Scenario - I'm trying to create a simple ticketing system for use with CF7 and flamingo. I want to be able to archive email's on the server and in my mail client under the same unique identifier in the subject field.
I think I'm pretty close but I'm not strong with php, and I don't want to cause myself problems down the line. I think this qualifies as a GET request but at the same time I may be overthinking it.
(Googling this subject has turned out to be quite confusing, So I figured it best to ask someone more experienced.)
The question
How would I 'best' pass a string to a specific Contact From 7 input?
The field in question -
[text* ticket-number id:ticket-field]
The following is located in my functions.php file;
/* Prevent sending step for specific form */
add_action("wpcf7_before_send_mail", "wpcf7_fill_ticket");
function wpcf7_fill_ticket($cf7) {
/* find id="ticket-field" */
/* Generate CF7 Ticket Number */
$length = 8;
$characters = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
for ($p = 0; $p < $length; $p++) {
$string .= $characters[mt_rand(0, strlen($characters)-1)];
}
return $string;
/* Pass generated string into input */
}
Any help I could get with this issue would be greatly appreciated.