Contact form 7 getting values from select with pipes - wordpress

Question

I am trying to get country name from country drop down, where I have used pipe symbol. like this in my form
[text* FullName id:fullname]
[select* country id:country include_blank "United States | a#gmail.com" "Canada | a#gmail.com" "Mexico | b#gmail.com" "United Kingdom | c#gmail.com"]
I have used different-2 email with country name because i need to sand email to company employee according to country name. In email template i have used [country] to get email and [_raw_country] to get country name that is working fine.
I am trying to get country name in function.php file to save it in database by this way.
function contactform7_before_send_mail( $form_to_DB ) {
//set your db details
$mydb = new wpdb('user','password','databasename','localhost');
$form_to_DB = WPCF7_Submission::get_instance();
if ( $form_to_DB )
$formData = $form_to_DB->get_posted_data();
$fullname = $formData['FullName'];
$country = $formData['country'];
$mydb->insert( 'mytable', array( 'fullname' =>$fullname,'country' =>$country), array( '%s' ) );
}
But it gives nothing. if i try to get like this
$country = $formData['country'][0];
it gives me only email id like a#gmail.com I have tryed $country = $formData['country'][1];
It give me nothing. I have also tryed $country = $formData['_raw_country']; But not get luck.
This is the reference document
https://contactform7.com/selectable-recipient-with-pipes/

Answer 1

you need something like this:
<?php
// Get the submitted data
$submission = WPCF7_Submission::get_instance();
if ( ! $submission
or ! $posted_data = $submission->get_posted_data() ) {
return;
}
// Get the contact form additional data
$contact_form = $submission->get_contact_form();
// get the tag used in the form
$mail_tags=$contact_form->scan_form_tags();
// search into tags for country
$key = array_search('country', array_column($mail_tags, 'name'));
// get the country pipes values
$pipes = new WPCF7_Pipes( $mail_tags[$key]->raw_values );
// get an array with the pipes
$pipes_array = $pipes->to_array();
// get the choosen value
$pipes_val = array_search( $posted_data['country'][0], array_column($pipes_array, 1));
// finally!
error_log(print_r($posted_data['country'],true));
error_log(print_r("in",true));
error_log(print_r($pipes_array[$pipes_val][0],true));

Answer 2

I posted this answer in your other question. This should work.
add_action( 'wpcf7_before_send_mail', 'cf7_pipes_so_67686211');
function cf7_pipes_so_67686211( $contact_form ) {
global $wpdb;
$mydb = new wpdb('user','password','database','localhost');
// Get Form Tags
$tags = $contact_form->scan_form_tags();
$pipe_array = array();
// Find the Values of the Pipes
foreach ($tags as $tag){
if ($tag->name === 'primarybusiness'){
$pipe_array = $tag->pipes->to_array();
}
}
// Get the form data
$form_to_DB = WPCF7_Submission::get_instance();
if ( $form_to_DB ) {
$formData = $form_to_DB->get_posted_data();
$fullname = $formData['FullName'];
foreach ($pipe_array as $value) {
// Compare and find the pipe value
if ( $posted_data['primarybusiness'][0] === $value[1] ){
$primarybusiness = $value[0];
}
}
$mydb->insert( 'mytable', array( 'fullname'=>$fullname,'primarybusiness'=>$primarybusiness), array( '%s' ) );
}
}