Modifying inbound email

Question

I am trying to manipulate inbound email (on group email) using a before-save logic hook. The manipulation logic seems to work (I have logs that show successful replacement of text) but is not saved to database, the original text is what shows up in the database.

Ishani Kurup · Accepted Answer

Hi Ishani, I was able to replicate this issue, but was not able to determine why it wasn't working. However, I did find a workaround! If you change it to an after_save logic hook, you can do this: function after_save_method($bean, $event, $arguments) {
 if(preg_match('/Hi/s', $bean->description_html) == 1) {
 $bean->description_html = preg_replace('/Hi/s', 'Hello', $bean->description_html);
 $bean->save();
 }
}
 I hope that helps! -Alan