Getting Selected Dropdown Text/Value

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Hi there, I am trying to get the text and value of a dropdownlist in the gform_pre_submission_filter

if i do var_dump none of the items are shown as selected.
//field_id=2;
//$field = GFFormsModel::get_field( $form, $field_id );
//$choices = $field->choices;
//var_dump($choices);

How do i get the text and value that the user has selected?

My end result is to combine several fields together (first name field, lastname field and a select field) and store it in its own field. which is then picked up by dynamics crm plugin to upload to crm.

Thanks

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You can get an idea of everything that was submitted using the gform_pre_submission filter, like this:

add_action( 'gform_pre_submission', 'pre_submission_handler' );
function pre_submission_handler( $form ) {
	var_dump ( $_POST );
	var_dump ( $form );
}

The $_POST will contain the values what were submitted, and the $form will contain the other information you need about the form.

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thanks, i got most of the items i require using rgpost, but when i do the rgpost(‘input_4’) it gives me the value, how do i get the label instead?

thanks

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Sounds like you are making progress!

To get the field label you will need the field object which is available via the GFAPI: https://docs.gravityforms.com/api-functions/#get-field e.g.

$field = GFAPI::get_field( $form, 17 );
$field_label = $field->label;

For choice based fields if you have the choice value and need the choice label you can get that via the field object e.g.

$choice_text = $field->get_value_export( $entry, $field_id, true );

It is the third argument of the fields get_value_export method above being set to true which causes the choice text to be returned.

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Hi Chris, thanks for the help,
in the example you show
$choice_text = $field->get_value_export( $entry, $field_id, true );
Where to I get the $entry from as this is done in pre_submission and from what i have read it, presubmission doesnt have the $entry only $form

thanks again

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@jamiesw I had the same question. For this example: https://docs.gravityforms.com/gform_pre_render/

I wanted to display the Readable value to show in a summery, not the data value behind it.
$field->choices is an array with with both: text : value

so looping thrue you will get your answer:

$field_data = rgpost('input_' . $field->id);
$field_text = '';
foreach ($field->choices as $choice) {
	if ($choice['value'] == $field_data) {
		$field_text = $choice['text'];
	}
}
$html_content = $field->label . ': ' . $field_text
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