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    acf_form outside loop
    • kjappertkjappert
      I want to use the acf_form on a "Edit your post" page. So there is one page wehe you can edit al the posts. But when i use the acf_form like this, i always only get the update button. No form is shown. 


      	$options = array(
      		'post_id' => '214', // post id to get field groups from and save data to
      		);

      acf_form($options )


      I am sure that there is a post with an ID of 214 and it had at least 5 ACF fields inside it. But i keep getting only the upload button.
    • adminadmin
      Hi kjappert,

      Does it help if the post_id is an int, not a string?
    • kjappertkjappert
      No i tried that! Same result...
    • adminadmin
      Interesting...

      I'll do some testing on my end and get back to you.

      Cheers
    • dmjedmje
      I think I'm having similar problems - I have a custom post type which I'd like to update via a front end form. I've edited the post_id in the ACF front end form function but it doesn't seem to make any difference for where ACF gets the data from or posts it to...
    • adminadmin
      Hi @dmje

      The acf_form function is very simple.
      Any chance you can debug it by going through and echoing out the $post_id parameter?

    • adminadmin
      Hey guys!

      Great news, I've solved the problem. It is a bug in the acf.php file on line 982 (this may be slightly different between versions)

      the line is:
      $post = isset($overrides['post_id']) ? get_post($_POST['post_id']) : false;


      but needs to be changed to
      $post = isset($overrides['post_id']) ? get_post($overrides['post_id']) : false;


      Thanks for the bug report. This will be fixed in the next version
    • tbarnestbarnes
      Hey guys, I'm trying to get around this myself. @Elliot- I noticed the above referenced change in the acf.php code. What I'm trying to do is this: use the FE acf_form() to not only edit, but also post new content from the FE. I'm testing using a simple MySQL query in the code with a +1 on there for any new content (will make this less ghetto once I can get something rolling). If I do that and I pull in the current post_id from the DB, I'm immediately hit with a missing form (the +1 yields the same result). I'm wondering if you have a work-around for this or if there is a suggestion for creating new content in the frontend using ACF. I started using Post From Site plugin and combining here, but we're using the repeater field and need that functionality. Thanks!
    • adminadmin
      Hi @tbarnes

      There is a discussion in this forum with code examples for using teh FE form to hook in and add a new post!

      I'm not sure on the exact link but I suggest that you search the forum / google for it!

      Cheers
      Elliot
    • tbarnestbarnes
      @admin

      Thanks! I finally found it. For those looking for it: http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/docs/tutorials/creating-a-front-end-form/
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