Telephone field error message

– **Contact Form 7**
– **Gravity Forms**
– **WPForms**
– **Elementor Forms**
– **Fluent Forms**

Let me know, and I'll guide you on customizing the error message for the telephone field. 🚀

### **Method 1: Using Contact Form 7 Settings**
1. Go to your **WordPress Admin Dashboard**.
2. Navigate to **Contact → Contact Forms**.
3. Click on the form you want to edit.
4. Locate the **telephone field**, which looks like this:

[tel your-phone]

5. Modify it to include a custom error message:

[tel your-phone "Please enter a valid phone number"]

6. Save the form and test it.

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### **Method 2: Using Custom Validation in `functions.php`**
If you need more control, you can use custom validation in **functions.php**:

1. Open your **theme's functions.php** file.
2. Add the following code:

function custom_tel_validation_filter($result, $tag) {
       $tag = new WPCF7_FormTag($tag);
       if ($tag->name == 'your-phone') {
           $phone = isset($_POST[$tag->name]) ? sanitize_text_field($_POST[$tag->name]) : '';

           if (!preg_match('/^+?[0-9s-()]+$/', $phone)) {
               $result->invalidate($tag, "Invalid phone number format. Please enter a valid phone number.");
           }
       }
       return $result;
   }
   add_filter('wpcf7_validate_tel', 'custom_tel_validation_filter', 10, 2);

3. Save the file and test your form.

This will ensure the telephone number follows a valid format and display a **custom error message** when invalid.

Let me know if you need further customization! 🚀

function custom_validate_tel( $result, $tag ) {
$submission = WPCF7_Submission::get_instance();
if ( ! $submission ) return $result;

$form = $submission->get_contact_form();

// Debug: Log the form title
error_log( 'Form Title: ' . $form->title() );

// Check if the form title matches
if ( $form->title() !== 'Strategisch groeiplan aanvragen.' ) return $result;

// Validate "tel-48"
if ( $tag->name === 'tel-84' && empty( $_POST['tel-84'] ) ) {
error_log( 'Tel field empty – Showing error' );
$result->invalidate( $tag, 'Number and subject are required, please fill it.' );
}

return $result;
}
not working

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### **Issues & Fixes**
1. **Ensure Correct Field Name**
– You're checking for `'tel-84'`, but verify that your actual field name in Contact Form 7 matches exactly.
– Go to **Contact Form 7 → Your Form** and confirm the exact name of the telephone field.

2. **Correct Hook for Required Field Validation**
– You’re using `wpcf7_validate_text*`, but for required telephone fields (`tel*`), use `wpcf7_validate_tel*`.

3. **Check if `$_POST['tel-84']` is Set**
– Instead of checking `empty($_POST['tel-84'])`, use `$submission->get_posted_data('tel-84')`.

4. **Debug Logging**
– Add `error_log()` statements to confirm values during form submission.

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### **Updated Code**
Try replacing your function with this improved version:

add_filter('wpcf7_validate_tel*', 'custom_validate_tel', 20, 2);

function custom_validate_tel($result, $tag) {
    $submission = WPCF7_Submission::get_instance();
    if (!$submission) return $result;

    $form = $submission->get_contact_form();

    // Debug: Log the form title
    error_log('Form Title: ' . $form->title());

    // Check if the form title matches exactly
    if ($form->title() !== 'Strategisch groeiplan aanvragen.') {
        error_log('Form title does not match.');
        return $result;
    }

    // Get the actual field name
    $name = $tag->name;
    error_log("Validating field: $name");

    // Validate "tel-84"
    $phone = $submission->get_posted_data('tel-84');

    if (empty($phone)) {
        error_log('Phone field is empty - Showing error');
        $result->invalidate($tag, 'Number and subject are required, please fill it.');
    }

    return $result;
}

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### **Steps to Test**
1. **Enable Debugging in WordPress**
Add this to `wp-config.php` to check for errors:

define('WP_DEBUG', true);
   define('WP_DEBUG_LOG', true);
   define('WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', false);
   @ini_set('log_errors', 1);
   @ini_set('display_errors', 0);

– Then check `wp-content/debug.log` after submitting the form.

2. **Confirm Field Name in Contact Form 7**
– Go to your form and ensure the field name is exactly `tel-84`:

[tel* tel-84]

– If it's different, update the PHP code accordingly.

3. **Test Again**
– Submit the form without entering a phone number and check if the error message appears.

Let me know if it still doesn't work! 🚀