Mapping booleans to custom user profile fields using User Registration add-on

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I have a form to update user profiles. The profile has some additional fields (created in Pods), including some booleans; I’ve created equivalent form fields.

I am trying to maps the form fields to the profile fields, and these booleans don’t seem to make it through—in fact, I need to enter the field names by hand as “custom metas” because they do not appear in the popup list.

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Hi there,

Could you please share the more details including fields, meta keys, Gravity Forms export copy so I can try to help you out?

If you want to know more about me, I’m here over 3 years and helping peoples, also contributed to the Pods plugin in recent time. You can check from below.

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Faisal–

Thanks. I am appending a screenshot of the relevant Pods fields. The Gravity Forms export is a little too big to include here, so I’ve uploaded it here.

Although Gravity Forms lets you place multiple checkboxes under a single title, for clarity I’ve created a separate title for each checkbox in the form.

Let me know if I can provide any more information.

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Hi @adamrice

Sorry for the delay. I’ve already resolved the issue for the single checkbox item. Could you please share your all Pods by exporting so I can import on my end and give you a complete solution?

Thank you

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Hi again,

I’ve resolved the issue. Now you can select the Pods fields under Gravity Forms > Settings > User Registration > User Meta, as shown in the screenshot below.

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After a user is created or updated, the user meta will auto-sync and can be found under the user profile.

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Please use the following code as an MU-Plugin for now. I plan to release a small plugin later for easier use in the future.

<?php
/**
 * Plugin Name: Gravity Forms + Pods Integration
 * Description: Automatically adds Pods User fields to the User Registration Add-On meta keys list, and properly casts mapped Checkbox values into strict booleans (1/0) for Pods boolean fields.
 * Author: Faisal Ahammad
 */

// 1. Add Pods User fields to the GF User Registration Meta Key dropdown
add_filter( 'gform_user_registration_user_meta_options', function( $keys ) {
	if ( ! function_exists( 'pods_api' ) ) {
		return $keys;
	}

	$api = pods_api();
	// Load the Extended User pod (if it exists)
	$pod = $api->load_pod( [ 'name' => 'user' ], false );
	if ( ! empty( $pod ) && ! empty( $pod['fields'] ) ) {
		if ( ! is_array( $keys ) ) {
			$keys = [];
		}
		
		foreach ( $pod['fields'] as $field ) {
			$keys[] = [
				'label'    => '[Pods] ' . $field['label'],
				'name'     => $field['name'],
				'value'    => $field['name'],
				'required' => false
			];
		}
	}

	return $keys;
}, 10, 1 );

// 2. Intercept boolean values to ensure they save as 1/0 for Pods
add_filter( 'gform_user_registration_meta_value', function( $value, $meta_key, $meta, $form, $entry ) {
	if ( ! function_exists( 'pods_api' ) ) {
		return $value;
	}

	$api = pods_api();
	$pod = $api->load_pod( [ 'name' => 'user' ], false );
	if ( empty( $pod ) || empty( $pod['fields'] ) || empty( $pod['fields'][ $meta_key ] ) ) {
		return $value; // Not a Pods field or not registered.
	}

	$field = $pod['fields'][ $meta_key ];

	// Only apply processing to boolean fields
	if ( 'boolean' === $field['type'] ) {
		if ( is_array( $value ) ) {
			$value = empty( $value ) ? 0 : 1;
		} else {
			// In Gravity Forms, an unchecked string is usually empty "".
			// A explicitly false string could be "false" or "no". 
			// Valid labels are considered truthy.
			$value = ( empty( $value ) || '0' === $value || false === filter_var( $value, FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN, FILTER_NULL_ON_FAILURE ) ) ? 0 : 1;
		}
	}

	return $value;
}, 10, 5 );

You can also get the source code from here:

MU-Plugin guideline:

Give it a try, and let me know how that goes! :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

Best regards,
Faisal

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Thanks very much. I haven’t had a chance to try this out yet, but I appreciate your time and expertise.

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You’re welcome.

Please keep me posted about the outcome. :+1: