Elementor form email logic

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### ✅ Use Case Example:
Suppose your form has a dropdown labeled "Department" with these options:

– Sales
– Support
– Billing

And based on the selected department, you want to send the form submission to a different email address.

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## 🛠 Method 1: Using `functions.php` Hook (Recommended)

### Step 1: Add a Dropdown Field
In Elementor form:
– Label: `Department`
– Type: `Select`
– Options:

Sales
  Support
  Billing

Give it a shortcode name like: `department`.

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### Step 2: Add This Code to `functions.php` (or in a Code Snippets plugin)

add_action('elementor_pro/forms/new_record', function($record, $handler) {
    // Make sure it's the right form
    $form_name = $record->get_form_settings('form_name');
    if ('Contact Form' !== $form_name) {
        return;
    }

    // Get submitted fields
    $fields = $record->get('fields');
    $department = $fields['department']['value']; // Match this with your field shortcode

    // Define recipient based on selection
    $email_map = [
        'Sales'   => 'sales@example.com',
        'Support' => 'support@example.com',
        'Billing' => 'billing@example.com',
    ];

    // Default fallback
    $to = $email_map[$department] ?? 'default@example.com';

    // Set new recipient email
    $handler->add_email( 'email', [
        'to' => $to,
        'subject' => 'New Form Submission',
        'message' => 'Form submission from ' . $department,
    ]);
}, 10, 2);

> Replace `'Contact Form'` with the actual **Form Name** you set in the Elementor editor.
> And adjust the `'message'` or other email fields as needed.

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## 🧪 Alternative: Using Webhook + Zapier/Make (No-code approach)
1. Add a **Webhook** action to your form.
2. Send all form data to Zapier/Make.
3. Use a conditional step there to forward the email to the correct address.

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Do you want me to tailor this code specifically for your form setup (like field names or specific departments)?

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### ✅ Method 1: Check in the Elementor Editor
1. **Edit the page** with Elementor.
2. Click on the **Form Widget**.
3. In the **left panel**, scroll down to the **"Additional Options"** section.
4. Look for the **“Form Name”** field.
– If it's empty, set a unique name like `Contact Form` or `Support Request`.

📌 This is the name used in the hook:

$form_name = $record->get_form_settings('form_name');

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### ✅ Method 2: Use This Temporary Debug Snippet to Log the Form Name
If you're not sure what the form name is and don’t want to open Elementor:

add_action('elementor_pro/forms/new_record', function($record, $handler) {
    error_log('Form Name: ' . $record->get_form_settings('form_name'));
}, 10, 2);

– Then submit the form once.
– Check your **`debug.log`** file under `wp-content` or enable debugging like this in `wp-config.php`:

define('WP_DEBUG', true);
define('WP_DEBUG_LOG', true);

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Let me know your form name or paste the options you use in the dropdown, and I’ll help generate the exact PHP code.

s:13:"field_17e133f";s:9:"oldenburg";

This means the submitted value for `field_17e133f` is `"oldenburg"` — likely from a dropdown or hidden field.

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### ✅ To send email **only when 'oldenburg' is selected**, use this snippet:

add_action('elementor_pro/forms/new_record', function($record, $handler) {
    // Optional: Check form name if needed
    $form_name = $record->get_form_settings('form_name');
    if ('Your Form Name' !== $form_name) {
        return;
    }

    // Get fields
    $fields = $record->get('fields');

    // Replace 'field_17e133f' with the actual shortcode/key name of the dropdown
    $location = $fields['field_17e133f']['value'] ?? '';

    if (strtolower($location) === 'oldenburg') {
        $handler->add_email('email', [
            'to' => 'oldenburg@example.com', // change to the actual recipient
            'subject' => 'New Submission for Oldenburg',
            'message' => 'Someone selected Oldenburg in the form.',
        ]);
    }
}, 10, 2);

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### 🔍 How to get the actual field **shortcode** for `field_17e133f`
In Elementor form:
1. Edit the form widget.
2. Click on the field that corresponds to `"Oldenburg"` (probably a dropdown or select field).
3. Look for the **“Shortcode”** or **“ID”** under **Advanced > Field ID**.
4. Replace `field_17e133f` with that ID in the code above.

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Let me know if you want to route multiple dropdown values to different email addresses (e.g., `oldenburg@example.com`, `berlin@example.com`, etc.) — I can help you set that up too.