integrationKey}
  • fluentform/shortcode_defaults
  • fluentform/info_shortcode_defaults
  • fluentform/get_raw_responses
  • fluentform/export_data
  • fluentform/shortcode_feed_text
  • fluentform/entry_lists_labels
  • fluentform/all_entries
  • fluentform/step_string
  • fluentform/global_form_vars
  • fluentform/all_entry_labels
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  • fluentforms/recaptcha_v3_ref_score
  • fluentform/auto_read
  • fluentform/create_default_settings
  • fluentform/form_fields_update
  • fluentform/submissions_widgets
  • fluentform/disabled_analytics
  • fluentform/submission_notes
  • fluentform/store_submission_note
  • fluentform/disable_attachment_delete
  • fluentform/response_render_{element}
  • fluentform/settings_module_{$module}
  • fluentform/rendering_field_html_{$element}
  • fluentform/validation_message_{$ruleName}
  • fluentform/item_rules_{$item}
  • fluentform/send_plain_html_email
  • fluentform/submission_message_parse
  • fluentform/email_subject
  • fluentform/email_body
  • fluentform/email_to
  • fluentform/email_header
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  • fluentform/email_styles
  • fluentform/email_template_footer_text
  • fluentform/email_attachments
  • fluentform/email_summary_body_text
  • fluentform/email_summary_footer_text
  • fluentform/email_content_type_header
  • fluentform/email_template_header_image
  • fluentform/email_template_email_heading
  • fluentform/email_template_colors
  • fluentform/nonce_verify
  • fluentform/popup_shortcode_defaults
  • fluentform/survey_shortcode_defaults
  • fluentform/itl_options
  • fluentform/ip_provider
  • fluentform/post_type_selection_types_args
  • fluentform/post_selection_types
  • fluentform/post_selection_posts_pre_data
  • fluentform/post_selection_label_by
  • fluentform/user_registration_field_defaults
  • fluentform/icontact_request_args
  • fluentform/user_registration_feed_fields
  • fluentorm/user_registration_creatable_roles
  • fluentform/payment_settings_{$method}
  • fluentform/payment_method_settings_validation_{$method}
  • fluentform/payment_submission_data
  • fluentform/submission_order_items
  • fluentform/payment_field_{$elementName}
  • fluentform/stripe_checkout_args
  • fluentform/uploader_args
  • fluentform/file_uploaded
  • fluentform/file_upload_params
  • fluentform/default_upload_path
  • fluentform/file_upload_validations
  • fluentform/file_upload_validation_error
  • fluentform/disable_inputmode
  • fluentform/file_type_options
  • fluentform/default_upload_path

Reference API Classes

  • BaseFieldManager Class
  • Integration Manager Class
  • PDF Template Manager Class
  • Base Payment Method Class
  • BaseProcessor Class

Data Definations

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Form PHP API

FluentForms has the following PHP api functions so you can easily access from fields, entries and other data.

Accessing Form  #

<?php

$formApi = fluentFormApi('forms');
/**
* Find a form by form ID
* @param $entryId (int)
* @return null | Form Object
*/
$formObj = $formApi->find($formId = 1)

/**
* Get the paginated list of forms.
* You can search form forms with multiple attributes and get matched form objects in return with labels.
* @param $atts (array), $withFields (boolean)
* @return: array
*/
$atts = [
       'search' => 'formName',
       'status' => 'all',
       'sort_column' => 'id',
       'sort_by' => 'DESC',
       'per_page' => 10,
       'page' => 1
 ];
 $forms = $formApi->forms($atts, $withFields = false)

Accessing Form Properties  #

<?php
/**
* Get the form instance first 
*/
$formApi = fluentFormApi('forms')->form($formId = 1);

/**
* Get inputs data by form ID
* You can get input fields with admin label or raw data.
* @parms $with (array)
* @return array
*/

$formApi->inputs($with = ['admin_label', 'raw']);

/**
* Get Form Input labels
* @return array
*/
$formApi->labels();

/**
* Get Form Input Fields Data
* @return array
*/
$formApi->fields();

/**
* Get Form Settings
* @return array
*/
$formApi->settings();

/**
* Get Form Email Notification Settings
* @return array
*/
$formApi->emailNotifications();

/**
* Get Form Meta data by meta key, for example : '_custom_form_css' , '_custom_form_js' 
* You can set a default value to return if no data found
* $param $metaKeyName (string), $default (boolean)
* @return array
*/
$formApi->meta($metaKeyName, $default = false);

/**
* Get Form Email Notification Settings
* @return array
*/
$formApi->emailNotifications();

/**
* Check the status of the form it passed all conditions and is renderable.
* @return array
*/
$formApi->renderable();

/**
* Get the conversion rate of the form.
* @return int
*/
$formApi->conversionRate();

/**
* Get the conversion rate of the form.
* @return int
*/
$formApi->submissionCount();

/**
* Get the view count of the form.
* @return int
*/
$formApi->viewCount();

/**
* Get the unread status count of the form.
* @return int
*/
$formApi->unreadCount();

/**
* Get any form property value
* You can directly access any form properly for example form title
* @return mixed | false
*/
$formApi->title;

Accessing Form Entries #

<?php

/**
* Get the form entry instance first 
* @param $formId (int)
* @return null or Entry Object Instance
*/

$formApi = fluentFormApi('forms')->entryInstance($formId = 1);

/**
* Get a single entry of a form
* You can get a single form entry by entry Id
* @params $entryId (int), $includeFormats (boolean)
* @return null or Entry Object
*/

$entry = $formApi->entry($entryId = 1, $includeFormats = false);

/**
* Get a list of entries of a form
* You can paginated form entries by form Id 
* @params $atts (array), $includeFormats (boolean)
* @return array
*/

$formApi = fluentFormApi('forms')->entryInstance($formId = 1);
$atts = [
     'per_page' => 10,
     'page' => 1,
     'search' => '',
     'sort_by' => 'DESC',
     'entry_type' => 'all'
];
$entries = $formApi->entries($atts , $includeFormats = false);

/**
* Get the Entry Visual Data Report page data
* params $status (array)
* @return array
*/

$formApi = fluentFormApi('forms')->entryInstance($formId = 1);
$report = $formApi->report( $status = ['read']);

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