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Hooks are a powerful way to extend CiviCRM's functionality, incorporate additional business logic, and even integrate CiviCRM with external systems. The way they work is, that at key points in processing CiviCRM checks if custom code is "hooked in", and runs any valid code it finds.

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Control duplicate entries in Hook Post

I'm in need of inserting a control query into a hook post to retrieve if there is duplicate data. I am using a php query but the only reaction I have is that it continues to compute forever, is it ...
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How can I customize the default gear icon on a custom tab set?

Now that there are icons on all the tab sets (awesome, btw) - I'd like to change the standard gear icon that appears on any custom contact field sets that are set to display as a tab. I didn't see ...
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Using hook_civicrm_tabset; why doesn't my tab focus when linked to via url?

I've added a tab adjacent to the event "Info and Settings" configuration tab, using hook_civicrm_tabset(), but when I link to the URL for that tab, the "Info and Settings" tab is displayed. This ...
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How to call my post_provision_install hook after CiviCRM installed?

I want to automate the removal of households from CiviCRM, right after it has been installed via Aegir on Drupal 7. I implemented my post_provision_install hook, but it runs before the same hook of ...
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how can I create an hook when external id change

I would to ask you , on how can create an event (programatically) when I change the external ID in contact form, how can I t make some kind of process like validation in another module or service I ...
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Errors not showing against custom fields using hook validateForm()

Using this code if ($fields["custom_111_79"] == 0) $errors["custom_111_79"] = "Please enter number of physio sessions"; The evaluation is done correctly, but the error message does not appear ...
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Get Contact id from Relationship to use in a Hook [duplicate]

I want to display Contact B ID of a relationship for the current contact. I am building a hook and this is my code so far. if ( $formName == 'CRM_Contactlayout_Form_Inline_ProfileBlock') { if ...
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Stripe Webhooks on a multisite?

I've just updated a multi-site with the latest Stripe extension and I get the message to update the webhooks. Did this on another site earlier I was able to just follow the links and it updated as it ...
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Ways for an extension to determine how (by which form/screen/API) a Contribution was created?

I'm creating an extension. It should: intervene when a Contribution is created, and make some changes to the data only intervene if the Contribution was created via a public-facing Contribution Page, ...
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What is deleting my Tag?

I've run into this twice this month and scratching my head. Read this image upside down: We hit post create Address hook -> my regex extension creates a Tag - all good; happy dance; then something in ...
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Hook to change names of reccuring events

I am going to shut my other question and try and rewrite more clearly here. I have recurring events. I want to change the name of these recurring events to add the date to them, so each one is easily ...
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How to set a permission using drupal ACL?

I am developing an extension. I want to provide permissions using drupal. I am using following hook for creating a permission hook_civicrm_permission(&$permissions); But, how to do that (means ...
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Validation radio custom fields on civicrm_validateForm hook does not work

I have a custom field on contact in radio type format, not required field. I'd like to set up custom error on this field by using hook_civicrm_validateForm when the field is null. // hook in ...
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How to alter a query in hook_civicrm_pageRun based on a custom filter provided?

I want to alter the query run in the hook_pageRun(&$page) under Manage Events Page to alter the (event list) results shown here. I can alter the rows from hook_civicrm_pageRun , but I want to ...
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Implementing tokens and tokenValues hooks for Event custom field

I'm trying to implement a hook for inserting Event custom fields into Scheduled reminders; however, I'm not a developer so I'm really not sure what the code needs to look like. The custom field is ...
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Hook pre/post in pledge changed status

On 5.6.0 After create a pledge. If is created a new contribution that change the status of the pledge from "Pending" to "Completed" is not incoming in any hook_civicrm_post or hook_civicrm_pre with ...
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I am trying to insert custom tab into Activity tab but it is not working

I am creating new extension. I am adding a new custom field into Activity tab but it's not working //Creating a custom group for survey function custom_group_create_survey(){ $survey_custom_group = ...
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Is there any information that tells the last action of membership record (edit or renewal)?

I'm going to write a hook to distinguish a saved membership record, how do I know the last action of saved membership record is edit or renewal?
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Adding a column to search results

i try to add a custom column to the search results of "find contact". I use the hook "searchColumns", i can easily add a column with: $headers['summary'] = array('name' => 'Summary'); , but when ...
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How to fetch Profile gid from hook_civicrm_post included in a Contribution Page?

I am using profile object inside function hook_civicrm_post($op, $objectName, $objectId, &$objectRef){ } How can I fetch the Profile gid from the above variables? or is there any way to ...
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Add new smarty template to an existing page

I want to add a new template part to the activity edit & view page, I have been trying number of hooks to do it but could not figure out which one best to use. I am trying to do something similar ...
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Which table is used for hook_civicrm_triggerInfo?

I have a rebuild trigger action that is failing. It is trying to create a trigger on civicrm_contributiion_recur. Clearly it has 2 i's and shouldn't. There is or was a trigger on the table without ...
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How to automatically remove a contact from specific group, if end date is added to specific relationship

If end date is added to relationship,the contact should be automatically removed from the specific group. How this can be accomplished?Any suggestions?
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Contact Summary Hook Implementation

I am trying to add contact created date in contact summary. I am sure that https://docs.civicrm.org/dev/en/latest/hooks/hook_civicrm_summary/ helps the requirement. But I'm not getting how to ...
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How to create a hook in an extension?

I want to give others the chance to do something when certain events happen in my extension. So to be clear: I'm not wanting to use existing hooks in my extension, I'm wanting to create a new hook ...
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How are CiviCRM form names defined (civicrm_validateForm)?

I am attempting to perform form validation on various CiviCRM forms (profile forms and forms within contribution pages) by hooking into hook_civicrm_validateForm. In my php code, I would like to ...
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Hook to stop a contact's email from being deleted

We have a new requirement to stop an admin from deleting a contact's email if that email is found in one of our other systems. I am trying to do this through a validateForm hook. I can figure out ...
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How do you set the displayed text of a custom field (“view-only”)?

I am using Drupal and I have an extensions that I am running this code on. I've seen several threads attempting to help with this. I haven't found any that really make it clear. From what I ...
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Wordpress hooks – some don't work

I noticed that some hooks are not firing… I have the following three hooks <?php add_filter('civicrm_permission', 'civicrm_permission', 10, 1); function civicrm_permission(&$permissions) { ...
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Customise Contacts Relationships Tab

I want to customise the contacts relationships tab screen to show if the listed contacts (Individuals) belong to a specific group or not. I'm not sure where to start and would appreciate any pointers. ...
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Is there a hook for on user sign in?

Is there a good hook for on CiviCRM sign in? [This is to display a message upon login in a cms-independent extension.] Thanks,
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Which civicrm hook for Event Registration form field content change in Drupal module?

Preamble: Event Registration Settings form ( civicrm/event/manage/settings?reset=1&action=update&id=EVENT-ID ) has separated text areas for Event Summary/Description ( "Info and Settings" ...
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Change displayed value for customfield

I have a custom field of an individual that stores the ID of a group (as int). I would like to change the display of the field to show the actual name of the group instead of the ID (same as contact ...
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post hook edit entity

We have a post hook that sends some data to an external api when a participant is created or edited. function kavo_civicrm_post($op, $objectName, $objectId, &$objectRef) { if (($op == 'create' |...
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How to echo “Hello World” in civicrm?

I need to echo "hello world" in civicrm how to do this in any page in civicrm? i'm trying to do this using hooks_civicrm_post but there is no result.
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Extending CiviCRM Advanced search (queryObjects hook)

I am adding a Soundex featured to the advanced search. I am using the queryObjects hook to add this into the query. The documentation on this is spotty, only referencing CiviHR. I have downloaded that ...
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Setting Default Value BuildForm Hook does not work

I tried to implement the following hook (in my extension "cividoncamillo"), to set a default Contribution Type, but it does not work... Any Ideas why not? //does not work function ...
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How to customise the activities tab listing

I used to hack the Activities BAO to change the search results to make the subject line something more useful; i.e. extract other data from particular activity types and auto-create a summary in place ...
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How to clear hook cache

When I am changing a query or logic in my hook, I have to reinstall the entire module so then only the updated logic / code works in civicrm. Is there a settings to clear the cache or something I ...
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get source table values in civicrm_triggerInfo

I have created below hook for trigger some values in my table. Here how to get source table values that are being updated or inserted function history_civicrm_triggerInfo(&$info, $tableName) { ...
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Where I have to write my hook

I am new to civicrm. I have created a module; say com.ex.myextention. and created a page its working fine. But in my module where I have to write a hook and how to ensure the defined hook is ...
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Problem with setting the default for a custom value in the buildForm hook

What is the correct way to set a default value on rendering a form for custom values. The code below works for native fields, but not for custom fields (presumably because they are looked up through ...
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How to target a specific event registration form in an extension

I'm trying to use a custom extension rather than using a template override (template_name.extra.tpl) to implement some jQuery on an event registration form (essentially to hide some form fields unless ...
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hook civicrm_post not triggering as expected (Joomla)

I have set up a hook to assign a group to new contacts when they are created. I have set it up the old-fashioned way, ie with a function called joomla_civicrm_post in a file called civicrmHooks.php in ...
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hook_civicrm_postSave_table_name not called on table update

In Drupal, I'm using hook_civicrm_postSave_table_name to listen for CiviEvent registrations. I've implemented hook_civicrm_postSave_civicrm_participant($dao) where I test for certain status_id values ...
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civicrm_processProfile hook ignored

After submitting the profile with success from the front-end of the site, a civicrm contact is created but the following hook is not working.. function wordpress_civicrm_processProfile($name) { ...
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How do I write unit tests that verify a hook is being fired?

I found this example but it doesn't look like it would generalise to all hooks. The use case is for API4 - basically whenever any action is called I think we should be able to verify that particular ...
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How am I meant to use $mask in hook_civicrm_links?

I don't really understand what the point of the $mask variable that is passed to hook_civicrm_links is. Can anyone explain it to me? PS I understand how to use the other variables and I might not ...
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Hook permissions `type`

Looking at hook_civicrm_aclWhereClause I see there is a $type parameter but there is currently no documentation for this type. What are the allowed values?
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How to set a default value for a custom field

EDIT: this is done automatically by CiviCRM from 5.18+ I have a custom fieldset on Contributions that uses an option list. The option list has a default value set, but when contributions are created ...

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