Freeform notification: Get member data

Question

I'm using Freeform on my website for new requests from members only. I want to create a custom notification of these requests and show member-data (custom fields they provide during registration) in these notifications. Therefore I've created a new custom notification as followed:

Someone has filled out form: Request
{all_form_fields}
  {field_label}: {field_data}
{/all_form_fields}

{exp:member:custom_profile_data member_id="{user_entry_id}"}
  Company: {company_name}
  Address: {address}
{/exp:member:custom_profile_data}

The {user_entry_id} variable is a hidden field in my form which is populated by the member_id. This value gets passed on correctly.

My problem is that {user_entry_id} isn't parsed and the company & address data fields are empty. When I insert a member_id manually it does work:

{exp:member:custom_profile_data member_id="1"}

However, that part should be dynamic.

Any thoughts?

Answer 1

If you use the {exp:member:custom_profile_data} tag without any paramter it will automatically use the currently logged in member.

This also works in the email notification.

Answer 2

Is the field you are storing {user_entry_id} in a field you've actually added to Freeform itself? If not, its not going to carry over into notifications.

If you are using Freeform Pro, there is a hidden field type that you can use, which even has CURRENT_USER (logged in member_id) as a possible default value (at creation time).

If you are using the free version of Freeform, you can just add a text field named 'user_entry_id' without any other modification to your form and keep using the hidden field you are using now, and it will save the data and should carry over to notifications then as it will be a field registered with that form.