How to hook into Contact Form 7 Before Send
I had to do this to prevent Email from being sent. Hope it helps.
/* Prevent the email sending step for specific form*/add_action("wpcf7_before_send_mail", "wpcf7_do_something_else"); function wpcf7_do_something_else($cf7) { // get the contact form object $wpcf = WPCF7_ContactForm::get_current(); // if you wanna check the ID of the Form $wpcf->id if (/*Perform check here*/) { // If you want to skip mailing the data, you can do it... $wpcf->skip_mail = true; } return $wpcf;}
This code assumes that you are running the latest version of CF7 your code above used to work until a couple months ago when they went and did some refactoring of the code. [Apr 28 '15]
I'd like to add that you could just use the wpcf7_skip_mail
filter:
add_filter( 'wpcf7_skip_mail', 'maybe_skip_mail', 10, 2 );function maybe_skip_mail( $skip_mail, $contact_form ) { if( /* your condition */ ) $skip_mail = true; return $skip_mail;}
Since WPCF7 5.2 the wpcf7_before_send_mail
hook has changed quite a lot. For reference, here is how to work with this hook in 5.2+
Skip mail
function my_skip_mail() { return true; // true skips sending the email}add_filter('wpcf7_skip_mail','my_skip_mail');
Or add skip_mail
to the Additional Settings tab on your form in the admin area.
Getting the Form ID or Post ID
function wpcf7_before_send_mail_function( $contact_form, $abort, $submission ) { $post_id = $submission->get_meta('container_post_id'); $form_id = $contact_form->id(); // do something return $contact_form; }add_filter( 'wpcf7_before_send_mail', 'wpcf7_before_send_mail_function', 10, 3 );
Get user inputted data
function wpcf7_before_send_mail_function( $contact_form, $abort, $submission ) { $your_name = $submission->get_posted_data('your-field-name'); // do something return $contact_form; }add_filter( 'wpcf7_before_send_mail', 'wpcf7_before_send_mail_function', 10, 3 );
Send the email to a dynamic recipient
function wpcf7_before_send_mail_function( $contact_form, $abort, $submission ) { $dynamic_email = 'email@email.com'; // get your email address... $properties = $contact_form->get_properties(); $properties['mail']['recipient'] = $dynamic_email; $contact_form->set_properties($properties); return $contact_form; }add_filter( 'wpcf7_before_send_mail', 'wpcf7_before_send_mail_function', 10, 3 );