---
title: fluentform/insert_response_data
description: "## Description  If you want to alter/format the submitted data you can use this filter. The returned data will be inserted into the submission as a response. ```php apply_filters('fluentform/insert_response_data', $formData, $formId, $inputConfigs); ``` ## Usage  The following would apply to…"
url: "https://fluentforms.com/docs/fluentform_insert_response_data/"
updated: "2023-07-21"
category: Filter Hooks
tags:
  - Submission Filter
---

# fluentform/insert_response_data

## Description 

If you want to alter/format the submitted data you can use this filter. The returned data will be inserted into the submission as a response.

```php
apply_filters('fluentform/insert_response_data', $formData, $formId, $inputConfigs);
```

## Usage 

The following would apply to all forms:

```php
add_filter('fluentform/insert_response_data', 'your_custom_response_data_filter_function', 10, 3);

function your_custom_response_data_filter_function($formData, $formId, $inputConfigs)
{
   // Your can alter the data here
    return $formData;
}
```

The following would apply to a specific form id 5:

```php
add_filter('fluentform/insert_response_data', 'your_custom_response_data_filter_function', 10, 3);

function your_custom_response_data_filter_function($formData, $formId, $inputConfigs)
{
   if($formId != 5) {
      return $formData;
   }

   // Your can alter the data here
    return $formData;
}
```

## Parameters

- **$formData** (array) Entry Response as key-value pair where input name as array key and each response as value.
- **$formId** int Form ID
- **$inputConfigs** (array) This contains the full-form inputs fields as a 2-dimensional array

## Placement

This code should be placed in the [functions.php](http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development#Functions_File) file of your active theme.

## Source Code

This filter is located in FluentForm\App\Services\Form\SubmissionHandlerService -> prepareInsertData()