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Having some issues with the custom field hook, specifically with the $params that are passed.

If I update a custom value using the API, such as:

$results=civicrm_api("Contact","update", $updateContact);
Then $params only returns those custom values that were changed by the API.

However, if I use the web interface, and look at a contact and choose to edit a set of custom fields, then the $params returns all of the custom values, even if only one of them was changed. This makes it impossible (as far as I can tell) to know which of the custom fields was changed.

I'm trying to run a function when one of those custom fields is changed (the function depends on which one is changed), and I can't see how to do that when a custom field is changed via the web interface. It works fine when changed using the API, but in our setup, both API changes and web interface changes are going to happen.

Any ideas on how I can get around this? Or if I am doing something wrong / misunderstanding something?

Brian

So I would have to do a GET in a pre hook first?

How do I get the value from there in the custom hook? Sorry if this is an obvious question, but something I just don't know how to do.

Thanks Eileen. I think I have figured out how to store and retrieve session variables. The problem I am having is where I can do the 'GET' in the first place.

The _pre hook isn't called on Custom Field changes, and the _custom hook is a post hook so calling the _GET there would give the me the already changed value. So where would I put the 'GET' api call in order to the get the custom field value of the contact being changed before it is changed?