"Confirm Email" Field for Contact Form 7
Makes visitors type their email twice and shows an error when the two addresses do not match, so you do not lose replies to typos.
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Code
$wpide_cf7_email_field = 'your-email';
$wpide_cf7_confirm_field = 'your-email-confirm';
$wpide_cf7_confirm_check = function ( $result, $tag ) use ( $wpide_cf7_email_field, $wpide_cf7_confirm_field ) {
if ( $tag->name !== $wpide_cf7_confirm_field ) {
return $result;
}
$email = isset( $_POST[ $wpide_cf7_email_field ] ) ? strtolower( trim( (string) wp_unslash( $_POST[ $wpide_cf7_email_field ] ) ) ) : '';
$confirm = isset( $_POST[ $wpide_cf7_confirm_field ] ) ? strtolower( trim( (string) wp_unslash( $_POST[ $wpide_cf7_confirm_field ] ) ) ) : '';
if ( $email !== $confirm ) {
$result->invalidate( $tag, 'The email addresses do not match.' );
}
return $result;
};
add_filter( 'wpcf7_validate_email', $wpide_cf7_confirm_check, 20, 2 );
add_filter( 'wpcf7_validate_email*', $wpide_cf7_confirm_check, 20, 2 );Notes
Add a second email field named your-email-confirm to the form, for example [email* your-email-confirm], or change the names at the top.
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