From 686a3864ccc4b6bdbcb10ade7a1af2c80d9aa1e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SebastianWiz <165194375+SebastianWiz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 11:14:29 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] `gw-default-choice-merge-tags-values.php`: Added new snippet
 to set choice-based merge tags to return values by default.

---
 .../gw-default-choice-merge-tags-values.php   | 39 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 gravity-forms/gw-default-choice-merge-tags-values.php

diff --git a/gravity-forms/gw-default-choice-merge-tags-values.php b/gravity-forms/gw-default-choice-merge-tags-values.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f4ee0ddf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gravity-forms/gw-default-choice-merge-tags-values.php
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Gravity Wiz // Gravity Forms // Default Choice Merge Tags to Values
+ * https://gravitywiz.com
+ *
+ * Forces choice-based merge tags to return values unless a modifier is already set.
+ */
+add_filter( 'gform_pre_replace_merge_tags', function ( $text, $form, $entry, $url_encode, $esc_html, $nl2br, $format ) {
+
+	// Set specific form IDs to target, or leave empty for all forms.
+	$target_form_ids = array(); // e.g. array( 1, 3, 5 )
+
+	if ( $target_form_ids && ! in_array( (int) rgar( $form, 'id' ), $target_form_ids, true ) ) {
+		return $text;
+	}
+
+	preg_match_all( '/{[^{}]*?:(\d+(?:\.\d+)?)(?::([^}]*))?}/', $text, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER );
+
+	foreach ( $matches as $match ) {
+		$field_id = $match[1];
+		$field    = GFAPI::get_field( $form, $field_id );
+
+		if ( ! $field || ! in_array( $field->get_input_type(), array( 'select', 'radio', 'checkbox', 'multiselect', 'option', 'product', 'poll', 'survey', 'quiz', 'post_category' ), true ) ) {
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		$modifiers = isset( $match[2] ) && $match[2] !== '' ? array_map( 'trim', array_map( 'strtolower', explode( ',', $match[2] ) ) ) : array();
+
+		// If any modifier is already present, honor it.
+		if ( $modifiers ) {
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		$replacement = rtrim( $match[0], '}' ) . ( $match[2] === '' ? ':value}' : ',value}' );
+		$text        = str_replace( $match[0], $replacement, $text );
+	}
+
+	return $text;
+}, 9, 7 );