Custom error messages possible?

Resolved Marcel Pol
(@mpol)

7 years, 3 months ago

Hi, I made my own plugin with some spamfilters for CF7. I am wanting to generate my own custom error messages. I think I am doing things the right way, but when my plugin sees the form as invalid, I just get the standard error message for CF7.

My code is here:
https://plugins.trac.ww.wp.xz.cn/browser/la-sentinelle-antispam/trunk/forms/lasent-contact-form-7.php#L176

Am I doing something wrong, or is it not possible to use custom error messages?

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Lukasz
(@wpfed)

7 years, 3 months ago
Hi,

This is how I target for custom errors:
```
add_filter( 'wpcf7_display_message', 'validaiton_messages_fail', 10, 2 );

function validaiton_messages_fail( $message, $status ) { 
        $submission = WPCF7_Submission::get_instance();
		  
		if ( $submission->is( 'validation_failed' ) ) {
			$posted_data = $submission->get_posted_data();
			
			$message = __( 'your cusotm error message', '');
		   
		}
		elseif ( $submission->is( 'mail_failed' ) ) {
			$posted_data = $submission->get_posted_data();
			
			$message = __( 'your cusotm error message', '');
		   
		}
		elseif ( $submission->is( 'spam' ) ) {
			$posted_data = $submission->get_posted_data();
			
			$message = __( 'your cusotm error message', '');
		   
		}
return $message;
}
```
- This reply was modified 7 years, 3 months ago by Lukasz.
Thread Starter Marcel Pol
(@mpol)

7 years, 3 months ago

Sorry, doesn’t work for me. Thank you for the effort, I do appreciate it.

In the class WPCF7_Submission there is a function submit() that runs the validate() function, which returns false (upon my custom spamfilter that has a positive). Then it will set the status to validation_failed. I don’t see any way to get it to return a custom status. This part of the code always seem to overwrite my custom status.

If I decide to have it validate, it will happily send the mail, which in my spamfilter isn’t a good idea.

It seems to be better to not just validate, but to use the wpcf7_spam filter to set $spam = true and work with that. Maybe it fits in better anyway.

Thread Starter Marcel Pol
(@mpol)

7 years, 3 months ago

I have to say thank you 🙂
That filter for messages did set me on the right path.

I am not using a status anymore for my spamfilters.
I am setting $spam to true when my spamfilter are marking positive.
With that message filter I am now adding custom messages in case the status is spam.

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