How to get the Gravityform entry ID from current user’s form submission? [closed]

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You can use the gform_after_submission hook[1] to add the Entry ID (and probably the Form ID to minimize confusion if you have multiple forms) to the user’s meta information using add_user_meta().

<?php
add_action( 'gform_after_submission', 'wpse96468_map_user_to_entry', 10, 2 );
// to tie it to a specific form, use the format below,
// replacing '{$form_id}' with the actual form ID
// add_action( 'gform_after_submission_{$form_id}', 'wpse96468_map_user_to_entry', 10, 2 );

function wpse96468_map_user_to_entry( $entry, $form ) {
    // get your user's ID here
    // EDITED -- this should work, 
    // if only logged-in users can submit the form
    $user_id = $entry['created_by'];
    // set the arguments for the add_user_meta() function
    $meta_key = 'gform_entry_id';
    $meta_value = $entry['id'];
    // if you want to pass both the Entry and Form IDs, you can use an array:
    // $meta_value = array( 'entry_id' => $entry['id'], 'form_id' => $form['id'] );
    $unique = true;
        // optional, but the default is false,
        // and if I understand your question, you want this to be unique
    add_user_meta( $user_id, $meta_key, $meta_value, $unique );
}
?>

A better way (maybe)

If you’re using GForms to create a post (or page, presumably), there appears to be an easier way:

<?php
add_action( 'gform_after_submission', 'wpse96480_map_user_to_page', 10, 2);

function wpse96480_map_user_page( $entry, $form ) {
    $user_id = $entry['created_by'];
    $meta_key = 'generated_page_id';
    $meta_value = $entry['post_id']; // see note [2] for a link
    $unique = true;
    add_user_meta( $user_id, $meta_key, $meta_value, $unique );
}
?>

To show a link to the generated page to the user that generated it, you can add the following to functions.php:

<?php
add_filter( 'the_content', 'wpse96480_get_generated_page_for_user' );
function wpse96480_get_generated_page_for_user( $content ) {
    if ( is_user_logged_in() ) {
        global $current_user;
        $current_user = get_currentuserinfo();
        $user_id = $current_user->ID;
        $meta_key = 'generated_page_id';
        $single = true;
        $page_id = get_user_meta( $user_id, $meta_key, $single );
        if( strlen( $page_id ) > 0 && is_numeric( $page_id ) ) {
            $page_link = '<a href="' . get_permalink( $page_id ) . '">' . get_the_title( $page_id ) . '</a>';
            $content .= "Hey {$current_user->display_name}, thank you for submitting the form. View your page here: $page_link";
        } else {
            $content .= "Hey {$current_user->display_name}, please fill in the form below<br />\n";
            $content .= do_shortcode('[gravityform id="2" name="Join the movement of Gooders" title="false" description="false"]');
        }
    }
    return $content;
}
?>

In response to your comments

Assuming that your page generation is done as requested in the original question (ie, example.com/{entry-ID}, and you just want code you can plunk into a page template file (page.php or similar), here’s my suggestion:

Add the entry ID to the user meta information as detailed in the first code snippet — the one that begins with add_action( 'gform_after_submission', 'wpse96468_map_user_to_entry', 10, 2 );. All that code can go in your functions.php file, so that it’ll always be available to the Gravity Forms form.

Then add the following code sample to your page template file (page.php by default):

<?php
    if ( is_user_logged_in() ) {
        global $current_user;
        // $current_user = get_currentuserinfo();
        // seems I was clobbering the existing $current_user variable
        $user_id = $current_user->ID;
        $meta_key = 'gform_entry_id';
        $single = true;
        $entry_id = get_user_meta( $user_id, $meta_key, $single );
        if( strlen( $entry_id ) > 0 && is_numeric( $entry_id ) ) {
            // we have an entry ID now
            ?>
            <h2>Hey <?php echo $current_user->display_name ?>, thank you for submitting the form. Visit your page here: www.example.com/<?php echo( $entry_id ); ?></h2>
            <?php
        } else {
            // we don't have an entry ID for this user
            ?>
            <h2>Hey <?php echo $current_user->display_name ?>, Thank you for joining. To create a page please submit the form below:</h2><?php echo do_shortcode('[gravityform id="2" name="Join the movement of Gooders" title="false" description="false"]'); ?>
            <?php
        }
    } else {
        // user is not logged in
        ?>
        <h2><Please log in to create a page <?php do_action( 'wordpress_social_login' ); ?></h2>
        <?php
    }
?>

I think that should do what you’re looking for.

[1] Gravity Forms user documentation requires you to log in to their site.

[2] http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Entry_Object — you’re looking for post_id in the page.

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